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Mag znaczy filozof, czyli magia Giordana Bruna w świetle jego traktatu 'O magii'

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Karnowska M.

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae

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2011

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vol. 21

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issue 2

181-189

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Magic, though dismissed by modern science, has throughout ages been more influential than we tend to admit. Only recently some attempts have been made to return magic to it’s rightful place in the history of philosophy. Giordano Bruno, commonly known as natural philosopher burnt at stake for his Copernican beliefs, apart from his cosmological writings is also an author of a number of treatises about magic. The article is intended as introduction to the subject of Brunian magic. It provides the summary of the treatise 'On magic', including descriptions of different kinds of magic, the way in which Bruno understands magic and what are bonds and how to create them. The article is followed by a fragment of the first polish translation of the treatise 'On magic'.

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The Power of the Word and the Mastery of Nature: Renaissance Magic and Francis Bacon

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Špelda D.

Acta Comeniana (International review of Comenius studies and early modern intellectual history)

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2005

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vol. 19

7-36

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In seiner Schrift Valerius Terminus schreibt Francis Bacon, dass Adam die Dinge mittelst ihrer wahrhaften Namen habe beherrschen können. Dieser Gedanke wird oft als magisches Motiv bezeichnet und die vorliegende Studie befasst sich damit, ob die Idee der Beherrschung der Dinge durch die Namen in der Renaissance-Magie vorkam und ob Bacons philosophisches Projekt der grossen Erneuerung der Wissenschaften von dieser Magie beeinflusst wurde. Der erste Teil der Studie befasst sich mit der natürlichen Magie (Porta, Ficino, Campanella), der zweite behandelt die kabbalistische und neoplatonische Magie (Mirandola, Agrippa von Nettesheim). Im dritten Teil werden Bacons Ansichten über Magie wiedergegeben. Die Analyse dieser Ansichten belegt, dass sich Bacons philosophisches Projekt von der Renaissance-Magie in mehreren Hinsichten deutlich unterscheidet. Im letzen Teil versucht der Verfasser nachzuweisen, dass die Erwähnung der Macht der Wörter nicht als Folge eines Einflusses der Magie auf Bacon interpretiert werden darf. Vielmehr handelt es sich um den Ausdruck einer idealen Form der menschlichen Macht über die Natur, die der Mensch nach seinem Sündenfall jedoch nie vollkommen erreichen kann. Bacon stimmt mit der damaligen protestantischen Auffassung überein, dass die Folgen des Sündenfalls wettgemacht werden könnten und dass der Mensch zu seiner paradiesischen Souverenität und Macht durch „unreine“ Mittel wie Arbeit, Technik, und forchungswissenschaftliche institutionelle Verwaltung zurückfinden könne.

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Treasure Books in Moravia in the 18th and 19th Centuries: An Analysis of Spell Texts

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Grůzová A.

Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)

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2023

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vol. 33

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issue 2

92 - 102

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Texts using magical practices formed an important part of everyday life, especially for the lower classes of society in the 18th and 19th centuries. Spellbooks straddle the boundary between prayer (i.e. a permitted expression) and magic (i.e. a not permitted expression). The text of a manuscript book often changed with the person of the scribe. The analysis of the different phases of the search has shown the variety of treasure texts content, which is usually not defined by the magical means used, the localization, the scribe, the subject, or the title. Nor do similar types of books show similarities: texts addressing the same saint (e.g. Saint Christopher books), texts following a similar theme (so-called edvartky), texts from the pen of the same author, or texts using the same “search” means. The text schematization is only manifested in the basic parameters, i.e. the search for treasure through establishing a relationship with otherworldly entities using various means. However, the texts make abundant use of fundamental aspects of traditional religiosity and belief in God. Thus, despite the presence of incantations and other practices, the treasure books are a manifestation of pious behaviour affirming man’s submission to the divine destiny

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Rabbanite magical texts in Karaite manuscripts

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Bohak G.

