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

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00:00:00 Intro to Prof Henrik Bogdan

00:01:47 Birth of the Academic Study of Esoteric subjects

00:05:45 The development of the scholarly study of magic

00:08:00 Importance & Relevance of the field

00:16:46 The controversy around “Western” Esotericism

00:28:00 The Resilience of the Occult

00:33:40 Magic in Esoteric Traditions

Prof Bogdan's Books

Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation

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The concept of Occulture as explained by Christopher Partridge in his "The Re-enchantment of the West"

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REFERENCE

Partridge, C. (2005) The Re-Enchantment of the West: Volume 1 Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture. A&C Black.

00:00 Introduction: Occulture

00:46 Replacing traditional spiritualities

01:33 The new spiritual environment in the West

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An argument proposed by Wouter Hanegraaff in his "Esotericism and the Academy"

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00:00 Introduction: The intersection

00:44 Principle one

01:16 Principle two

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00:00 Intro to Dr Bernd-Christian Otto

02:06 How the understanding of Magic developed

11:18 Stephen Skinner & Goetia

12:05 Fluidity of Western Learned Magic

12:45 Practitioners are not irrational

14:00 Witchcraft vs Ceremonial Magic

15:20 Witch Hunts & Western Learned Magic

17:45 Magic as a Floating Signifier

23:53 Resilience of Magic, why does magic still exist?

33:00 Magic is now Positive

35:25 The New Zeitgeist of Magic

39:45 Pop Culture and Witch Aesthetics

45:10 Academic Field of Esotericism

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Dr Bernd-Christian Otto Contact Details:

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REFERENCES PROVIDED BY DR OTTO

(1) Otto, Bernd-Christian, Magie. Rezeptions- und diskursgeschichtliche Analysen von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit, Berlin: De Gruyter 2011.

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 My PhD book on the conceptual history of magic

(2) Otto, Bernd-Christian and Stausberg, Michael, Defining Magic: A Reader, London: Routledge 2013.

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 A reader with important historical and academic sources on how to define and theorise magic

(3) Bellingradt, Daniel and Otto, Bernd-Christian, Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe. The Clandestine Trade in Illegal Book Collections, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan 2017.

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 A co-authored monograph on the extensive collection of magical manuscripts today stored in Leipzig university library (Ms. Leipzig Cod. Mag. 1-142)

(4) Otto, Bernd-Christian and Johannsen, Dirk (eds.), Fictional practice: Magic, narration, and the power of imagination, Leiden: Brill 2021.

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 A NEW co-edited anthology on the relationship between fiction and practice in the history of magic

(5) Otto, Bernd-Christian, “Historicising ‘Western learned magic’: preliminary remarks”, in: Aries 16 (2016), 161–240.

 Maybe the most important text I have ever written, a programmatic article on how to conceptualise and historicise ‘Western learned magic’

(6) Otto, Bernd-Christian, “The Illuminates of Thanateros and the Institutionalization of Religious Individualization”, in: Martin Fuchs et al. (eds.), Religious Individualisation: Historical Dimensions and Comparative Perspectives, Berlin: de Gruyter 2019, 759-96.

 An article on Chaos magick and the ‘ice magick war’

Further references mentioned during the interview:

Hanegraaff, Wouter J., “How magic survived the disenchantment of the world”, in: Religion 33/4 (2003), 357–380.

Luhrmann, Tanya, Persuasions of the Witch’s Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1989.

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Partridge, Christopher, The Re-enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralisation, Popular Culture, and Occulture, 2 vols., London: T & T Clark International 2004/05.

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#morrigan #morgan #morgana

Academic overview on the Celtic Goddess, her contradictory traits and Morgana - Morgaine of the Arthurian cycle.

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REFERENCES

Clark, R. (1987) Aspects of the Morrígan in Early Irish Literature. Irish University Review, 17 (2), pp.223–236.

Gulermovich Epstein, A. (1988) War goddess: The Morrigan and her Germano-Celtic counterparts (Ireland). Los Angeles, University of California.

Hebert, J. (2013) Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter. Palgrave Macmillan US.

Tymoczko, M. (1985) Unity and Duality: A Theoretical Perspective on the Ambivalence of Celtic Goddesses. Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 5, pp.22–37.

00:00 Introduction: Are the Morrigan & Morgan Le Fay connected?

01:38 Morrígan the war goddess of the Pagan Irish

02:47 The etymology of their names

05:14 The Morrígan’s dichotomous nature

06:30 The Morrígan & Cú Chulainn

07:20 The parallels between The Morrígan and Morgan Le Fay

10:26 Some doubts about a connection

12:22 Summary and note for practitioners

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PhD researcher, University Lecturer and influences, what does a day in my life look like?

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High magick and spirit communication, ceremonial magic, the influence of hermetic philosophy and the emerald tablets, Papus, Renaissance and Alchemy. Mesmer, the Fox Sisters, Allan Kardec and the history of spiritism.

