strategies of repression and legitimization Bever, Edward editor. Styers, Randall editor. text bibliography History. Electronic books. pau 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource (vi, 208 pages) "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. 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. edited by Edward Bever and Randall Styers. Includes bibliographical references and index. Magic Magic History Magic BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General BF1611 .M34 2017eb 133.4/30903 University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] (DLC) 2016052617 (OCoLC)963915122 9780271079899 0271079894 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1491202 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1491202 N$T 170818 20200709060536.0 on1001337920 eng