Daimonic Imagination: Uncanny Intelligence

by Angela Voss, William Rowlandson

From the artistic genius to the tarot reader, a sense of communication with another order of reality is commonly affirmed; this 'other' may be termed god, angel, spirit, muse, daimon or alien, or it may be seen as an aspect of the human imagination or the 'unconscious' in a psychological sense. This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence in a diversity of manifestations, presenting new insights into inspired creativity and human beings' relationship with mysterious and numinous dimensions of reality. In art and literature, many visual and poetic forms have been given to the daimonic intelligence, and in the realm of new age practices, encounters with spirit beings are facilitated through an increasing variety of methods including shamanism, hypnotherapy, mediumship and psychedelics. The contributors to this book are not concerned with 'proving' or 'disproving' the existence of such beings. Rather, they paint a broad canvas with many colours, evoking the daimon through the perspectives of history, literature, encounter and performance, and showing how it informs, and has always informed, human experience.

Genres: Philosophy

457 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Dr. Angela Voss, Ph.D. (City University, London, 1992) SFHEA, is Programme Director for the MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Previously she was a lecturer in the Theology and Religious Studies section at the University of Kent. She has studied and taught Western esotericism for over twenty years, and is also a musician and an astrologer.

Reviews

[Rokas · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Book is interesing and i am reading it for the second time in my life. There are exceptional stories and explanations involved in it.