Download or read book Magic in Names and in Other Things by Edward Clodd written by Edward Clodd and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Magic in Names and in Other Things written by Various and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magic in Names and in Other Things" is a fascinating treatise on superstition by English anthropologist Edward Clodd. It explores the idea of 'mana'-or 'power'-in both tangible and intangible things, but concentrates particularly on its proposed existence in names and words. Most of the information was taken from "Magic in Names," a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution in March 1917. Edward Clodd (1840 - 1930) was an English writer, banker, and anthropologist famous for his various and notable literary and scientific friends. Other notable works by author include: "The Childhood of the World" (1872), "Jesus of Nazareth" (1880), and "Nature Studies" (1882). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book Magic in Names and in Other Things written by Edward Clodd and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovers of the magical and the curious will find Edward Clodd's book, "Magic in Names, and in Other Things", an extensive compilation of facts concerning a world-wide superstition. The connection between magic and religion, the magic which dwells in tangible things (such as the hair and the teeth) and in the intangible things (such as shadows, personal names, the names of the dead) are described and classified. Passwords, curses, spells, and amulets form the subjects for other sections of the book. I have discovered in it a charm against witches and ghosts which I am going to try upon an affliction that troubles me more than these: the cats of my neighbors. This is the first warning. -The Weekly Review, Volume 3 [1920] It can be said at once of this book that it should be in every psycho-analytical library. It is an exceedingly valuable collection of material, well ordered arid clearly expounded. The author wisely confines himself mainly to the presentation of this material, adding but little in the way of comment or explanation. He begins with a description of the wide-spread belief in mana, in the power of influencing the world by non-natural processes, one probably identical with what in psycho-analysis is termed "the belief in the omnipotence of thought". How astonished anthropologists would be to know what a mana-like attitude is shown by the unconscious mind of the normal civilised adult! The author describes how this belief is attached, first to concrete parts of the person such as the blood, hair, teeth, saliva, and so on, then to less material objects like the portrait, shadow, reflection, echo, and so leads up to the main theme of his work, the ideas and feelings of magic attaching to names of all sorts. This is subdivided into sections on personal names, names of relatives, birth names, initiation names, euphemisms, names of kings and priests, names of the dead, and names of gods. It becomes clear that the primitive mind attaches a perfectly extraordinary significance to names, and treats them on the one hand as concrete things in themselves and on the other as integral representatives of the personality. The belief, for instance, that it is safer to conceal one's name, and^ that possession of it by an enemy gives him complete power over one, is to be met with in all parts of the world. The author, whose life's work has lain in anthropology and folk-lore, confines himself, it is true, mainly to savage races and peasants, but illustrations could be drawn from the most sophisticated classes and nations: he might, for instance, have commented on the dread thrill that passes through our House of Commons when the Speaker, on desperate occasions, has recourse to the last resort of threatening to "name" the recalcitrant member, one that rarely fails in its aim! It is thus far from true to say, as Mr. Clodd does, that "to the civilized man, his name is only a necessary label". Every medical practitioner knows that in a case of unconsciousness the patient's own name is the last sound to which he will fail to respond, and through Stekel's work on Namenverpfliditung we know to what an extraordinary extent a person's character and interests can be unconsciously influenced by the meaning of his name. We see thus yet another field waiting to be fertilised by psychoanalysis, and in the meantime are grateful to Mr. Clodd for grouping the necessary material in such a useful and presentable form.-The International Journal of Psycho-analysis [1920]
Download or read book Magic in Names written by Edward Clodd and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovers of the magical and the curious will find Edward Clodd's book, "Magic in Names, and in Other Things", an extensive compilation of facts concerning a world-wide superstition. The connection between magic and religion, the magic which dwells in tangible things (such as the hair and the teeth) and in the intangible things (such as shadows, personal names, the names of the dead) are described and classified. Passwords, curses, spells, and amulets form the subjects for other sections of the book. I have discovered in it a charm against witches and ghosts which I am going to try upon an affliction that troubles me more than these: the cats of my neighbors. This is the first warning. --The Weekly Review, Volume 3 [1920] It can be said at once of this book that it should be in every psycho-analytical library. It is an exceedingly valuable collection of material, well ordered arid clearly expounded. The author wisely confines himself mainly to the presentation of this material, adding but little in the way of comment or explanation. He begins with a description of the wide-spread belief in mana, in the power of influencing the world by non-natural processes, one probably identical with what in psycho-analysis is termed "the belief in the omnipotence of thought". How astonished anthropologists would be to know what a mana-like attitude is shown by the unconscious mind of the normal civilised adult! The author describes how this belief is attached, first to concrete parts of the person such as the blood, hair, teeth, saliva, and so on, then to less material objects like the portrait, shadow, reflection, echo, and so leads up to the main theme of his work, the ideas and feelings of magic attaching to names of all sorts. This is subdivided into sections on personal names, names of relatives, birth names, initiation names, euphemisms, names of kings and priests, names of the dead, and names of gods. It becomes clear that the primitive mind attaches a perfectly extraordinary significance to names, and treats them on the one hand as concrete things in themselves and on the other as integral representatives of the personality. The belief, for instance, that it is safer to conceal one's name, and^ that possession of it by an enemy gives him complete power over one, is to be met with in all parts of the world. The author, whose life's work has lain in anthropology and folk-lore, confines himself, it is true, mainly to savage races and peasants, but illustrations could be drawn from the most sophisticated classes and nations: he might, for instance, have commented on the dread thrill that passes through our House of Commons when the Speaker, on desperate occasions, has recourse to the last resort of threatening to "name" the recalcitrant member, one that rarely fails in its aim! It is thus far from true to say, as Mr. Clodd does, that "to the civilized man, his name is only a necessary label". Every medical practitioner knows that in a case of unconsciousness the patient's own name is the last sound to which he will fail to respond, and through Stekel's work on Namenverpfliditung we know to what an extraordinary extent a person's character and interests can be unconsciously influenced by the meaning of his name. We see thus yet another field waiting to be fertilised by psychoanalysis, and in the meantime are grateful to Mr. Clodd for grouping the necessary material in such a useful and presentable form. --The International Journal of Psycho-analysis [1920]
Download or read book Magic in Names and Other Things written by Edward Clodd and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.
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