num_pages: 288
description: From the sigils of chaos magic to the numerical code of Qabalah all magical practices operate in a web of symbols and language. Yet academics seldom examine the role that semiotics and linguistics play in the unfolding of magical works. In the follow-up to his debut Postmodern Magic  Patrick Dunn returns once again to the theoretical realm of the sign the signified and the changeable perceptions of a slippery reality. Intellectual and aggressively modern his language-driven perspective on magic touches on all elements voiced and written from speaking in tongues and creating mantras to composing Enochian spells and working with gematria. A hefty appendix includes exercises that put Dunn's theories to work as well as the first published dictionary of English alphabet numerology. Highly literate and highly readable Magic Power Language Symbol will tickle the minds of theory-thirsty academics and seasoned mages alike as well as anyone else eager to examine the manufacture of meaning. 
language: English
title: Magic, Power, Language, Symbol: A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics
publisher: Llewellyn Publications