Claire Fanger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1220519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Fanger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Fanger |
| SIGNATURE | FANGER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
Journal Article Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff Get access Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Cambridge University Press, 2022. xvi + 400 pages. $135.00 (hardcover or e-book). Claire Fanger Claire Fanger Rice University [email protected] Search for other works by this a…
Introduction
Care of God as Care of the Self
This article draws on Foucault’s understanding of “thought” as “freedom” and his description of “care of the self,” connecting these concepts with the account of a vision of Christ recorded by the fourteenth-century French monk, John of Morigny (fl 1300–1315). I argue that John’s account reflects “thought” as “freedom” very much in the Foucaldian sense, even as it defers to Christ as the authority to whom the monk vows obedience. In the first par…
Shimmering Magic
This introduction lays basic theoretical groundwork that helps tie together these different articles on ritual uses of shimmer. Contributors examine not only how contemporary technologies of mass production (tinfoil, plastic sequins) and reproduction (photographs) have entered both iconoclast and iconophile ritual and popular culture spheres; they also illustrate how metaphoric and metonymic forms of agency and presence are attributed to shimmeri…
Liber florum celestis doctrine / The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching
Christian Ritual Magic in the Middle Ages
This article gives a brief introduction to the area of medieval ritual magic, outlining the main kinds of texts likely to be understood as belonging to the category – image magic, necromancy, and theurgy or angel magic. Before moving to an overview of the current state of scholarship, it makes note of some watershed works that helped to open up the area of intellectual magic for study. A number of interesting new discoveries, both textual and his…
An Introduction to Western Esotericism
Entre science et nigromance
Virgin Territory
La catoptromancie (divination par l'observation d'objets brillants) est une pratique abondamment attestée dans l'histoire, depuis l'Antiquité. Toutefois, les travaux académiques consacrés aux rituels de catoptromancie médiévaux sont encore assez rares. Cet article traite d'abord des prières et des rituels catoptromantiques pratiqués à l'aide d'un médium—toujours un enfant vierge—, lesquels se trouvent, notamment, dans deux manuels de nécromancie …
Miracle as prophetic gospel
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Miracle as prophetic gospel
Virgin Territory
La catoptromancie (divination par l'observation d'objets brillants) est une pratique abondamment attestée dans l'histoire, depuis l'Antiquité. Toutefois, les travaux académiques consacrés aux rituels de catoptromancie médiévaux sont encore assez rares. Cet article traite d'abord des prières et des rituels catoptromantiques pratiqués à l'aide d'un médium—toujours un enfant vierge—, lesquels se trouvent, notamment, dans deux manuels de nécromancie …
Entre science et nigromance
An Introduction to Western Esotericism
Christian Ritual Magic in the Middle Ages
This article gives a brief introduction to the area of medieval ritual magic, outlining the main kinds of texts likely to be understood as belonging to the category – image magic, necromancy, and theurgy or angel magic. Before moving to an overview of the current state of scholarship, it makes note of some watershed works that helped to open up the area of intellectual magic for study. A number of interesting new discoveries, both textual and his…
Liber florum celestis doctrine / The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching
Shimmering Magic
This introduction lays basic theoretical groundwork that helps tie together these different articles on ritual uses of shimmer. Contributors examine not only how contemporary technologies of mass production (tinfoil, plastic sequins) and reproduction (photographs) have entered both iconoclast and iconophile ritual and popular culture spheres; they also illustrate how metaphoric and metonymic forms of agency and presence are attributed to shimmeri…
Introduction
Care of God as Care of the Self
This article draws on Foucault’s understanding of “thought” as “freedom” and his description of “care of the self,” connecting these concepts with the account of a vision of Christ recorded by the fourteenth-century French monk, John of Morigny (fl 1300–1315). I argue that John’s account reflects “thought” as “freedom” very much in the Foucaldian sense, even as it defers to Christ as the authority to whom the monk vows obedience. In the first par…
Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
Journal Article Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff Get access Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity. By Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Cambridge University Press, 2022. xvi + 400 pages. $135.00 (hardcover or e-book). Claire Fanger Claire Fanger Rice University [email protected] Search for other works by this a…
Art (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (5 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works)