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INCANTATIO. An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charmin

Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com   willowitch2001

Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:32 pm (PST)



The first issue of "Incantatio" is finally online.

D.

http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/index.html

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INCANTATIO <http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/index.html>
An International Journal on Charms, Charmers and Charming
Issue 1, 2011

General Editor: Mare Kõiva
Guest Editor: Jonathan Roper

To buy this issue, contact the editors. You can see the issue here
<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1.pdf> (PDF) or click on
article titles for individual PDF files.

CONTENTS

* Introduction
<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Introduction.pdf>
P. 6
* Secrecy
<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Passalis.pdf> and
Ritual Restrictions on Verbal Charms Transmission in Greek Traditional
Culture
Haralampos Passalis
Pp. 7-24

The paper focuses on the ritual restrictions and taboos surrounding verbal
charms transmission in Greek traditional culture. These restrictions and
taboos which are closely connected with a strategy of secrecy based on the
wide-spread belief that revealing the verbal part of charm renders the
ritual ineffective, aim at protecting the transmission of verbal part which
is considered as the main part of the ritual performance. Moreover, they can
cast light on issues as the social status of performer, the owned state of
magic, the problem of collecting charms in fieldwork, and even on the way of
performance (the verbal part has to be recited in such a way so that it is
not heard). Special attention is given to how this strategy of secrecy
affects the construction of the verbal part by way permitting
transformations, innovations substitutions, omissions, even texts which lack
logical coherence without disturbing the efficacy of the rituals themselves.
Key words: Greek traditional culture, performative context, restrictions,
secrecy, taboos, transmission, verbal charms
* Practical
<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Tsonkova.pdf> Texts in
Difficult Situations: Bulgarian Medieval Charms as Apocrypha and
Fachliteratur
<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Tsonkova.pdf>
Svetlana Tsonkova
Pp. 25-35

The objects of this article are medieval Bulgarian charms, written in Old
Church Slavonic language and preserved in manuscripts. The article is
focused on two issues. Firstly, it deals with the charms as specialized
texts, as a specific kind of Fachliteratur, with important practical
function in coping daily life challenges and problems. The main purpose of
these charms was to meet and solve the crucial quotidian issues, like health
problems, provision of good luck and protection against evil forces.
Secondly, the article refers to the position of the charms among the
canonical Orthodox Christian texts. This position is examined in the context
of practicality and of the historical changes in the society. This is also a
question of the relations between the content of the charms and the content
of the other texts from the same manuscript. In this respect the medieval
Bulgarian charms are an interesting phenomenon, as they intermingle among
canonical Orthodox Christian books, as service books and books of needs.
Key words: apocrypha, apotropaic magic, daily life, medieval Bulgarian
charms, medieval Fachliteratur, oral and written transmission of charms,
practical magic
* <http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Lovelace.pdf>
Immateria Medica: Charmers and their Communities in Newfoundland
Martin Lovelace
Pp. 36-47

This paper offers a typology of charmers in Newfoundland, Canada. The
ability to charm may be transmitted, often cross-sex, or may be ascribed by
the community and adopted as a role by an individual who falls into the
recognized categories of being a posthumous child, or a woman who marries a
man who shares her own family name. Seventh sons and priests are ascribed
the widest range of healing competency and are at the apex of a conceptual
pyramid of power. Material is drawn from fieldwork conducted in 2010 and a
review of holdings on charming contained in MUNFLA, the Memorial University
Folklore and Language Archive. It is argued that it may be premature to
conclude that charmers have lost their healing and social roles in
Newfoundland communities and that in the case of wart charming, and blood
stopping, the tradition continues.
Key words: Ascribed healing roles, charming, folklore archives and appraisal
of sources, Newfoundland, scarcity of verbal charms.
* <http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Olsan.pdf> The
Three Good Brothers Charm: Some Historical Points
Lea Olsan
Pp. 48-78

