Sökning: "white magic"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden white magic.

  1. 1. The Eloquent Blood : The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism

    Författare :Manon Hedenborg White; Mattias Gardell; Henrik Bogdan; Ulrika Dahl; Egil Asprem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Western esotericism; occultism; magic; gender; sexuality; queer; queer theory; femininity; femininities; Thelema; Aleister Crowley; Ordo Templi Orientis; Babalon; Scarlet Woman; Luce Irigaray; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Sammanfattning : The study analyses the changing construction of femininities and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon, a central deity in Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) esoteric religion Thelema. Femininity has occupied a problematic position in feminist theory, frequently associated with lack, artifice, and restriction. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Blåkulla, magi och trolldomsprocesser : En folkloristisk studie av folkliga trosföreställningar och av trolldomsprocesserna inom Svea Hovrätts jurisdiktion

    Författare :Per-Anders Östling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Ethnology; angels; black magic; Blåkulla; circulation of rumours; dishonour; envy; folklore; gender; historical anthropology; history of mentalities; honour; hysteria; legal history; magic; maleficium; performance; popular beliefs; popular religion; rumours; social conflicts; sorcerer; sorcery; spreading of rumours; the devil; the evil eye; the Witches Sabbath; topsy turvy world; white magic; witch; witchcraft; Witch Craze;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with, magic, popular beliefs in the Witches Sabbath (in Sweden called Blåkulla), the witchcraft trials within the jurisdiction of Svea Circuit Court 1597–1720 and some aspects of the Great Northern Witch Craze of 1668–1677. The study examines the meanings of popular beliefs (folklore) in magic and Blåkulla and the actions, causes and events that actualised these beliefs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Blåkulla, magi och trolldomsprocesser : En folkloristisk studie av folkliga trosföreställningar och av trolldomsprocesserna inom Svea Hovrätts jurisdiktion 1597–1720

    Författare :Per-Anders Östling; Ulf Palmenfelt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; angels; black magic; Blåkulla; circulation of rumours; dishonour; envy; folklore; gender; historical anthropology; history of mentalities; honour; hysteria; legal history; magic; maleficium; performance; popular beliefs; popular religion; rumours; social conflicts; sorcerer; sorcery; spreading of rumours; the devil; the evil eye; the Witches Sabbath; topsy turvy world; white magic; witch; witchcraft; Witch Craze; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Etnologi; Ethnology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with, magic, popular beliefs in the Witches Sabbath (in Sweden called Blåkulla), the witchcraft trials within the jurisdiction of Svea Circuit Court 1597–1720 and some aspects of the Great Northern Witch Craze of 1668–1677. The study examines the meanings of popular beliefs (folklore) in magic and Blåkulla and the actions, causes and events that actualised these beliefs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Biophysical studies of membrane interacting peptides derived from viral and Prion proteins

    Författare :Kamila Oglęcka; Astrid Gräslund; Stephen White; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Prion peptides; Doppel peptide; Influenza fusion peptides; peptide-membrane interactions; translocation; linear dichroism; circular dichroism; Biophysics; Biofysik; Biophysics; biofysik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on peptides derived from the Prion, Doppel and Influenza haemagglutinin proteins in the context of bilayer interactions with model membranes and live cells. The studies involve spectroscopic techniques like fluorescence, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), circular and linear dichroism (CD and LD), confocal fluorescence microscopy and NMR. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Land of the Magical Maya : Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism

    Författare :Claudia Fonseca Alfaro; Stefan Kipfer; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Postcolonial Studies; Lefebvre; Global South; Critical Urban Theory; Maquiladoras; Coloniality;

    Sammanfattning : The land of the Magical Maya is a mythical region in the south of Mexico where there are enigmatic creatures such as cosmic Indios, vultures, ghosts, white elephants, pineapples, swallows, and flamingos; and wondrous places like cenotes, pyramids, blue moons, old frontiers, new frontiers, and paradise-Zones. In the 1980s, henequen, the agro-based industry that had sustained Yucatán since the 19th century, was close to collapsing. LÄS MER