Karaite Archives

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2013

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issue 1

17-34

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In spite of the recurrent polemic in Classical Karaite texts against Rabbanite dealings with magic, later Karaite manuscripts do contain some magical texts and recipes. In the present study, we examine one such manuscript (Jerusalem – The National Library of Israel Ms. Heb. 8°3652), a nineteenth-century Karaite compendium of magical and non-magical texts, copied in Troki in 1873 by Yehudah ben Shelamiel Zekharia Bezekowicz. Upon closer examination, many, and probably all, of the magical and divinatory texts and recipes found in this manuscript can be shown to be derived from the Jewish magical tradition, as transmitted in Rabbanite manuscripts. We therefore point to some of these parallels, and show that this late-Karaite manuscript incorporates textual units that go back to late antique Jewish magic, to medieval and Renaissance Jewish magic, and to more modern Jewish magic, and that its magic-related contents display no specific Karaite features. It is simply a collection of Rabbanite magical traditions copied by Karaite scribes for their own use.

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Filozofia religii Abrahama Joshuy Heschela - mistycyzm bez magii?

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Pawlik A.

Studia Europaea Gnesnensia

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2016

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issue 13

187-200

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The article is devoted to the mystical nature of the philosophy of depth, as conceived Abraham Joshua Heschel. Although this philosophy draws strongly upon the Hasidic and Kabbalistic tradition, its mysticism is existential as opposed to magical.

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Sztuka iluzji

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Magdalena K.-P.

Kwartalnik Filmowy

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2015

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issue 92 Kino polskie i polityka

208-212

PL

Recenzowana książka Justyny Budzik „Filmowe cuda i sztuczki magiczne. Szkice z archeologii kina’ (2015) stanowi ciekawy przykład praktycznego zastosowania an-archeologicznej (wariantologicznej) koncepcji badań nad mediami. Zestawiając poglądy Siegfrieda Zielinskiego z koncepcją kinematografu atrakcji Toma Gunninga, autorka recenzowanej publikacji wypracowuje własny zestaw narzędzi badawczych, których operacyjność wykazuje w analizach takich filmów, jak „Królewna Śnieżka” (2012), Oz Wielki i Potężny (2013), „Iluzjonista” (2010), „Hugo i jego wynalazek” (2011), „Mechanizm serca” (2012), „Monster” (2005) oraz „Babadook” (2014). Jednym z walorów książki Budzik jest możliwość wykorzystania jej w edukacji filmowej – zwarte w Appendiksie scenariusze lekcji zostały przygotowane z myślą o upowszechnianiu wiedzy na temat historii kina wśród uczniów w różnym wieku.

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Book review of Justyna Budzik’s „Filmowe cuda i sztuczki magiczne. Szkice z archeologii kina” [„Film Wonders and Magic Tricks. Sketches in Archaeology of Cinema”] (2015). The book is an interesting example of practical application of non-archaeological (variant based) concept of research in media studies. The analysis of Siegfried Zielinski’s views together with Tom Gunning’s notion of cinema of attraction lead the author of the book to formulate her own set of research tools, the usefulness of which she presents in the analysis of such films as „Mirror, Mirror” (2012), „Oz the Great and Powerful” (2013), „The Illusionist” (2010), „Hugo” (2011), „Jack et la mécanique du coeur” (2012), „Monster” (2005) and „Babadook” (2014). One of the qualities of Budzik’s book is that it can be used in film education. The appendix contains lesson plans that can be used to promote the knowledge of film history among students of various ages.

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Preparing for esports competitions: gaming communities of practice

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Jasny M.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Sociologica

