Toby Chappell

The Languages of Magic

Transform Reality Through Words, Magical Symbols, and Sigils

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to magic as communication

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 148mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9798888500675
• Artikelnr.: 71566023

Autorenporträt

Toby Chappell is a musician, writer, and lecturer on the intersection of language and magic. An independent researcher and practicing magician, his interests include runes, semiotics, weird tales, and the mysteries of ancient Egypt. The author of Infernal Geometry and the Left-Hand Path, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD
THE ART OF METACOMMUNICATION
By Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PRELUDE
THE MAGIC IS IN THE COMMUNICATION
1 WHAT DO LANGUAGE AND SEMIOTICS
HAVE TO DO WITH MAGIC ?
2 A SURVEY OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF MAGIC
3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEMIOTICS
4 VIEWING MAGIC THROUGH LINGUISTICS AND
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
5 LANGUAGE, MYTH, AND MAGIC
INTERLUDE
THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE CASE STUDIES
6 CASE STUDY I
MEDITERRANEAN MAGIC IN ANTIQUITY
7 CASE STUDY I I
RUNES AND SEMIURGY
8 CASE STUDY I I I
MODERN APPROACHES TO SEMIURGY
CONCLUSION
AFTERWORD
THE WORDS AIM THE ARROW
By Don Webb
APPENDIX A
WHY DO MAGICIANS WRITE FICTION?
By Don Webb
APPENDIX B
MAGIA LOCI
By Brenda Yagmin
GLOSSARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX