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Tarot magick: The structure of belief.
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Pennsylvania Available online
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Pennsylvania- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Zhuraw, Rebekah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore.
- 0358.
- Penn dissertations--Folklore and folklife.
- Folklore and folklife--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--Folklore and folklife.
- Folklore and folklife--Penn dissertations.
- 0358.
- Physical Description:
- 353 pages
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 71-07A.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Magic has traditionally been defined in Folklore Studies as a last resort of the powerless and poorly educated. However, recent trends in popular culture coupled with an upswing in historical studies of magic have shown magic to be a perennial middle class pursuit and one currently on the upswing. Using the methodology of the Ethnography of Belief, this dissertation examines one Tarot reader's belief system in depth to see how four domains commonly associated with magic combine in the overall belief structure: magical thinking, practice, symbolism, and manifestation. A current life crisis guides the narrative, contextualized by an in-depth life history put into the historical context of Neo-Paganism. Detailed accounts of practices indicate a feedback loop between held beliefs and induced experience. A binary system of organizing cognitive processes and magical powers ultimately emerges. The dissertation concludes that Tarot Magick provides a form of cognitive map, the goal of which is for practitioners to achieve a multi-dimensional consciousness which integrates all dualisms, including the lifeworld and the otherworld, into a third perspective conceived of as God consciousness.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife) -- University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-07, Section: A, page: .
- Adviser: Robert St. George.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
- ISBN:
- 9781124062488
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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