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2023

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issue 84

75-86

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Koncepcja wspólnoty praktyków zakłada, że jest to grupa osób, które łączy zamiłowanie do czegoś i które pogłębiają swoją wiedzę oraz doświadczenie w tym obszarze poprzez bieżące interakcje. Prezentowany artykuł skupia się na znaczeniu zinstytucjonalizowanych sieci relacji i wzajemnego uznania w przygotowaniach do rywalizacji w e-sporcie. Badanie stanowi przykład indukcyjnej jakościowej analizy. W jego ramach przeprowadzono indywidualne wywiady pogłębione z osobami (n = 12) mającymi znaczące osiągnięcia we współzawodnictwie w grze Magic: The Gathering (MTG). W społecznym świecie miłośników MTG liczne grupy odzwierciedlają funkcjonalność wspólnoty praktyków. Grupy te konstytuują podstawowy aspekt przygotowań do najważniejszych turniejów MTG. Przykłady funkcjonowania tak zwanych grup testingowych wśród miłośników MTG prowadzą do sformułowania nowej kategorii analitycznej – growych wspólnot praktyków. Wbrew stereotypom, prezentowane badania wspierają tezę o znaczącej roli gier wideo w kształtowaniu kompetencji społecznych i tworzeniu specyficznych wspólnot, co jest szczególnie istotne w kontekście pandemii COVID-19.

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Communities of practice are groups of people united by a passion for something, who deepen their knowledge and experience in their field through ongoing interactions. This article focuses on the importance of institutionalized relationship networks and mutual recognition in preparation for esports competitions. The study represents inductive, qualitative analyses. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with players (n = 12) that have significant achievements in Magic: The Gathering (MTG) competitions. In the social world of MTG enthusiasts, numerous groups reflect the functionality of a community of practice. These groups constitute a fundamental aspect of preparation for top-level MTG tournaments. Examples of the functioning of so-called testing groups among MTG enthusiasts allow the formulation of a new analytical category – the gaming community of practice. Contrary to stereotypes, the presented study supports the thesis about the significant role of video games in the formation of social competencies and the creation of specific communities, which is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Virgilio, le streghe e la sposa di San Francesco nella "Divina Commedia"

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Balducci M. A.

Italica Wratislaviensia

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2021

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issue 12.2

131-147

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Through the hermeneutic-symbolic study of the Dantean figures of Virgil, the witches Manto and Erichto, and the mysterious woman loved by St. Francis, we reflect on the sense of magic and thaumaturgy in the Divine Comedy, presenting a new theological interpretation of the secret doctrine of "Inferno" IX. Virgil is shown in Dante’s poem as the great Roman poet and as the magician of the Neapolitan folkloric traditions of the Middle Ages; he is celebrated but also ridiculed for his limitations. The Christian world, in fact, transcends the pagan idea of magic being Nature’s proud minister, to advance a more complex thaumaturgic concept that indicates a miraculous event belonging not only to man but to the divine that is fused into the human dimension. Along these lines, the most essential characteristics and differences of Virgil the Magician’s two infernal journeys in the Divine Comedy are analysed in detail: first, the one that is determined by the spells of Erichto, Lucan’s witch, and which is therefore the work of ancient pagan black magic; second, the one that is Christianly predisposed by angelic inspiration, that is, by Beatrice, who is the symbol of a newer “celestial magic,” which is, in turn, a special thaumaturgic power indicated by the paradisiac episode of St. Francis and his wife.

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Attraverso uno studio ermeneutico-simbolico delle figure dantesche di Virgilio, delle streghe Manto ed Erichto e della sposa di San Francesco si riflette sul senso del magico e del taumaturgico nella "Divina Commedia", proponendo una nuova interpretazione teologica della segreta “dottrina” a cui si allude nel canto IX infernale. Virgilio viene mostrato nel poema dantesco come il grande poeta latino e come il mago delle tradizioni folkloriche napoletane del Medioevo: così è celebrato ma anche ridicolizzato per i suoi limiti. Il mondo cristiano, infatti, trascende l’idea pagana della magia che è la signora orgogliosa della natura, per avanzare un “concetto magico” molto più vasto e complesso, evento non più soltanto dell’uomo ma del divino che è fuso e integrato nell’uomo. Su questa linea, si analizzano nei dettagli le più essenziali caratteristiche e differenze dei due viaggi infernali del mago Virgilio nella Divina Commedia: quello che è determinato dagli scongiuri di Erichto, la strega, ed è dunque opera di magia nera pagana antica, e quello che è predisposto cristianamente dall’ispiratrice angelicata, cioè da Beatrice che è simbolo della bellezza foriera di una “magia celestiale” più nuova, cioè una forma di taumaturgia indicata dalla figura paradisiaca di San Francesco e dalla sua sposa.

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