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- From: drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake)
- Subject: Re: Types of Magic
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:45:26 GMT
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- ba@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (B.A. Davis-Howe) writes:
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- >>call Deity Magick. But Vitalism? I missed the original post, so I haven't
- >>the foggiest what is meant here...I suspect that I'd include it with either
- >>Mentalism or Natural Magick.
- >
- >Vitalism deals with tapping into vital force, which is often called chi. It
- >is the natural energy which everything which lives exudes. Vitalism is the
- >least specific magic, in a sense, because it deals in raw energy. The
- >typical ring dance to raise energy in Wicca is an obvious example of Vitalism.
-
- Hmm. I'd still tend to place it as a kind of cross between Mentalism and
- Natural Magick...of which some forms of Wicca are good examples. Much of
- what they do seems to be Deity-oriented at times, so some could go that way
- as well.
-
- >Spiritualism deals with spirits--incorporeal entities. This
- >totems, etc, but does not have to do with religion/deities.
-
- Granted; perhaps Deity Magick *was* a bit of a misnomer. I had in mind
- the types of magic which deal with intelligent non-corporeal entities,
- such as totems, certain spirits and deities. Does your last sentence
- here imply that your classification of Spiritualism does not include
- religion, or that it includes religion and more? Do you consider
- religion to be a class of magic?
-
- >I hope this clarifies. I posted my partial draft of my taxonomy of magic in
- >this group several months ago, but recieved almost no feedback.
-
- I wasn't around then; this deals with the subject of my latest column on
- "Religion and Magick" where I gave my threefold division theory. I'd be
- interested to hear more on your ideas.
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