# Magic and Magick Studies [Wikipedia Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(supernatural)) ( ongoing ) ## Description The history and practice of magic, occultism, and folk magical traditions, including spirit photography, folk cursing practices, and legal/historical perspectives on necromancy and death magic. ## Key Tags #magic #occultism #folk-tradition ## Essential Works - Chéroux, Clément, and Andreas Fischer. *The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult* - study of spirit photography and occult imaging - Waters, Thomas. "Irish Cursing and the Art of Magic, 1750–2018" - history of Irish folk cursing practice ## Details ### Key Theorists - Thomas Waters - historian of folk magic and cursing practice in Ireland ### Exemplary Practitioners %% none yet %% ### Related Concepts - [[Fictive Art and Hoaxes]] - overlapping techniques of misdirection and staged séances - [[Forbidden Media]] - shared concern with containment protocols and taboo knowledge ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions - Church of Light - source of Elbert Benjamine's *Laws of Occultism* (founded 1932) ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography %% none yet %% ### Secondary Sources Bibliography Benjamine, Elbert. _Laws of Occultism_. no. 41. Church of Light-1926, 1926. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112105923038](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112105923038). Browning, P Craig. _About Bizarre Magic_. n.d. Chéroux, Clément, and Andreas Fischer. _The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult_. n.d. Gouvin, Eric J. _On Death and Magic: Law, Necromancy and the Great Beyond_. n.d. Waters, Thomas. “Irish Cursing and the Art of Magic, 1750–2018*.” _Past & Present_ 247, no. 1 (2020): 113–49. [https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz051](https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz051).