Print Grimoires and the Democratization of Learned Magic in the Later Early Modern Period: Bricolage Tradition and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Knowledge

The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in E...

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Main Author: Davies, Owen 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2023
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Scot, Reginald 1538-1599, The discoverie of witchcraft / Le Grand Grimoire / Mizuki, Shigeru 1922-2015, Akuma-kun / Magical literature / Magic / Handwriting / Book printing / Democratization
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBF British Isles
KBG France
TJ Modern history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B print culture
B Magic
B conjuration
B grimoires
B Manga
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Summary:The relationship between print and manuscript in the entanglement of ‘western learned magic’ provides valuable insights regarding the complexity of cultural transmission across societies and social strata. Through exploring the influence over time of two print books containing conjurations, one in English the other French, we can trace how seemingly tenuous relationships reveal unlikely global frames of reference with regard to learned magic.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.46586/er.14.2023.10440