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Lädt ... Magic, Power, Language, Symbol: A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics (2008. Auflage)von Patrick Dunn
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Dunn's work is approachable, plain and clear and combines a rare insight of a professional linguist engaged in magical practice. Apart from some intuited techniques that I knew from before, I got some food for thought to combine it via synergy of an arsenal of tools used to achieve aims: mainly in Theurgy and street-magick, when the semiotic web of adverts, entities, energies, psychomorphs, human minds, and interlocking beings, dimensions, genius loci is dense and force one to engage all the time. Reminded of old de Saussere's ideas, Korzybski and Hayakawa, as well as Wierzbicka book on universals, primes in linguistics, 'Lost Languages', cultural translation and interpretation it is overall a great feature and pleasant to read. Combination of all these tools and more are highly successful in gnosis arretos (silent language mentioned by Proclous) in Theion Ergon, as well as communication with spirits, not to mention conscious usage of languge amongs our human tribe! Hah! Dunn's work is approachable, plain and clear and combines a rare insight of a professional linguist engaged in magical practice. Apart from some intuited techniques that I knew from before, I got some food for thought to combine it via synergy of an arsenal of tools used to achieve aims: mainly in Theurgy and street-magick, when the semiotic web of adverts, entities, energies, psychomorphs, human minds, and interlocking beings, dimensions, genius loci is dense and force one to engage all the time. Reminded of old de Saussere's ideas, Korzybski and Hayakawa, as well as Wierzbicka book on universals, primes in linguistics, 'Lost Languages', cultural translation and interpretation it is overall a great feature and pleasant to read. Combination of all these tools and more are highly successful in gnosis arretos (silent language mentioned by Proclous) in Theion Ergon, as well as communication with spirits, not to mention conscious usage of languge amongs our human tribe! Hah! Dunn's work is approachable, plain and clear and combines a rare insight of a professional linguist engaged in magical practice. Apart from some intuited techniques that I knew from before, I got some food for thought to combine it via synergy of an arsenal of tools used to achieve aims: mainly in Theurgy and street-magick, when the semiotic web of adverts, entities, energies, psychomorphs, human minds, and interlocking beings, dimensions, genius loci is dense and force one to engage all the time. Reminded of old de Saussere's ideas, Korzybski and Hayakawa, as well as Wierzbicka book on universals, primes in linguistics, 'Lost Languages', cultural translation and interpretation it is overall a great feature and pleasant to read. Combination of all these tools and more are highly successful in gnosis arretos (silent language mentioned by Proclous) in Theion Ergon, as well as communication with spirits, not to mention conscious usage of languge amongs our human tribe! Hah! Patrick Dunn is both a magician and a linguist. With that in mind, just think of this book as A Linguist's Exploration of Magic rather than A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics, as the subtitle would have it. While Magic, Power, Language, Symbol explores magic in some depth, it will only give you a taste of what linguistics is like. Dunn begins the book by discussing how applying semiotics (the study of symbols) can increase a spell's efficacy. From there, he uses linguistics to examine symbols and language, the bases of magic. Dunn focuses on ceremonial magic and several of the middle chapters are devoted to topics such as Enochian magic, the Qabala, and gematria. If, like me, you're not all that interested in ceremonial magic, these chapters might seem a bit long. Don't skip them though; Dunn includes interesting nuggets such as how to use glossolalia in magic. The early and last chapters are more general and will probably appeal to a broader audience. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
From the sigils of chaos magic to the numerical code of Qabalah, all magical practices operate in a web of symbols and language. Yet academics seldom examine the role that semiotics and linguistics play in the unfolding of magical works. In the follow-up to his debut Postmodern Magic, Patrick Dunn returns once again to the theoretical realm of the sign, the signified, and the changeable perceptions of a slippery reality. Intellectual and aggressively modern, his language-driven perspective on magic touches on all elements voiced and written, from speaking in tongues and creating mantras to composing Enochian spells and working with gematria. A hefty appendix includes exercises that put Dunn's theories to work, as well as the first published dictionary of English alphabet numerology. Highly literate and highly readable, Magic, Power, Language, Symbolwill tickle the minds of theory-thirsty academics and seasoned mages alike, as well as anyone else eager to examine the manufacture of meaning. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Apart from some intuited techniques that I knew from before, I got some food for thought to combine it via synergy of an arsenal of tools used to achieve aims: mainly in Theurgy and street-magick, when the semiotic web of adverts, entities, energies, psychomorphs, human minds, and interlocking beings, dimensions, genius loci is dense and force one to engage all the time.
Reminded of old de Saussere's ideas, Korzybski and Hayakawa, as well as Wierzbicka book on universals, primes in linguistics, 'Lost Languages', cultural translation and interpretation it is overall a great feature and pleasant to read.
Combination of all these tools and more are highly successful in gnosis arretos (silent language mentioned by Proclous) in Theion Ergon, as well as communication with spirits, not to mention conscious usage of languge amongs our human tribe! Hah! ( )