ANGELA'S SYMPOSIUM 📖 Academic Study on Witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, magick and the Occult

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Greek Magical Papyri, papyri graecae magicae or PGM, and their influence on contemporary esotericism, magic and Pagan practices.

REFERENCES

Asprem, E. (2016) ‘Contemporary Ritual Magic’, in Partridge, C. (ed), The Occult World, 1 edition., London, Routledge, pp. 382–395. https://amzn.to/46K4D81

Betz, H. D. (ed.) (1997) The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Volume 1, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press https://amzn.to/3NT2YV5

Godwin, J. (2006) ‘Music IV: 18th Century to the Present’, in Hanegraaff, W. J. (ed), Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism, Leiden, London, Brill, pp. 815–818. https://amzn.to/3PXSR3R

Otto, B.-C. (2023) ‘Conjuring Planetary Spirits in the Twenty-First Century: Textual-Ritual Entanglements in Contemporary “Magic(k)”’, Entangled Religions, vol. 14, no. 3 https://www.academia.edu/42308616/Conjuring_planetary_spirits_in_the_21st_century_ritual_entanglements_in_contemporary_magic_k_

Skinner, S. (2013) ‘Magical Techniques and Implements present in Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri, Byzantine Greek Solomonic Manuscripts and European Grimoires: Transmission, Continuity and Commonality’, University of Newcastle.https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:13943?queryType=vitalDismax&query=skinner

Wheeler, G. J. (2020) ‘A Microcosm of the Esoteric Revival: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram’, Correspondences: Journal for the Study of Esotericism, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1–40. https://correspondencesjournal.com/19601-2/

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00:00 Introduction: Greek Magical Papyri

02:38 Support Angela’s Symposium

03:54 Magical Practices & Spells in the PGM

05:51The Greek Magical Papyri and Syncretism

06:55 Influence on Contemporary Esoteric Practices

09:16 Influence on Modern Ceremonial Magic

10:01 Influence on Contemporary Pagan and Wiccan Practices

11:35 Ethics and Adaptation of PGM Practices

12:03 Summary and Implications

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00:00 Intro Da’at Darling, Georgina Rose

03:11 How did you get into Thelema?

04:37 Distinctive Traits of Thelema

06:05 Solitary & Group Thelemites

08:18 Relation with Aleister Crowley

11:30 Pagan identity, Paganism & Thelema

19:20 Views of Deities, Gods, Divine

25:22 Do Thelemites identify as Pagans?

30:13 Magick in Thelema

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#indigenous #religion #indigeneity

Does a spiritual belief system need to be practised by indigenous people to be an indigenous religion? Are indigenous religions and peoples necessarily linked or can they be independent of one another?

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REFERENCES

Cox, J. L. (2007) From Primitive to Indigenous: The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Cox, J. L. (ed.) (2016) Critical Reflections on Indigenous Religions, London, New York Routledge.

Harvey, G. (ed.) (2000) Indigenous Religions: A Companion, London; New York, Continuum.

Hunter, J. (2015) ‘“Between Realness and Unrealness”: Anthropology, Parapsychology and the Ontology of Non-Ordinary Realities’, DISKUS, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 4–20 [Online]. DOI: 10.18792/diskus.v17i2.68.

Kraft, S. E., Tafjord, B. O., Longkumer, A., Alles, G. D. and Johnson, G. (eds.) (2020) Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks, 1st edition., Abingdon, Oxon; New York, Routledge.

Owen, S. (2013) [2016 on-screen by mistake] ‘Druidry and the Definition of Indigenous Religion’, in Cox, J. L. (ed), Critical Reflections on Indigenous Religions, London, New York, Routledge, pp. 81–92.

Puca, A. (2018) ‘Scientism and Post-Truth. Two contradictory paradigms underlying contemporary shamanism?’, Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (JBASR), vol. 20, pp. 83–99 [Online]. DOI: 10.18792/jbasr.v20i0.30.

Puca, A. (2019) ‘The Tradition of Segnature: Underground Indigenous Practices in Italy’, The Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, no. 7, pp. 104–123.

00:00 Introduction: Indigenous religions and practitioners

01:27 The characteristics of an indigenous religion

02:33 The category of indigenous people

03:49 Indigenous people practising other religions

05:29 Overlapping traits

07:37 Summary

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#netnography #paganism #pagan

What is netnography, and how can we use it in research? Religious Studies and digital religions. Studying religions online.

Paper delivered at the Ethnography and Qualitative Research Conference 2023 at the University of Trento.

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REFERENCES

Cartledge, M. J. 1962- (2023) ‘Empirical Theology as Theological Netnography: Methodological Considerations’, Journal of empirical theology, vol. 35, no. 2, p. 187.

Hine, C. (2007) ‘Connective Ethnography for the Exploration of e-Science’, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 618–634 [Online]. DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00341.x.

Kozinets, R. V. (2015) ‘Netnography’, in The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 1–8 [Online]. DOI: 10.1002/9781118767771.wbiedcs067 (Accessed 29 May 2023).

Murchison, J. M. and Coats, C. D. (2015) ‘Ethnography of Religious Instants: Multi-Sited Ethnography and the Idea of “Third Spaces”’, Religions, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 988–1005 [Online]. DOI: 10.3390/rel6030988.

