{"id":10637,"date":"2008-02-28T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T10:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:40:59","slug":"gerhard-mayer-2008-arkane-welten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/en\/gerhard-mayer-2008-arkane-welten\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerhard Mayer (2008) <\/br> Arkane Welten"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]Das Bild des Magiers als einer Person, die sich mit &#8216;okkulten Kr\u00e4ften&#8217; besch\u00e4ftigt, ist in unserer Gesellschaft emotional hoch aufgeladen und mit vielf\u00e4ltigen Projektionen bedacht. Wir kennen sie als archetypische Figur aus M\u00e4rchen und Legenden, als Trumpf im Tarot-Kartenspiel oder auch als Figur in Rollenspielen. Im Alltag unserer vom naturwissenschaftlichen Denken dominierten Kultur muss der Magier hingegen eher fremd, letztlich fehl am Platze anmuten. Dennoch gibt es auch im 21. Jahrhundert in unserer Gesellschaft Menschen, die ihr Leben magisch-okkulter Theorie und Praxis gewidmet haben. Von solchen Magierinnen und Magiern berichtet dieses Buch. Empirisch basiert es auf narrativen und themenzentrierten Interviews, in denen ausf\u00fchrlich etwa \u00fcber biographische Hintergr\u00fcnde, den &#8216;Schulungsweg des Magiers&#8217;, verschiedenste Aspekte der magischen Praxis und \u00fcber das jeweils recht individuelle Magieverst\u00e4ndnis berichtet wird. In der Zusammenschau erm\u00f6glichen die vielf\u00e4ltigen pers\u00f6nlichen Berichte die Konturierung einer idealtypischen &#8216;magischen Pers\u00f6nlichkeit&#8217;, in der sich der alte Archetypus des Magiers manifestiert und dabei zugleich eine neue, geradezu &#8216;postmoderne&#8217; Form erh\u00e4lt. Erg\u00e4nzt werden die differenzierten und oftmals \u00fcberraschenden empirischen Befunde durch eine systematische Einf\u00fchrung in die aktuell relevanten magischen Schulen und die wichtigsten magischen Praxisformen im deutschsprachigen Raum.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biografien, Erfahrungen und Praktiken zeitgen\u00f6ssischer Magier <\/br>  (Grenz\u00fcberschreitungen, Band 6). <\/br> W\u00fcrzburg: Ergon Verlag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-buecher-aus-dem-igpp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gerhard Mayer (2008)  Arkane Welten - IGPP Institut f\u00fcr Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/igpp.de\/en\/gerhard-mayer-2008-arkane-welten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gerhard Mayer (2008)  Arkane Welten - IGPP Institut f\u00fcr Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biografien, Erfahrungen und Praktiken zeitgen\u00f6ssischer Magier  (Grenz\u00fcberschreitungen, Band 6). 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