The charm for wounds beginning "Three good brothers were going/walking" has
been documented in written and spoken sources in various languages across
the European continent from the medieval period. Ferdinand Ohrt's article in
the Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens contained many examples of the
formula from Northern European manuscript sources. There remain many more
examples to be assembled from English manuscripts and from other cultural
traditions This paper (including the Appendices) does not attempt to offer a
comprehensive collection of Three Good Brothers charms. Rather, it seeks to
understand and interpret selected instances of the charm's appearance from
the evidence of selected manuscript contexts. The phrase 'Historical Points'
in the title of this paper signals my attempt to elucidate the cultural
contexts for the use of this wound charm at specific moments during, before
and after its popularity in the manuscript culture of the medieval period.
Key words: Tres boni fratres, Longinus, Neque doluit neque tumuit, encounter
charm, Christ as healer.
* <http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Kapalo.pdf>
Genre and Authority in the Scholarly Construction of Charm and Prayer: A
View from the Margins
James A. Kapaló
Pp. 79-101

This paper presents a critique and some theoretical reflections on the
relationship between the genres of charm and prayer in folklore and
religions scholarship. I draw special attention to the construction of the
liminal genre of 'archaic prayer' in Hungarian scholarship and its
relationship to magic and the 'charm' genre as elucidated in the work
ethnographers Éva Pócs, Zsuzsanna Erdélyi and Irén Lovász amongst others. It
is commonly recognised that scholarly distinctions between genres cut across
emic categories and insider knowledge structures. Drawing on the work of
Pierre Bourdieu, this paper critiques the discourse on archaic prayer in
relation to the dichotomy between magic and religion and the emic/etic
distinction through a focus on power/knowledge relations and the politics of
language in the religious field.
Key words: Bourdieu, charms, folklore, folk prayer, genre, folk religion

<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_BookReview.pdf> BOOK
REVIEW
Successful and Fruitful Model – Lithuanian Charms Collection as a
Contribution to the Research of Verbal Magic, pp. 102-103
A New Generation Study on Lithuanian Incantations, pp. 104-106

<http://www.folklore.ee/incantatio/Incantatio_2011_1_Reports.pdf>
CONFERENCE REPORT
Charms, Charmers and Charming. International Conference at the Romanian
Academy (Bucharest, June, 24–25, 2010), pp. 107-109

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Monogamy and Polygyny

Posted by: "Caroline Tully" heliade@bigpond.com   willowitch2001

Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:34 pm (PST)



Available as free download, Walter Scheidel's Monogamy and Polygyny in
Greece, Rome, and World History (2008) :

http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2010/01/monogamy-and-polygyny-in-greece-
rome-and-world-history-2/

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Re: Pagan allowed to stay in Britain after telling Home Office belie

Posted by: "Leif Njordsson" godhi@elderway.org   woodhenge_aust

Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:46 pm (PST)



G'day all

Whilst not disputing the Article, all I can do is shake my head and say
"what a load of crap!" There is no anti-divorce theology in any branch
of heathenism that I know of. Quite to the contrary, most Heathens that
I am aware of are quite "pro divorce and pro things like pre - nups".
There are certainly elements of Heathenry which have taken on a
"southern morality" residual from their former roots in fundamentalist
Christianity but Divorce is not one of them.

More Odinists are "anti poly" than anti divorce, and the slightest bit
of research by the government department concerned would have found
this. I might emphasise that neither position (anti-divorce or
anti-poly) has any basis whatever in Heathen Lore.

