Description
From the sigils of chaos magic to the numerical code of Qabalah, all magical practices operate in a web of symbols and language. Yet academics seldom examine the role that semiotics and linguistics play in the unfolding of magical works.
In the follow-up to his debut Postmodern Magic, Patrick Dunn returns once again to the theoretical realm of the sign, the signified, and the changeable perceptions of a slippery reality. Intellectual and aggressively modern, his language-driven perspective on magic touches on all elements voiced and written, from speaking in tongues and creating mantras to composing Enochian spells and working with gematria. A hefty appendix includes exercises that put Dunn's theories to work, as well as the first published dictionary of English alphabet numerology.
Highly literate and highly readable, Magic, Power, Language, Symbol will tickle the minds of theory-thirsty academics and seasoned mages alike, as well as anyone else eager to examine the manufacture of meaning.
Author: Patrick Dunn
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Published: 08/08/2008
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780738713601
ISBN10: 0738713600
BISAC Categories:
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Reference
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | General
About the Author
Patrick Dunn (Chicago, IL) is a poet, linguist, Pagan, and a university English professor with a PhD in modern literature and language. His understanding of semiotics and the study of symbols arise from his training in linguistics and literary theory. He has practiced magic since childhood. Visit him online at https: //pomomagic.wordpress.com.
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