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Real magic / Susanne Witzgall, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic.
- Magic in art.
- Science and magic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Zurich : Diaphanes, 2018.
- Summary:
- In Western societies a newly discovered and very lively interest in magical practices and occult knowledge can be witnessed.The magical seems to be evolving into a popular phenomenon that affects society as a whole and is also becoming the subject of intense debate in artistic and academic-scientific contexts.
- Contents:
- Real Magic
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Real Magic - An Introductory Approach
- Contra Contra Means Pro - A Swinging Pendulum
- 'Art should be the equivalent of being called to be a shaman or a priest'
- Chance and the Discovery of Real Magic
- Magical Consciousness: Reclaiming Magical Knowledge
- On Magic
- 'We need to understand magic as a form of gaining knowledge'
- Of Scream Of Stone (Womb Tomb)
- F.I.R.E. (WALK WITH ME)
- How the Plants Put a Spell on Us
- Project Classes by Melanie Bonajo and Mariechen Danz
- Magical Realism
- Strategies of Magic
- Invocations of Matter - Contemporary Art and New Materialism as a Magical Diagram
- Power of Magic, Magic of Power
- 'It's all about power, of course'
- Magic, Love and Fear in Making Art and Jewellery
- Trance, Rave, Ritual - The Museum of Trance in Haiti
- Magic by Design - Conjuring Media Realities
- The Non-natural Body, DrawnOnward and Techno-Shamanism
- 'I think of a neurological kind of nano-possession, if we're talking about magic'
- Under the Spell of Digital Technologies: Dis/enchantment by Design
- The authors
- Photo Credits.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 3-0358-0193-2
- OCLC:
- 1083341417
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