Wes Thu Hael

Leif

On 20/12/2011 8:30 PM, Tish wrote:
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> Pagan woman in polygamous relationship allowed to stay in Britain after
> telling Home Office beliefs forbid divorce
> By John Hutchinson
>
> Last updated at 7:52 PM on 18th December 2011
>
> Pagan victory: Emily DiSanto stressed her Odinist beliefs forbade her
> boyfriend divorcing his wife - and so she should be allowed to stay in the
> UK
> An American woman who lives with her boyfriend and his wife has avoided
> deportation after claiming that their pagan beliefs forbid divorce.
> Emily DiSanto was originally told that on the grounds of public morality
> which ban polygamous relationships, she would not be granted a Visa to
> stay
> in the UK.
> But appealing on the grounds of her right to family life, she has won her
> case under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
> Miss DiSanto shares the home of Alan and Anne-Marie Caulfield in Eltham,
> South East London - and both women have a child by Mr Caulfield.
> In what is an extraordinary outcome, Miss DiSanto's lawyer highlighted
> that
> by his client being deported, it would not only affect the well-being
> of her
> own son, but also Mrs Caulfield's son.
> The case will no doubt increase pressure on the government to reform human
> rights laws, as yet again they have been used to overturn civil servants'
> decisions.
>
> All three worship Norse gods, including Odin and Thor, and claim that
> their
> beliefs rule out a divorce between Mr and Mrs Caulfield, who according to
> DiSanto's lawyer, no longer have a sexual relationship.
> The Home Office dropped its objection on the grounds of bigamy, and Miss
> DiSanto made two appeals.
> It is thought her success was largely down to the fact that civil servants
> could not prove that Miss DiSanto was involved in polygamy.
>
> All under one roof: Miss DiSanto lived with fellow Pagan couple Anne-Marie
> and Alan Caulfield in Eltham, south-east London
>
> All change: The Home Office will be pushing for change in its immigration
> rules after Emily DiSanto won a case to stay int he UK due to Human
> Rights'
> Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Ian Macdonald, QC, president of the
> Immigration Law Practitioners' Association said: "There is no law against
> threesomes. For many people such a thing may be morally objectionable
> but it
> is not unlawful.
> "I think the original decision to cite polygamy as a reason to refuse
> permission was probably that of a junior official which, further up the
> chain, was recognised to be unsustainable. It would have been kicked
> out by
> any court.
> After losing a first appeal, which the Government took into account that
> Miss DiSanto, from Chicago, arrived in Britain in 2008 already
> pregnant with
> Caulfield's baby, casting doubt on any intentions to leave in time,
> DiSanto
> made a second appeal.
>
> Meeting point: Most people will be familiar with Stonehenge - a
> traditional
> meeting place for Pagans - but little might be known about Odinist beliefs
> which have helped an American woman remain in the UK
> Here her lawyers highlighted that family life would be hugely disrupted by
> Miss DiSanto being deported, and Upper Tribunal Judges Bernard Dawson and
> Catriona Jarvis found favour in her argument.
> A Home Office Spokesman told the Sunday Telegraph: "We are disappointed by
> the court's decision in this case.
> "For too long Article 8 has been used to place the family rights of
> immigration offenders above the rights of the British public.
> "This is why we will change the immigration rules to reinforce the public
> interest in seeing those who have breached our immigration laws
> removed from
> this country."
> The Caulfields and Miss DiSanto have declined to comment on the court's
> decision.
>
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Re: Pagan allowed to stay in Britain after telling Home Office belie

Posted by: "Brock Ulfsen" brockulfsen@yahoo.com.au   brockulfsen

Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:32 pm (PST)



The Christian church banned both concubinage and divorce when
converting the Heathen Danes, so both divorce and (a form of)
polyandry were practiced before the coming of the Roman church. Having
said that, religions are funny beasts and evolve like Pokemon...

On 21/12/2011, at 8:46 AM, Leif Njordsson wrote:
> I might emphasise that neither position (anti-divorce or
> anti-poly) has any basis whatever in Heathen Lore.
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see this

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Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:38 pm (PST)



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Book launched - PAGANISM & CHRISTIANITY

Posted by: "Media Officer" media@paganawareness.net.au   pan_inc_media

Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:51 am (PST)



It is officially launched! 'PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY - A Resource for Wiccans, Witches and Pagans' is available now through Smashwords.

Get it here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/114560

The RRP is $3.99, available across multiple formats for the price of a cup of coffee.

Proceeds from sales will support the Pagan Awareness Network's mission of education and community-building.

Feedback and comments can be left at the Paganism & Christianity Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paganism-Christianity-A-Resource-for-Wiccans-Witches-and-Pagans/267579726632095

Solstice Blessings to all!

Gavin

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