Summoning Aratron: A German Magic Roll in the Age of Reason
The article concerns a German magic roll of ca. 1700: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley MS. Germ. F. (5) R. It was compiled and written chiefly in German, with some Latin and Hebrew, for a gentleman or aristocrat, referenced and portrayed within the roll, to serve both as a textual amulet and prayer...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2022
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Aries
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 231-259 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Handwriting (Bodleian Library) Ms. Bodley Germ. F. (5) R
/ Magical thinking
/ Occultism
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion AZ New religious movements CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science KBB German language area VA Philosophy |
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textual amulets
B ritual magic B Adamic magic B Christian iconography B Scribes B Prayers B Seven Olympian Spirits B sigils B Hebrew names of God B Paracelsian B Renaissance B Medieval B apotropaic text B numerology B Planets B pseudo-Solomonic B compilation B Seals B rolls (scrolls) B early modern Germany |
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| Summary: | The article concerns a German magic roll of ca. 1700: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley MS. Germ. F. (5) R. It was compiled and written chiefly in German, with some Latin and Hebrew, for a gentleman or aristocrat, referenced and portrayed within the roll, to serve both as a textual amulet and prayer roll. The complex text is based on celestial spirits, seals and sigils, and Christian prayer, apotropaic texts, and religious imagery. The article discusses the Bodley roll’s provenance, internal organization, compilation, source texts, Paracelsian and other influences, and its hybrid function as a way to understand how magic survived and evolved in the Germanic world during the Age of Reason. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0593 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Aries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700593-20211004 |