Mana : a history of a western category /

In Mana: A History of a Western Category Nicolas Meylan proposes a critical account of Western imaginations of mana, a word belonging originally to Oceanic languages but borrowed by European languages in which it acquired the meaning 'supernatural power.' While mana is best known for its t...

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Main Author: Meylan, Nicolas.

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 10.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The First Century of Mana -- Bringing Mana Within Theory -- The Domestication of Mana -- Mana in the North -- The Physics of Mana: From Substance to Unit -- Energy for a New Paganism -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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