Re-envisioning the Evil Eye: Magic, Optical Theory, and Modern Supernaturalism in Jewish Thought
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DOI: 10.1163/1872471x-11411098
Abstract: This essay is a case study in the modern emergence of the “supernatural.” I argue that pre-modern understandings of the evil eye were predominantly naturalistic, based on extramissionist, haptic concepts of vision. The need to… read more here.
Keywords: optical theory; envisioning evil; eye magic; magic optical ... See more keywords