Rodrigues, D. (2023) ‘How to Study Religion? Notes on Research Methodology in the Context of Latin American Religions’, International Journal of Latin American Religions [Online]. DOI: 10.1007/s41603-022-00188-0 (Accessed 29 May 2023).

00:00 Introduction

00:36 Presentation: Netnography in the study of contemporary Paganism02:13 The aim of the paper

04:43 The structure of the paper

05:21 What is paganism?

06:51 The importance of networking

08:06 What is netnography?

09:56 The advantages, limitations and ethics of netnography

12:05 How to conduct a netnographic research

16:52 The advantages and disadvantages of netnography

20:56 The advantage of an integrated approach

22:53 The survey – description

23:18 The geographical distribution

25:04 Q How often do you use the internet for religious, or spiritual activities?

26:16 Q How often do you participate in online pagan communities?

30:36 Q What online platforms do you use for pagan-related activities?

32:04 Q Does participating in online communities enhance your practice?

33:11 Q Can netnographic research capture the essence of contemporary paganism?

36:02 Thanks and support Angela’s Symposium (twice, sorry!)

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What is Shamanism? Who is the Shaman? Academic definitions and controversies surrounding Shamanism and my proposal to a new definition of Shamanism.

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ERRATA CORRIGE: The definition 'Other-than-human persons' was actually first introduced by Hallowell and later adopted by Harvey. Its first account is found in

Hallowell, A. I. (1960) Ojibwa Ontology, Behavior, and World View, Columbia University Press.

REFERENCES

Bowie, F. (2006) The Anthropology of Religion: An Introduction, 2 edition., Malden, MA ; Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell.

Cacopardo, A. S. (2009) ‘La trance sciamanica: esperienza estatica o performance rituale?’, in Scalera McClintock, G. and Conforti, R. (eds), La mente e l’estasi, Atti del convegno, Salerno, Rubbettino - Università degli Studi di Salerno, pp. 29–44 ).

Eliade, M. (1972) Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (trans. W. R. Trask), Princeton, Princeton University Press.

Harvey, G. (2010) ‘Animism rather than Shamanism: New Approaches to what Shamans do (for other animists)’, in Schmidt, B. E. and Huskinson, L. (eds), Spirit Possession and Trance: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 16–34.

Harvey, G. and Wallis, R. J. (2015) Historical Dictionary of Shamanism, Rowman & Littlefield.

Hutton, R. (2006) ‘Shamanism: Mapping the Boundaries’, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 209–213.

Mikhailovskii, V. M. and Wardrop, O. (1895) Shamanism in Siberia and European Russia, Being the Second Part of ‘Shamanstvo’, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 24.

Owen, S. (2017) ‘What is Shamanism?’ In A.W. Hughes & R.T. McCutcheon (eds) Religion in Five Minutes (London; Oakville, CT: Equinox), 207-11.

Potter, J. and Edwards, D. (1996) ‘Discourse Analysis’, in Banyard, P. and Grayson, A. (eds), Introducing Psychological Research: Sixty Studies that Shape Psychology, London, Macmillan Education UK, pp. 419–425.

Schmidt, B. E. (2016) Spirits and Trance in Brazil: An Anthropology of Religious Experience, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Stutley, M. (2002) Shamanism: An Introduction, London ; New York, Routledge.

Taira, T. (2013) ‘Making space for discursive study in religious studies’, Religion, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 26–45.

Tedeschi, E. (2017) ‘Omatakuyassi: la metànoia transculturale’, Democrazia e Sicurezza - Democracy and Security Review, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 365–403.

Willerslev, R. (2007) Soul Hunters: Hunting, Animism, and Personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs, 1 edition., Berkeley, University of California Press.

00:00 Introduction What is Shamanism?

01:42 The origin of the term Shaman

03:04 Mircea Eliade’s definition

06:18 The common traits of Shamanism

08:14 A new approach

09:01 Deixis – context is key

13:01 Who decides who is a Shaman

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Guest Lecture for University College Cork's Research Seminar Series

Dr Angela Puca: Folk Witchcraft or Indigenous Shamanism - Understanding Vernacular Magic Practices

Shamanism has been defined in different ways by scholars over the years. Among practitioners in Italy, the most common references are Mircea Eliade and his view of shamanism as a set of ecstatic techniques and Michael Harner’s idea of the shaman as a person who journeys to non-ordinary realities to gain power and knowledge. Four years of fieldwork in Italy conducted as part of a wider doctoral project on indigenous and trans-cultural shamanism in Italy have challenged the conceptualization of shamanism and the field of application of the term ‘indigenous’ as soon as I encountered and included the folk magic tradition of the Segnature. Based on participant observation and interviews with practitioners, I will present the tradition of Italian vernacular healers and how it relates, challenges, yet still appears to comply with a form of indigenous shamanism.

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00:00:00 Introduction: Livestream discussion with Dr Shushan

00:02:54 Dr Sushan’s interest in NDEs began in Egyptology

00:06:30 NDEs in other religions

00:11:37 Dr Sushan’s PhD and book

00:14:21 Commonalities and differences in NDEs and

00:20:51 The life review

00:22:07 Reincarnation

00:26:48 Lack of NDEs in small scale societies

00:33:16 Concepts of an afterlife

00:50:40 NDEs and other worlds

00:54:54 The nature of souls

01:01:54 Academic attitudes to this sort of research

01:14:49 The no. one question: Are they true?

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