The Magical Body

Author : John Fisher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590774698
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Magic written by John Fisher and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you believe that you could ask a full-grown man to hold a penny for you and then tell him to drop it and finds he can’t, hard as he may try? In what is undoubtedly the most original magic book of our time, John Fisher shows the reader how, with minimal practice, he can use the marvels of the human body to entertain and mystify friends and family, small and large audiences. This book is first of all a delight to read because of the instant education it provides us with about the unknown powers we have in our hands, our eyes, our noses, and our incredible nervous system. In each case, Mr. Fisher shows the easy-to-grasp principle first and then how to put the principle to work in actual tricks. Most magic books require a great deal of study and dexterity. This one enables you to entertain people even before you have finished the book. Moreover, you never have to worry about being prepared, because you always have with you all the miraculous things you need—your hands, your eyes, and the rest of your body.

Author : Richard Eves
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9789057023057
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magical Body written by Richard Eves and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1998 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Jacqueline Van Gent
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004171142
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic, Body and the Self in Eighteenth-Century Sweden written by Jacqueline Van Gent and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to previous assumptions, magic remained an integral part of everyday life in Enlightenment Europe. This book demonstrates that the endurance of magical practices, both benevolent and malevolent, was grounded in early modern perceptions of an interconnected body, self and spiritual cosmos. Drawing on eighteenth-century Swedish witchcraft trials, which are exceptionally detailed, these notions of embodiment and selfhood are explored in depth. The nuanced analysis of healing magic, the role of emotions, the politics of evidence and proof and the very ambiguity of magical rituals reveals a surprising syncretism of Christian and pre-Christian elements. The book provides a unique insight to the history of magic and witchcraft, the study of eighteenth-century religion and culture, and to our understanding of body and self in the past.

Author : Laura Tempest Zakroff
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738764582
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of a Witch written by Laura Tempest Zakroff and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embodied Witchcraft for Wisdom, Connection & Power This book is a guide to the most magical tool in your possession—your body. Not just your physical flesh-and-blood body, but also your symbolic Witch body, the conduit for bringing the material and metaphysical worlds together. Within these pages, you will explore hands-on magical practices, exercises, and sigils related to your Witch Lungs, Heart, Bones, Mind, and the spiraling path of your inner Serpent. Magic flows most freely when you are in tune with your intuition and the power of your true self. Through dozens of activities, prompts, spells, and rituals, Anatomy of a Witch helps you connect with the seen and unseen worlds, your ancestors, and your living community. Discover the profound correspondences between your body, the mythos of tarot, and the five elements. Practice rituals and activities for protection, warding, rebalancing your home, and embracing your body, despite the limiting beliefs that society foists upon us. This book teaches you how to tap into your personal power as you make a pilgrimage to the inner workings of your true self. Includes a foreword by Christopher Penczak, bestselling author of The Temple of Witchcraft series

Author : Joanna Cole
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0590414275
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magic School Bus written by Joanna Cole and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special field trip on the magic school bus gives a look at major parts of the body and how they work.

Author : Jess Rizkallah
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1610756193
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book the magic my body becomes written by Jess Rizkallah and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2017 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize In the magic my body becomes, Jess Rizkallah seeks a vernacular for the inescapable middle ground of being Arab American—a space that she finds, at times, to be too Arab for America and too American for her Lebanese elders. The voice here freely asserts gender, sexuality, and religious beliefs, while at the same time it respects a generational divide: the younger’s privilege gained by the sacrifice of the older, the impossibility of separating what is wholly hers from what is hers second-hand. In exploring family history, civil war, trauma, and Lebanon itself, Rizkallah draws from the spirits of canonical Arab and Middle Eastern poets, and the reader feels these spirits exorcising the grief of those who are still alive. Throughout, there is the body, a reclamation and pushback against cultures that simultaneously sexualize and shame women. And there is a softness as inherent as rage, a resisting of stereotypes that too often speak louder than the complexities of a colonized, yet resilient, cultural identity. Rizkallah’s the magic my body becomes is an exciting new book from an exciting young poet, a love letter to a people as well as a fist in the air. It is the first book in the Etel Adnan Poetry Series, publishing first or second books of poetry in English by writers of Arab heritage.

Author : Jo-Jo Sherrow
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781648412486
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing Your Magical Body written by Jo-Jo Sherrow and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short zine packs a lot of practical information about the healing powers of quartz crystals into a short, cut-and-paste format. Learn chemistry and geology basics, choosing and caring for crystals, various healing modalities, your body's crystalline nature, how technology uses crystals, and more. Zooms all the way out to include meditations and bigger-picture perspectives about the nature of consciousness and what it means to be human. There's much more to learn in these pages than you'll find in many longer books about crystals.

Author : Mary Levens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134827725
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eating Disorders and Magical Control of the Body written by Mary Levens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with eating disorders often make desparate attempts to exert magical control over their bodies in response to the threats they experienced in relationships. Mary Levens takes the reader into the realm of magical thinking and its effect on ideas about eating and the body through a sensitive exploration of the images patients create in art therapy, in which themes of cannibalism constantly recur. Drawing on anthropology, religion and literature as well as psychoanalysis, she discusses the significance of these images and their implications for treatment of patients with eating disorders.

Author : Carol Donner
Publisher : W H Freeman & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780716717157
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magic Anatomy Book written by Carol Donner and published by W H Freeman & Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the adventures of two children as they journey through the human body and learn about its structure.

Author : Sarah M. Pike
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520923804
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves written by Sarah M. Pike and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-01-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent decades have seen a revival of paganism, and every summer people gather across the United States to celebrate this increasingly popular religion. Sarah Pike's engrossing ethnography is the outcome of five years attending neo-pagan festivals, interviewing participants, and sometimes taking part in their ceremonies. Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves incorporates her personal experience and insightful scholarly work concerning ritual, sacred space, self-identity, and narrative. The result is a compelling portrait of this frequently misunderstood religious movement. Neo-paganism began emerging as a new religious movement in the late 1960s. In addition to bringing together followers for self-exploration and participation in group rituals, festivals might offer workshops on subjects such as astrology, tarot, mythology, herbal lore, and African drumming. But while they provide a sense of community for followers, Neo-Pagan festivals often provoke criticism from a variety of sources—among them conservative Christians, Native Americans, New Age spokespersons, and media representatives covering stories of rumored "Satanism" or "witchcraft." Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves explores larger issues in the United States regarding the postmodern self, utopian communities, cultural improvisation, and contemporary spirituality. Pike's accessible writing style and her nonsensationalistic approach do much to demystify neo-paganism and its followers.