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Spellbound

Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft


  • ACC Distributed publishers
  • by Sophie Page, Marina Wallace
Spellbound explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power. This concept of magical thinking is used here to explore the history of medicine and the mind, focusing in particular on magic's secular expressions. Spells, magical objects and rituals are engines of hope, and hope is essential to physical and mental health, indeed to survival.

ISBN 9781910807248 | E | PB
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Publisher ACC Distributed publishers
ISBN 9781910807248
Author(s) Sophie Page, Marina Wallace
Publication date September 2018
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 280 x 220 mm
Illustrations 80 col.ill. | 70 bw.ill.
Pages 176
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Spellbound explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power. This concept of magical thinking is used here to explore the history of medicine and the mind, focusing in particular on magic's secular expressions. Spells, magical objects and rituals are engines of hope, and hope is essential to physical and mental health, indeed to survival. These ideas are explored and conveyed through the extraordinary visual culture of magic, offering an introduction to diverse magical objects, from the exquisite, such as engraved rings and illuminated manuscripts, to the unsettling - a shoe embedded in a wall or a bull's heart pierced with nails.

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