{"product_id":"9780738713601","title":"Magic, Power, Language, Symbol: A Magician's Exploration of Linguistics","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. \u003cp\u003eIn the follow-up to his debut \u003cem\u003ePostmodern Magic\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighly literate and highly readable, \u003cem\u003eMagic, Power, Language, Symbol\u003c\/em\u003e will tickle the minds of theory-thirsty academics and seasoned mages alike, as well as anyone else eager to examine the manufacture of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028694843632,"sku":"9780738713601","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780738713601_p0.jpg?v=1763624714","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780738713601","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}