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jagash7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., March 27th, 2007
Rose McGuire Lecture - Conjuring Spirits: Ritual Magic and the Early Scientific Revolution
Posted by: Angela Sumegi
Event Location: Paterson Hall, Room 303 (Humanities Lecture Theatre)
Department: College of the Humanities
Details:
In 1568, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, educational reformer, early explorer of the
Northwest Passage, and half-brother to Walter Raleigh, and John Davis, the
navigator, technical innovator, and namesake for the Davis Straight, conjured
demons and talked with the spirits of various saints and history's greatest
magi. Frank Klaassen tells the story of their conjuring operations and
describes the medieval ritual magic traditions upon which they drew. He
explores the relationship of these activities to the early scientific
revolution and current assumptions about science and magic.
Reception to follow the lecture.
Rose McGuire Lecture - Conjuring Spirits: Ritual Magic and the Early Scientific Revolution
Posted by: Angela Sumegi
Event Location: Paterson Hall, Room 303 (Humanities Lecture Theatre)
Department: College of the Humanities
Details:
In 1568, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, educational reformer, early explorer of the
Northwest Passage, and half-brother to Walter Raleigh, and John Davis, the
navigator, technical innovator, and namesake for the Davis Straight, conjured
demons and talked with the spirits of various saints and history's greatest
magi. Frank Klaassen tells the story of their conjuring operations and
describes the medieval ritual magic traditions upon which they drew. He
explores the relationship of these activities to the early scientific
revolution and current assumptions about science and magic.
Reception to follow the lecture.
