Symbols in Magic: Tools for Transforming Reality

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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2023-0020" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2023-0020</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/lf-2023-0020" target="_blank" >10.2478/lf-2023-0020</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Symbols in Magic: Tools for Transforming Reality
Original language description
The following paper focuses on the role and function of symbols in magical practice. The first part explains the symbol as a semiotic term with all its fundamental features, including the necessary function and condition of ordinary communication. The next section deals with symbols that fulfill the essential role of transforming reality within the framework of magical practice. Examples of sigil magic, Tarot, and amulets explain the paradigm, which uses symbolic language as a mandatory condition for its existence and simultaneously ignores the shared awareness of the origin of the symbol as a constitutional element of its functionality. This paper demonstrates how the symbols used in everyday communication and the symbols used in magical practice are two different entities performing distinct kinds of function, and primarily that they differ in requirements for being created and functional.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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