Magic as the local application of authoritative tradition

This chapter examines the relationship of magic and religion itself. Magic describes the invocation and deployment of an authoritative tradition in a local performative context through the creative agency of a ritual expert and involving various ritual media. After a review of Redfield’s notion of a...

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Subtitles:Dimensions of a category magic
Main Author: Frankfurter, David 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Guide to the study of ancient magic
Year: 2019, Pages: 720-745
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic