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Magic and Masculinity - Ritual Magic and Gender in the Early Modern Era (Hardcover)
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Magic and Masculinity - Ritual Magic and Gender in the Early Modern Era (Hardcover)
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In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic
- the attempted communication with angels and demons - both
reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority
of male magicians acted from a position of control and command
commensurate with their social position in a patriarchal society;
other men, however, used the notion of magic to subvert gender
ideals while still aiming to attain hegemony. Whilst women who
claimed to perform magic were usually more submissive in their
attempted dealings with the spirit world, some female practitioners
employed magic to undermine the patriarchal culture and further
their own agenda. Frances Timbers studies the practice of ritual
magic in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries focusing
especially on gender and sexual perspectives. Using the examples of
well-known individuals who set themselves up as magicians
(including John Dee, Simon Forman and William Lilly), as well as
unpublished diaries and journals, literature and legal records,
this book provides a unique analysis of early modern ceremonial
magic from a gender perspective.
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