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Magic between Europe and India: On Mantras, Coercion of Gods, and the Limits of Current Debates
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SYSNO ASEP 0539293 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV J - Článek v odborném periodiku Poddruh J Článek ve WOS Název Magic between Europe and India: On Mantras, Coercion of Gods, and the Limits of Current Debates Tvůrce(i) Fárek, M. (CZ)
Horák, Pavel (UEF-S) ORCID, RIDCelkový počet autorů 2 Číslo článku 87 Zdroj.dok. Religions. - : MDPI
Roč. 12, č. 2 (2021)Poč.str. 23 s. Forma vydání Online - E Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. CH - Švýcarsko Klíč. slova religion ; magic ; sorcery ; mantra ; Indian religion ; spell ; Christianity Vědní obor RIV AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie Obor OECD Religious studies Způsob publikování Open access Institucionální podpora UEF-S - RVO:68378076 UT WOS 000623129400001 EID SCOPUS 85100258174 DOI 10.3390/rel12020087 Anotace Several scholars have criticized the efforts to explain Indian mantras as spells, but much is left to clarification. Why do submission-versus-coercion characterizations keep reoccurring, albeit disputed? Why does the difference between this-worldly and other-worldly goals also keep its important role in discussions about mantras? Furthermore, how are these ideas tied to analyses of the beliefs of practitioners? We identify three main positions concerning mantras: They are explained as spells, prayers, or both at the same time. However, the criteria for determining whether mantras are magical practices or religious practices apparently allow for characterizing the very same mantra as either of the two or even as ‘magico-religious’. The general theories of magic are not able to explain this problem. In the last part of this article, we analyse the role that the concept of supernatural powers plays in the debates. It was a whole structure of interconnected ideas, deeply rooted in Christian belief in a biblical God and fallen angels, which formulated the dominant characterization of magical practices in modern scholarship on India. We propose a three-step scheme which shows how the originally coherent account of Christian theology gradually dissolved into a set of problematic ideas that have typified discussions of Indian mantras over the last six or more decades. Pracoviště Etnologický ústav Kontakt Veronika Novotná, novotna@eu.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 277 Rok sběru 2021 Elektronická adresa https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/2/87
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