Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft - Couverture souple

Page, Sophie; Wallace, Marina

 
9781910807248: Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1910807249 ISBN 13 : 9781910807248
Editeur : Ashmolean Museum, 2018

Synopsis

Spellbound explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power. This concept of magical thinking is used here to explore the history of medicine and the mind, focusing in particular on magic's secular expressions. Spells, magical objects and rituals are engines of hope, and hope is essential to physical and mental health, indeed to survival. These ideas are explored and conveyed through the ext

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr Sophie Page is a Senior Lecturer at UCL and recently worked on the three-year Leverhulme project 'Inner Lives: Emotions, Identity and the Supernatural, 1300-1900'. Professor Marina Wallace is the Director of Artakt: http://www.artakt.co.uk and former Professor at Central Saint Martins, College of Art and Design and University of the Arts, London.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Spellbound explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power. This concept of magical thinking is used here to explore the history of medicine and the mind, focusing in particular on magic's secular expressions. Spells, magical objects and rituals are engines of hope, and hope is essential to physical and mental health, indeed to survival. These ideas are explored and conveyed through the ext

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Éditeur
Ashmolean Museum
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1910807249
ISBN 13 
9781910807248
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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