Developing Magical Consciousness: A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception
Preternature Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural January 18, 2023 DOI: 10.5325/preternature.12.1.0084 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that magical perception is a rejected or marginalized form of knowledge in post-Enlightenment Western cultures, and proposes that individuals can reactivate it by learning to orient their consciousness differently, offering an "alternative mythological framework" intended to bridge Indigenous worldviews and Western science. |
Abstract
In Developing Magical Consciousness: A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception, Susan Greenwood aims to bridge the gulf between Indigenous worldviews and the scientific worldview of the West to offer “an alternative mythological framework for developing Western magical perception” (1) and to exemplify how to develop magical perception. She argues that such perception is a rejected or marginalized form of knowledge in post-Enlightenment Western cultures that individuals can reactivate by learning to orient their consciousness differently.