Paper delivered at the conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, held at the University of Pisa.

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REFERENCES (Primary Sources only available in Italian)

Fulvio Rendhell's 'Magia spiritica' https://amzn.to/3DxG9Aa

'Fulvio Rendhell: Una Vita Nel Mondo Degli Spiriti E Della Magia' https://amzn.to/3DHfp0k

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Books Mentioned

The Scientification of Religion: https://amzn.to/3jjZVa8

Western Esotericism: A Brief History of Secret Knowledge: https://amzn.to/3BdpWOJ or https://amzn.to/2XP4T6y

History of Western Astrology: https://amzn.to/2WrIRGw

A Cultural History of the Soul: https://amzn.to/3yndQ3E

Prof von Stuckrad's Website: https://www.kockuvonstuckrad.com/

00:00:00 Intro with Prof Kocku von Stukrad

00:02:46 Impact of academia on esoteric practices

00:12:32 Seek for Validation

00:16:45 Astrology, Alchemy & Disjunction of Knowledge

00:22:00 Secularism, Pluralism, Spirituality

00:26:00 New Conversation between Science & Religion

00:31:18 Scientific interpretations: Practitioners vs Scientists

00:33:00 Synchronicity, Correlation, Causation

00:37:35 Defining Esotericism, Rejected & Marginalized Knowledge

00:44:25 Redefining Magic: from definitions to concepts

00:53:25 Magic practising Scholars

00:56:00 Future of Academic Inquiry

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REFERENCES

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

De Martino, E. (2007) Il mondo magico: prolegomeni a una storia del magismo, Bollati Boringhieri.

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

Ferrari, F.M. (2012) Ernesto De Martino on Religion: The Crisis and the Presence. Sheffield, Oakville, Routledge.

Hamayon, R. N. (2004) ‘Are “trance”, “ecstasy” and similar concepts appropriate in the study of shamanism?’, in Znamenski, A. A. (ed), Shamanism: Critical Concepts in Sociology, Routledge Curzon, pp. 243–260.

Lattuada, P. (2012) Biotransenergetica, ITI Edizioni.

Magliocco, S. (2006) ‘Italian American Stregheria and Wicca: Ethnic Ambivalence in American Neopaganism’, in Strmiska, M. (ed), Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, pp. 55–86.

Owen, S. (2016) ‘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. (2018a) Scientism and Post-Truth. Two contradictory paradigms underlying contemporary shamanism? Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (JBASR), 20, pp.83–99.

Puca, A. (2019) The Tradition of Segnature: Underground Indigenous Practices in Italy. The Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, (7), pp.104–123.

Puca, A. (2018b) “Witch” and “Shaman”: Discourse Analysis of the Use of Indigenizing Terms in Italy. International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 9 (2), pp.271–284.

00:00 Introduction: Altered States

01:42 Methodology

06:20 Definitions of trans-cultural & indigenous Shamanism

10:52 Psychologising forms of Shamanism

12:37 The tradition of Segnature

16:10 The two generations of practitioner

19:05 Altered states in the two generations

27:16 Magical practices

28:02 The Malocchio Ritual

34:35 Biotransenergetica

40:57 De Martino’s definition of magic

48:28 Consciousness and the self

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An academic overview of the Goddess Babalon from the Book of Revelation in the Bible to Thelema. History of the role of the Scarlet woman and sex magic in Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons and Kenneth Grant. Divine feminine and misconstrued misogyny in Thelema.

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00:00:00 Intro to Dr Manon Hedenborg White

00:03:14 Babalon in Thelema, Aleister Crowley, Jack Parsons, Kenneth Grant

00:19:15 Feminist, LGBT and Queer perspectives

00:21:00 Summary of the History of Babalon in Western Esotericism

00:22:33 Reclaiming evil figures as symbolic resistance

00:25:00 Lack of Positive Images of Female Sexuality

00:30:30 Female role & Divine feminine in Thelema

00:36:30 Misconceptions of Crowley as Misogynist

00:47:20 The Scarlett Woman, from appointed to self-appointed role

00:55:55 Why does it have to be a woman?

01:04:40 Survival of Thelema and daughter religions (Andrew Reitemeyer)

01:10:00 Nema Andahadna & her Maat Magick (Andrew Reitemeyer)

01:14:10 Pistis Sophia and Jezebel (Vocatus)

01:16:30 Contact Details of Dr Manon Hedenborg White

BOOK MENTIONED

White, M.H. (2020) The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism. Illustrated edition. New York, NY, Oxford University Press.

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CORRIGENDA FROM THE INTERVIEWEE

1) Around 7.40 Manon talks about Crowley's exploration of Enochian magic in the Algerian desert and incorrectly state that he was traversing the desert in 1904. This is incorrect of course — Crowley and Neuburg were in Algeria in 1909.

2) In the patron-generated question portion, Manon misheard my third question about the Pistis Sophia and Jezebel — here, her Zoom connection must have fractured, so she thought the questioner was asking about (the biblical book of)

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