#Chris Gosden

[russellmoreton]

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[pencildragons]

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3 Ships I Like: fox/quinlan, gideon/harrow, house/wilson

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Last Song You Heard: technically 'wayfarin' stranger' because i was in a choir rehearsal an hour ago, but the last song i Listened to was 'something in the way she moves' by james taylor whom i love forever and ever and ever and ever and

Favorite Childhood Book: i was WILDLY obsessed with beatrix potter. like listen-to-the-audiobook-cds-every-night + being able to recite most of the books from heart with the inflections of the narrators, kind of obssessed lolol (/hj) . in retrospect i really should've been diagnosed with autism sooner /j . of those tho i think the ones i remember listening to the most were the tale of little pig robinson, the tale of pigling bland, and the tale of mr tod

Currently Reading: looks nervously at the book i havent read for a fortnight and then at my huge to read shelf . currently i'm reading the history of magic: from alchemy to witchcraft, from the ice-age to the present by chris gosden! it's a history/anthropology book about the intersections between magic + science + religion in different world cultures across time and i've kind of been in the process of reading it for . four years. i have been reading this book longer than i've been transgender which is a really wild thing when i think about it ..... i should finish that tbh

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[thesorcerersapprentice]

Image Text: "The practices and philosophy of magic come from a sense of kinship with other living things, the landscape and the heavens. through magic we can explore mutuality: how we are joined to the rest of the universe and the manner in which we can affect things around us." - Magic: A History by Chris Gosden.

[wishful-seeker]

-Magic, A History: from Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

By Chris Gosden

[wickedlittlecritta]

actually while i'm recommending books, read chris gosden's magic: a history. it's about magic as the way humans participate with the universe. i think it pairs beautifully with braiding sweetgrass as a way to change the way you'll view and interact with the world.

[coinandcandle]

Hello✨️ I would like to start in the witchcraft, research, knowing etc. We had long ago, but I move away from it by turns of life. Now I have realized that it is more about a need, something that my spirit calls, although I still in a process, I want to tilt the balance to this side more than to modern and harmful rationality. I would like to please, I will teach me I recommend that, start reading, history history, tools for this study and practice.

Thanks

Ok friend this ask is a little difficult to understand due to the wording (or perhaps it's cuz I'm hopped up on cold meds currently and i just got back from a long day of walking outside). But it sounds like you're asking for some resources to study the history of witchcraft?

I have started reading the book "Magic: A History" by Chris Gosden and he takes a very history-focus approach to it and doesn't give a "high and mighty" vibe like some other authors do. That might be a good place to start because he goes over magic from the dawn of humanity basically.

Other than that, Wikipedia is a good place to start learning about a topic. It will give you a good summary (most of the time) and the pages are riddled with citations and links to where they get their info.

Ronald Hutton is also a great resource for reading, though there are a few videos of his lectures. As are Dr. Justin Sledge of Esoterica and Dr. Angela Puca of Angela's Symposium if you prefer video format.

I hope this helps!! Let me know if I misunderstood the ask and I'll redo the answer <3

[friend-crow]

Finally got that Chris Gosden audiobook and I've been really enjoying it. Very interesting and strangely affirming at times.

[littlebearnation]

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[armillaryspheres]

hi quill! how are you? would you like to answer 3 6 10 and 20 for the book ask game?

Hi, Pippin!! I'm doing fine, working on some projects I was really excited to get to. What about you?

3. What were your top five books of the year?

In the order in which I read them:

The name of the rose by Umberto Eco

One of the books ever, possibly my favorite that I read this year. I started it years ago and couldn't get past the first pages, but I fell in love with it this time around.

The history of magic by Chris Gosden

Not so much An Exhaustive History of Magic as an exploration of the role of magic in different societies and time periods. I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it.

Underland: A Deep Time journey by Robert Macfarlane

Ough. Each chapter follows a journey underground, from the catacombs of Paris to Greenland's ice. Very haunting and thought-provoking.

Mabinogion, translated by Victoria Cirlot

I had to go on a journey to borrow this book, but it was definitely worth it. Incredible stories and, while I can't judge the translation, the notes were very good. Also!! Gwalchmei!!!

A feast of creatures: Anglo-Saxon riddle-songs edited and translated by Craig Williamson

I had so much fun with this one. It is a translation and study on the riddles from the Exeter Book, including possible answers. Loved the analysis on riddles, and I had a great time sharing and trying to solve the riddles themselves.

Honorary mention goes to Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer. I couldn't finish it (I had to give it back to the library), but reading about the clerical necromantic underworld is always fun.

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Yeah, I meant to read The mediaeval Islamic underworld by C. E. Bosworth, but I was in the middle of exams and I could't focus on it as I would have liked :(

10. What was your favorite new release of the year?

I only read one book published this year, apparently? It was The tusks of extinction by Ray Nayler and I didn't love it but it was good.

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Cheating a little bit with La primera calle de la soledad (The first street of loneliness) by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo, which wasn't a release but a reprinting. It is described in the cover as "the novel that inaugurated cyberpunk in Latin America" and I was so excited to read it but it turned out to be. Not Good.

