Arabic Magic Medicinal Bowls
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3966432 |
|---|---|
| Autores | H Henry Spoer, Hans H Spoer (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1935 |
| Volumen | 55 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 237 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1935-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Editorial | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/594826 |
| OpenAlex | W2321405051 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
THE SIGNS and symbols,' as well as the designs, found upon magic bowls, although we may not be able to interpret all of them, and although some of them may appear to us as devoid of sense or as mere playful fancies of the engraver, were, I cannot but feel, of deepest significance to the medico-sorcerer, and had a definite, inherent meaning, forming an essential part of the mechanism needed for the production of the magic healing spell. The accompanying plates represent some sections of the engravings found on tasa I, described below, and on tasa III (PI. V). The mystic devices referred to above, occur, in larger or smaller number of various sizes and forms, on all kinds of tasat. The principle underlying their employment is always the same, namely, to produce a certain psychological effect upon the person who has come for healing. The most frequent designs are. inscribed circles, single or concentric, or a whole chain of them, as on tasa I, or sections of circles, or circles which cut one another.2a Then there are magic squares, differing as to the number of cells; triangles, the sides of which are formed by parts of the peripheries of three circles; cartouches, egg-shaped or otherwise. A boss may be found in the centre of the bottom of the bowl, either with a magic square or the Seal of Solomon on the top. This seal may also be found in other places on the same bowl. Instead of a boss with a flat top a hemisphere, divided into inscribed sections,3 may take its place. There is finally the Most Exalted Name of Seven Symbols. These are
Ancient history · Arabic · Art · Linguistics · MAGIC (telescope) · Physics · Traditional medicine · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · History of Medicine Studies · Medicine · Philosophy
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