“All creation – gods, demons, universes – is the expansion of the Creator’s thought into form. The nucleus of this is the substance of his mind. The power of projection is his will.” That portion of Tantrism presented in the foregoing articles constitutes a methodology capable of universal application. There is, however, another aspect of
The words “magic” and “magical” are used in many different ways to refer to a huge variety of supernatural or wondrous phenomena, and even within anthropology there is inconsistency. So varied have been referents of the terms that some scholars have insisted that they have no cross-cultural validity and have urged that they not be
Magic is complex and difficult to define. Generally, it refers to ritual activity – usually without institutional supports – the execution of which, through words and actions considered powerful, intends to automatically induce changes of various types. There are good (white magic) or bad (black magic) aims relating to various human and natural events (health