{"id":2724,"date":"2025-05-23T09:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientphilosophysociety.org\/website\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:49:24","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientphilosophysociety.org\/website\/call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR PAPERS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline: January 15, 2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magic has often been deeply misunderstood in the philosophical tradition\u2014it has been dismissed as primitive, derided as \u2018mystical,\u2019 and stigmatized as unphilosophical by influential figures such as Aristotle and later Christian thinkers. Traditions of magical practice in Ancient Greek culture and thought often reveal deep understanding of the natural, physical world and the forces at work within it. In this volume, the term \u2018magic\u2019 refers to an array of diverse practices including but not limited to divination, dream work\/healing, spell casting (erotic\/curse tablets, etc), the use of pharmakons, <em>thelxis<\/em>, ritual, necromancy, sacred objects\/amulets, necromancy, theurgy, and mystery traditions (such as Orphic, Eleusinian). We especially welcome submissions that engage with magical practices and philosophical pursuits; in other words, how are magical practices aimed towards love of wisdom? How do magical practices or magical thinking influence the philosophical tradition?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legendary Orpheus was renowned for enchantment through music, Pythagoras performed miracles and had a \u2018golden thigh,\u2019 Parmenides (the \u2018Father of Logic\u2019) presents his poem as a teaching he learned from a goddess when his <em>thumos <\/em>led him to her, Empedocles declares himself immortal and claims that his teachings will allow the practitioner to control the weather and bring back the <em>menos <\/em>of a man who has died from the underworld, and Plato often portrays Socrates as an enchanter. Since Dodds wrote <em>The Greeks and the Irrational<\/em>, there has been some attention paid to the philosophical value of early magical thinkers but sustained attention to this topic is warranted particularly because of the rationalistic bias that has often pervaded scholarship on Ancient Greek texts. We welcome submissions on any texts in Ancient Greek magic and philosophy, including but not limited to: Homer, Hesiod, Greek Magical Papyri, Pythagorean sources, Orphics, Eleusinian mysteries, Presocratic\/\u2019Post-Hesiodic\u2019 philosophers, Plato, Artemidorus, and Neoplatonists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions should be 5000-8000 words inclusive of footnotes and bibliography. Send submissions, along with a 300 word abstract, by January 15, 2026 to: ancientmagicphilosophybook@gmail.com&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Deadline: January 15, 2026&nbsp; Magic has often been deeply misunderstood in the philosophical tradition\u2014it has been dismissed as primitive, derided as \u2018mystical,\u2019 and stigmatized as unphilosophical by influential figures such as Aristotle and later Christian thinkers. Traditions of magical practice in Ancient Greek culture and thought often reveal deep understanding of the natural, physical world and the forces at work within it. In this volume, the term \u2018magic\u2019 . . . <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientphilosophysociety.org\/website\/call-for-papers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ancientphilosophysociety.org\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CFP-Magic-in-Ancient-Greek-Culture-and-Philosophy.jpg?fit=1700%2C2200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p276B2-HW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2817,"url":"https:\/\/www.ancientphilosophysociety.org\/website\/magic-in-ancient-greek-culture-and-philosophy-updated-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":2724,"position":0},"title":"Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Updated Deadline","author":"William Koch","date":"January 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The deadline to submit a chapter to the upcoming volume \"Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy\" has been extended from January 15th to February 1st. 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