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Opuscula Cypriani: Variations on the Book of Saint Cyprian and Related
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Item specifics
- Condition
- EAN
- 9781907881831
- UPC
- 9781907881831
- ISBN
- 9781907881831
- MPN
- N/A
- Item Length
- 29.7 cm
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Opuscula Cypriani: Variations on the Book of Saint Cyprian and Related Literature
- Item Height
- 297mm
- Publisher
- Hadean Press
- Topic
- Alternative Belief Systems, Books
- Item Width
- 210mm
- Item Weight
- 2272g
- Number of Pages
- 970 Pages
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Covering a timespan from the 17th century until the late 1920s, this work contains an unprecedented amount of Portuguese Cyprian-related material. From the records of the Inquisition to anonymous prayers, from elusive and previously unpublished manuscripts to printed books, and from pamphlets to periodicals, Jose takes us through a history of Portuguese sorcery and its various books, all of which, in one way or another, are branded with the name of the sorcerer Saint. Throughout its 968 pages, one can identify the mechanisms of folk composition of prayers and incantations, and identify the cultural, social and political forces which have stood as either opposers or instigators of Portuguese written magical culture. Through this the concreteness of Jose's original work can be seen to gradually dissolve into a restless sea of melding titles and compositions, whose only determining factors are the circumstance of their immediate present. The Opuscula Cypriani is composed of three parts. The first, reaching the farthest into the past, analyzes variations of the magical and religious composition known as the Prayer of St. Cyprian, presenting several instances of this complex prayer, as well as other smaller compositions which call on Cyprian in his quality of healer, diviner, and dominator. The second part focuses on variations of the very Book itself, offering the translated contents of five different Books of St. Cyprian, presenting various arrangements echoing their own times and circumstances, from French to Afro-Brazilian cross-pollenizations. Here, for the first time, an 18th century Portuguese manuscript Book of St. Cyprian is presented, and the shadows of many others are followed throughout 19th century scholarship and ethnography. Finally, the third part offers the largely unknown underground children of these same books -- small pamphlets and almanacs, which constantly circle around the contents of their larger fathers, but ultimately blossom into uniquely local expressions of magical conceptualization. Love and domination sorcery, harmful and demonic malefica, constant variations and new systems of cartomancy and Cyprian divinations are here presented among hundreds of prayers, sorceries and incantations, until it all fades into the dark shadow of the Portuguese dictatorship of the Estado Novo. The Opuscula Cypriani stands not only as a tour of the past of the book currently known as The Book of St. Cyprian, but it is, much more importantly, an invitation towards the future of a centennial and unregulated magic tradition. Along its many pages a clear image of the Portuguese Books of St. Cyprian is created: that of a continuous and ever changing tradition, constantly revolving around itself, interacting with its environment and its temporal preoccupations, taking in and apart both local and external expressions of magic and religion, and where only the recognition of the imminently pressing present matters.
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Publisher
Hadean Press
ISBN-13
9781907881831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4046371531
Product Key Features
Book Title
Opuscula Cypriani: Variations on the Book of Saint Cyprian and Related Literature
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Alternative Belief Systems, Books
Publication Year
2019
Number of Pages
970 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
297mm
Item Width
210mm
Item Weight
2272g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- v***v (20)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI bought it for my mum's birthday and she loves it. It has good information and images explaining things in excellent detail. It arrived well packaged and in new condition as advertised. Simplybestprices was the cheapest I found on the internet, so I went with them. The only negative was with the shipping, not the product. I ordered in Dec 2024 and it took many weeks before getting shipping details and then the delivery date kept changing and moving later. It eventuallly arrived early Feb.Landscape in Ink and Coloured Pencil by Hanson, Helen [Paperback] (#186378092996)
- m***_ (630)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described. Good communication and packaging. Delivery time was slow and tracking notes cryptic until it reached Australia but this was out of hands of seller. Recommended seller.E-Boat vs MTB: The English Channel 1941–45 (Duel) by Gordon Williamson (#387066269079)
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