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Arthurian romances --- Merlin (Legendary character) --- Wizards --- Enchanters --- Sorcerers --- Magicians --- Warlocks --- Adaptations --- Drama --- German literature

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There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.

Magic --- Magicians. --- Conjurers --- Conjurors --- Enchanters --- Illusionists (Magicians) --- Legerdemainists --- Sorcerers --- Entertainers --- Tricksters --- Wizards --- History. --- Esoteric sciences --- History of civilization --- Magic.

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Magicians. --- Political refugees. --- Shipwreck victims. --- Victims of shipwrecks --- Accident victims --- Asylum seekers --- Refugees, Political --- Refugees --- Conjurers --- Conjurors --- Enchanters --- Illusionists (Magicians) --- Legerdemainists --- Sorcerers --- Entertainers --- Tricksters --- Wizards

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ethnography --- Africa --- Melanesia --- charismatic Christianity --- revival and transformation of witchcraft --- the Holy Spirit --- witches --- demons --- sorcerers --- manifestations of evil --- spiritual warfare --- crusades --- healing --- witch-killing raids --- sorcery --- the universalist Pentecostal demonology

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Magic and conjuring inhabit the boundaries and the borderlands of performance. The conjuror's act of demonstrating the apparently impossible, the uncanny, the marvellous, or the grotesque challenges the spectator's sense of reality. It brings him or her up against their own assumptions about how the world works; at its most extreme, it asks the spectator to re-evaluate his or her sense of the limits of the human. Performing [Dark] Arts is an exploration of the paradox of the conjuror, the actor who pretends to be a magician. It aims to illuminate the history of conjuring by examining it in the context of performance studies, and to throw light on aspects of performance studies by testing them against the art of conjuring. The book examines not only the performances of individual magicians from Dedi to David Blaine, but also the broader cultural contexts in which their performances were received, and the meanings which they have attracted.

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