End of magic, the
Auteur :
Glucklich, Ariel
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195108804
Date de publication :
15 mai 1997
Dimensions :
14,0 x 21,7 x 0,3 cm
Poids :
349 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Basing himself in the Indian city of Banaras, where magic is a familiar part of everyday life, the author reviews the major theories that have explained magic over the last century. He argues that all of these theories leave out something critical, namely what he calls "magical consciouness"