MEDIEVAL and ELIZABETHAN MAGIC: TECHNIQUES & COMMUNITIES

This conference will feature short talks by five scholars of pre-modern magic on various aspects of magic in the medieval period, as well as a small display of reproductions of medieval magic equipment; some of which you can try out.  Refreshments provided.  All are welcome.

600 Years of Tinkering with the Sigil of God and Still No Closer to the Divine (Laszlo Chardonnens, Radboud University – Netherlands), Medieval Buddhist Incantation Texts (George Keyworth – University of Saskatchewan), The Angel Skrying Techniques of an Elizabethan Magus (Sanne de Laat, Radboud University – Netherlands), Making Magic: How Magicians Assembled their Magic Books (Frank Klaasen, University of Saskatchewan), Solitary and Collective Magic in the Latin Picatrix (a medieval book of astral magic) (David Porreca, University of Waterloo), Cunning Folk, English Courts, and the Witch Trials (Sharon Wright, Saint Thomas More College).