RELIG274 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes
24 Jul 2016
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Hoc est corpus meum = this is my body wicca (old english) = sorcerer wiccian = to cast a spell. Pact with satan, christian theology, 100,000 people executed. = redneck, uneducated, stupid, dangerous, living in a field. Romanticization (about what nature should have been like): criticism of. Ancient sorcery or magic practices in various societies. With hunts or the witch craze of medieval and early modern europe. Tylor: magic was logical was flawed (mistakes correlation with causation). Magic < religion < science (everyone thinks the same way but magic was primitive) Russell: high magic ~ theoretical (like natural science), low magic ~ practical (like technology) magic intuitive, not analytical. 1st 5th century (1 ce 400 ce) Hellenization (greek influence): greek empire imposing greek culture those they conquered (alexander the great). Mageia: magical experts who helped themselves and clients. Howlerd. feared. (wasn"t really a distinction to be made) Reciting god"s name (praise) + request benefit.
