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

#christian #pagan #religion

Are you a "true" Christian? What does it mean to be e "true" pagan or any other religious affiliation? Inconsistencies in Lived Religions and why religious people are contradictory in their beliefs.

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REFERENCES

McGuire, M. B. (2008) Lived Religion: Faith and Practice in Everyday Life, Oxford University Press.

Nye, M. (2000) ‘Religion, Post-Religionism, And Religioning: Religious Studies and Contemporary Cultural Debates’, Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Brill, vol. 12, no. 1/4, pp. 447–476.

Orsi, R. A. (2003) ‘Is the Study of Lived Religion Irrelevant to the World We Live in? Special Presidential Plenary Address, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, November 2, 2002’, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, [Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley], vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 169–174.

Taira, T. (2013) ‘Making space for discursive study in religious studies’, Religion, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 26–45 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2013.742744.

00:00 Introduction: Are you following your religion in the right way?

01:14 Theology vs Religious Studies

03:13 Institutionalised vs lived religions

08:44 How to tell if you are in a lived religion

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#christian #pagan #magic

Are Christianity and Paganism compatible? Are there Christian elements in Paganism?

Pagan versus Christian Magic and Religious practices explained.

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00:00 Intro Christianity & Paganism

02:21 History of the Relation of Christianity and Paganism

06:53 Christian vs Pagan Magic

12:50 Is Magic inherently Religious?

18:10 Syncretism between Paganism & Christianity

28:55 Contradictions in Religious Beliefs

31:19 Current Relationships between Pagans and Christians

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REFERENCES

Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Meyer, M. and Smith, R (Eds.) (1994) Harper Collins.

Celebrating Planet Earth Cush, D. (Ed.) (2015) Moon Books

Diary of a Heretic: The Pagan Adventures of a Christian Priest. Townsend, M. (2013) Moon Books.

Forest Church: A Field Guide to Nature Connection for Groups and Individuals. Stanley, B. (2016) Anamchara Books.

Jesus through Pagan Eyes: Bridging Neo-Pagan Perspectives with a Progressive Vision of Christ. Townsend, M. (2012) Flux.

The Shaken Path: A Christian Priest’s Exploration of Modern Pagan Belief and Practice. Cudby, P. (2017) Christian Alternative.

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#enochian #magic #dee

Enochian Magick and the three Books of Enoch. John Dee and how his system of angelic ceremonial magic is related to the figure of Enoch.

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Asprem, E. 2012. Arguing with Angels: Enochian Magic and Modern Occulture. New York: State University of New York Press.

Laurence, R. (2018) The Book of Enoch the Prophet, Franklin Classics.

Szönyi, G. E. (2019) ‘A man who never died, angels falling from the sky… What is that Enoch stuff all about?’, in Hanegraaff, W. J., Pasi, M., and Forshaw, P. (eds), Hermes Explains, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, pp. 232–242.

Szonyi, G. E. 2004. John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation Through Powerful Signs. New York: State University of New York Press.

00:00 Introduction: John Dee and the books of Enoch

01:20 Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly

02:28 The Ethiopian Book of Enoch

04:11 Various versions and books

08:19 The differences in the versions

09:49 Summary

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#parapsychology #psi #science

What is the relation between Parapsychology and the Scientific community? Relations and contrasts between the study of PSI phenomena and the Academic World.

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00:00 Parapsychology with Jeffrey Mishlove

03:28 PhD Research in Parapsychology

07:58 Difficulties with Academic Recognition

13:18 Increasing Academic Interest in PSI and Magic

17:25 Parapsychology and Science

21:29 Why Academia rejects Parapsychology

26:30 Why does it matter that Parapsychology is Science?

30:12 The Future of Parapsychology

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REFERENCES

Cardeña, E. (2018) ‘The experimental evidence for parapsychological phenomena: A review’, American Psychologist, US, American Psychological Association, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 663–677 [Online]. DOI: 10.1037/amp0000236.

Mishlove, J. (1988) Psi Development Systms by Mishlove Jeffrey Ph.D., Ballantine Books.

Mishlove, J. (1997) The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies: Revised and Expanded, Revised edition., New York, Marlowe & Co.

Mishlove, J. (2000) PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter, Charlottesville, VA, Hampton Roads Publishing Co ,U.S.

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#paganism #wicca #newage

Differences and Similarities between the New Age Movement and Paganism, more specifically Wicca.

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Hanegraaff, W. J. (1996) New Age and Western Culture, Leiden, New York, Koln, Brill.

Harrington, M. (2007) ‘Paganism and the New Age’, in Lewis, J. and Kemp, D. (eds), Handbook of New Age, Brill, pp. 435–472.

Hutton, R. (2019) The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, Oxford University Press.

Pearson, J. (1998) ‘Assumed Affinities: Wicca and the New Age Religiosity’, in Pearson, J., Roberts, R., and Samuel, G. (eds), Nature Religion Today: Paganism in the Modern World, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 45–56

00:00 Introduction: Crowdfunding update

01:28 Scholars disagree

03:33 Significant differences

06:30 Ronald Hutton settles it

08:09 Summary

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#superstition #witchcraft #strega

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REFERENCES

Magliocco, S. (2012) ‘Beyond Belief: Context, Rationality and Participatory Consciousness’, Western Folklore, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 5–24.