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[darkdoverpseeker]

21+ semi-experimental rp, not fandom specific*, exploring the notion of spirituality as a mode of relating to existence and what it means to relate to a transcendent being (building off Chris Gosden's definition of religion). It would, then, be more conversational in nature. Overall, I would call it a collaborative, post-modern art project using interaction as the medium and existentialism as the mode.

My Muse is named Báme and is connected to Mercury (as broadly as the symbol can be applied and interpreted) and the Sephiroth of Hod. She is the Goddess of Magick, Analysis, and Communication; although it should be noted She is the personification of symbols rather than Concepts, and therefore open to interpretation. By Her Mercurial nature, obviously there is a question of hermeneutics and consistency. The philosophical implications of this will play out in practice.

This is open to any character, OC or not, as I think a dynamic stance will get the most out of the concept (see footnote below). Likewise, I think it more interesting to see what possibilities lie in stylistic variance than limiting it one way or another; that said, my preference can probably be ascertained by my own. In terms of content, I have mixed feelings, so I'll just say remember there's a fleshy human on the other side - please use your best judgement and avoid being actively hurtful.

The main methods of interaction are asks, acting as 'prayers' (which may or may not be answered), and submissions, acting as 'offerings'. Additionally, people can like this post if they'd like their character to have a 'spiritual experience', ie to receive an ask, that being the Call to Adventure of the scene/scenario/etc. If you're wanting to explore NSFW themes, keep in mind it will be posted publicly if I respond (ie no dms atm and no anon asks).

Footnote

*If we consider divinity as (to put it reductively) the phenominological interaction with a concept (ie the important part of spirituality being the experience, not what lies on the other side of said experience; as Nietzsche put it, "The question of religion is not truth, but does it inspire?", or Joseph Campbell's notion that religion is the "window we draw around Nothing" so we know where to look) we can therefore put this in a modal realist context, ie there is no canon beyond the 'magic circle', as Huizinga might put it, of the activity - although challenging this could be interesting.

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[thesorcerersapprentice]

Image Text: “A belief in magic does not make people irrational, and [...] the contrast between magic and science is not between irrationality and rationality; rather, people work with various forms of logic that are argued from radically different premises." - Magic: A History by Chris Gosden.

[wishful-seeker]

"Did you know that in the timeline of human history, first came the practice of science, then the practice of magic, THEN the practice of religion?"

No I did not know that. Please say more!

Well, don't quote me word for word but i have this book I've been reading called Magic a history: from alchemy to witchcraft from the ice age to the present

Written by chris gosden, who is a professor of European archeology at Oxford.

I haven't gotten too far, but it starts at the beginning of human history. First, humans began tracking stars and planets, cant remember exactly what it said but it was either something about navigation or astrology, this is the early science we know of

Then, we have evidence of hunter gatherers crafting animals they wanted to hunt out of clay, and then blowing up in a kiln. We believe this is evidence of sympathetic magic, they might have believed blowing up a deer figure may give them the power necessary to hunt down said deer well.

Then, when hunter gatherers began to settle down, place roots, build homes, they eventually built temples and created deities to worship!

Pretty cool right? :)

[farararocket]

OOC Blog Explainer

21+ semi-experimental rp, not fandom specific*, exploring the notion of spirituality as a mode of relating to existence and what it means to relate to a transcendent being (building off Chris Gosden's definition of religion). It would, then, be more conversational in nature. Overall, I would call it a collaborative, post-modern art project using interaction as the medium and existentialism as the mode.

My Muse is named Báme and is connected to Mercury (as broadly as the symbol can be applied and interpreted) and the Sephiroth of Hod. She is the Goddess of Magick, Analysis, and Communication; although it should be noted She is the personification of symbols rather than Concepts, and therefore open to interpretation. By Her Mercurial nature, obviously there is a question of hermeneutics and consistency. The philosophical implications of this will play out in practice.

This is open to any character, OC or not, as I think a dynamic stance will get the most out of the concept (see footnote below). Likewise, I think it more interesting to see what possibilities lie in stylistic variance than limiting it one way or another; that said, my preference can probably be ascertained by my own (possibly pretentious) writing style. In terms of content, I have mixed feelings, so I'll just say remember there's a fleshy human on the other side - please use your best judgement and avoid being actively hurtful.

The main methods of interaction are asks, acting as 'prayers' (which may or may not be answered), and submissions, acting as 'offerings'. Additionally, people can like this post if they'd like their character to have a 'spiritual experience', ie to receive an ask, that being the Call to Adventure of the scene/scenario/etc. If you're wanting to explore NSFW themes, keep in mind it will be posted publicly if I respond (ie no dms atm and no anon asks).

Footnote

*If we consider divinity as (to put it reductively) the phenominological interaction with a concept (ie the important part of spirituality being the experience, not what lies on the other side of said experience; as Nietzsche put it, "The question of religion is not truth, but does it inspire?", or Joseph Campbell's notion that religion is the "window we draw around Nothing" so we know where to look) we can therefore put this in a modal realist context, ie there is no canon beyond the 'magic circle', as Huizinga might put it, of the activity - although challenging this could be interesting.