03074nam a2200541Ki 4500 on1001337920 OCoLC 20200709060536.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 170818s2017 pau ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780271079899 (electronic bk.) 0271079894 (electronic bk.) 9780271077772 0271077778 1491202 (N$T) (OCoLC)1001337920 BF1611 .M34 2017eb OCC 018000 bisacsh 133.4/30903 23 MAIN Magic in the modern world : strategies of repression and legitimization / edited by Edward Bever and Randall Styers. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] 1 online resource (vi, 208 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The magic in history series "A collection of essays on various aspects of the position of magic in the modern world. Essays explore the ways in which modernity has been defined in explicit opposition to magic and superstition, and the ways in which modern proponents of magic have worked to legitimate their practices"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bad habits, or how superstition disappeared in the modern world / Randall Styers -- Descartes' dreams, the neuropsychology of disbelief, and the making of the modern self / Edward Bever -- Why magic cannot be falsified by experiments / Benedek Láng -- Witches as liars : witchcraft and civilization in the early American republic / Adam Jortner -- Loagaeth, q consibra a caosg : the contested arena of modern Enochian angel magic / Egil Asprem -- Babalon launching : Jack Parsons, rocketry, and the 'method of science' / Erik Davis -- Manning the high seat : Seiðr as self-making in contemporary Norse neopaganisms / Megan Goodwin -- Reviving dead names : strategies of legitimization in the Necronomicon of Simon and the dark aesthetic / Dan Harms. Print version record. Added to collection customer.56279.3 Magic. Magic History. Magic. fast (OCoLC)fst01005468 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General bisacsh History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Bever, Edward, editor. Styers, Randall, editor. Print version: Magic in the modern world. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] 9780271077772 (DLC) 2016052617 (OCoLC)963915122 Magic in history. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1491202 EBSCOhost EBSC 1491202 92 N$T 57286 57286