Böcker av Susan Greenwood

A detailed historical and anthropological study of the traditions of witchcraft round the world, with an in-depth examination of magic and its relationship with religion, from prehistory to the post-modern era.

Bringing about a creative dialogue between the anthropologist's own experience of magical consciousness and theoretical analysis, this book is a poly-vocal study in which the voices of the neurobiologist, anthropologist as anthropologist, anthropologist as native, and various spirit beings weave an alternative narrative displaying the process of magical thinking.

Bringing about a creative dialogue between the anthropologist¿s own experience of magical consciousness and theoretical analysis, this book is a poly-vocal study in which the voices of the neurobiologist, anthropologist as anthropologist, anthropologist as native, and various spirit beings weave an alternative narrative displaying the process of magical thinking.

Raises theoretical and methodological issues to provide the reader with an understanding of the dynamics of magic. This book brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus through the use of classic texts and research. It includes a classical anthropological debate concerning the nature of human experience.

An exploration of modern magic in Britain. It focuses on what pagans see as the essence of magic - a communication with an otherworldly reality. Examining issues of identity, gender and morality, the author argues that the otherworld forms a defining characteristic of magical practice.

This book examines how and why practitioners of nature religion - Western witches, druids, shamans - seek to relate spiritually with nature through 'magical consciousness'. 'Magic' and 'consciousness' are concepts that are often fraught with prejudice and ambiguity respectively.