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Edited ByPhillip Pulsiano, Kirsten Wolf
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1993
Imprint Routledge
Pages 29
eBook ISBN 9781315161327
ABSTRACT
Magicseems to be volitive symbolic behavior to effect or to prevent changes in the environment by means of extraordinary communicative acts with paranormal factors. Magic is a way for certain human beings to make things happen that ordinarily could not be made to happen. Generally, it is distinguished from religion by the fact that the will of the magician is paramount. The magician makes the environment do his bidding, whereas in religion the human community generally attempts to harmonize its behavior with a universal paradigm.