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.

Riess, E. (1895) ‘On Ancient Superstition’, Transactions of the American Philological Association (1869-1896), vol. 26, pp. 40–55 [Online]. DOI: 10.2307/2935693.

00:00 Introduction: Superstition and Magic

01:47 Tradition of Segnature

03:12 Origins of the term superstition

05:58 Superstition vs belief

07:33 Italian Folk Magic

09:50 Summary

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#angels #demonology #bible

Where the idea of Fallen Angels as Demons come from? Angelology and Demonology in early Christianity and the Hebrew Bible.

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REFERENCE

MARTIN, D. B. (2010) ‘When Did Angels Become Demons?’, Journal of Biblical Literature, The Society of Biblical Literature, vol. 129, no. 4, pp. 657–677 [Online]. DOI: 10.2307/25765960.

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#egyptian #magic #heka

How was Magick conceived in Egypt? Heka explained.

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REFERENCES

Jeffers, A. (2007) ‘Interpreting Magic and Divination in the Ancient Near East’, Religion Compass, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 684–694 [Online]. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00047.x.

Ritner, R. K. (1995) ‘The Religious, Social and Legal Parameters of Traditional Egyptian MAgic’, in Meyer, M. W. and Mirecki, P. A. (eds), Ancient Magic and Ritual Power, E.J. Brill, pp. 43–62.

Wilkinson, R. H. (2003) The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 01 edition., New York, Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Wise, C. (2006) ‘Nyama and Heka: African concepts of the word’, Comparative Literature Studies, Penn State University Press, vol. 43, no. 1/2, pp. 19–38.

00:00 Introduction: What if magic is a god?

01:12 Western view of magic

02:39 The ancient Egyptian view

03:31 Heka’s multiple meanings

06:11 The power of images, words, and breath

07:17 Differences from Western concepts of magic

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What is the Goetia? What does Theurgy mean?

Greater and Lesser Key of Salomon explained.

Clavicula Salomonis Regis and Lemegeton Clavicula Solomonis.

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SECONDARY SOURCES

Asprem, E. (2016) ‘Contemporary Ritual Magic’, in Partridge, C. (ed), The Occult World, 1 edition., London, Routledge, pp. 382–395.

Davis, E. (2016) ‘Robert Anton Wilson’, in Partridge, C. (ed), The Occult World, 1 edition., London, Routledge, pp. 331–335.

Hanegraaff, W. J. (2016) ‘Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’, in Partridge, C. (ed), The Occult World, 1 edition., London, Routledge, pp. 92–98.

Rohrbacher-Sticker, C. (1995) ‘A Hebrew Manuscript of Clavicula Salomonis, Part II’, The British Library Journal, British Library, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 128–136.

Silva, F. S. (2016) ‘Samuel Liddel Mathers’, in Partridge, C. (ed), The Occult World, 1 edition., London, Routledge, pp. 247–249.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Crowley, A. and Mathers, S. L. M. (2016) The Lesser Key of Solomon, Place of publication not identified, Mockingbird Press.

DuQuette, L. M. (2010) Low Magick: It’s All in Your Head ...You Just Have No Idea How Big Your Head is, 1st Edition edition., Woodbury, Minn, Llewellyn Publications, U.S.

Mathers, S. L. M. (2016) The Key of Solomon the King, Mockingbird.

00:00 Introduction: Goetia & Theurgy

00:39 Collaboration with Esoterica

01:32 The meaning of Goetia

01:56 The meaning of Theurgy

02:29 The Greater Key and the Lesser Key

04:23 Affect on contemporary ritual

07:51 The two approaches

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The relations between the philosophy of Nietzsche and Western Esoteric and occult traditions. More specifically, Left-Hand Path and Chaos Magick / Magic.

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Nietzsche’s cited works:

The Gay Science

The Birth of Tragedy

Beyond Good and Evil

On the Genealogy of Morality

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Ecce Homo

Academic Analyses:

Golomb, J., Santaniello, W. and Lehrer, R. L. (eds.) (2015) Nietzsche and Depth Psychology, SUNY Press.

Payne, C. A. and Roberts, M. J. (eds.) (2019) Nietzsche and Critical Social Theory: Affirmation, Animosity, and Ambiguity, BRILL.

Schrift, A. D. (1990) Nietzsche and the Question of Interpretation: Between Hermeneutics and Deconstruction, Routledge.

Spinks, L. (2003) Friedrich Nietzsche, Routledge.

Tevenar, G. V. (ed.) (2007) Nietzsche and Ethics, Peter Lang.

Wininger, K. J. (1997) Nietzsche’s Reclamation of Philosophy, Rodopi.

Woodward, A. (2014) Understanding Nietzscheanism, Routledge.

00:00 Introduction: Was Nietzsche Left-Hand Path?

02:29 The death of God

03:25 Nietzsche’s philosophy compared to Chaos Magick

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06:59 Slave vs Master morality

09:37 The Übermensch

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