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Bonaparte, Marie. Magic Thought in the Primitive.
Laforgue, R. Magic Thought in Religion.
Leuba, J. Magic Thought in the Neurotic.
Codet, H. Magic Thought in Daily Life.
Borel, Adrien. Magic Thought in Art.
Nacht, S. Magic Thought in the Dream.
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Bonaparte, Marie. Magic Thought in the Primitive.—This lecture, and the following six lectures, were given at the Sorbonne during the first semester of 1935. Madame Bonaparte, borrowing from Frazer's “Golden Bough” cites concrete examples of aggressive magic (charms, etc.) directed against the enemy, among the primitives; of defensive magic whose object it is to combat aggressive magic; economic magic, meaning attempts to master atmosphere (hunting and fishing rituals); love magic. Frazer's classification of magic is: Under the general head of Sympathetic Magic: