On Magic

On Systems of Magic

In addressing the provocation rising from existential Mystery, a variety of hierologies--discourses of the sacred/sacrosanct, that which is set apart; logics of the divine--come into being. 

Signifying

Agent: Royal/State magician - the priest - the wizard
Collectivity: The Congregation, mass

Post-signifying
Agent: Thaumaturge - the miracle worker - the prophet
Collectivity: The Pilgrimage, holy procession

Proto-signifying
Agent: Shaman - the spirit worker
Collectivity: The Ritual, dance

Counter-signifying

Agent: Sorceror - the chaos worker - the seer
Collectivity: The Countersacrament, undoing, desecration, iconoclasm

Seductive/Imaginarian
Agent: Witch - the conjuror - the demon pact
Collectivity: The Contagion, sabbat, nocturne

Real/Diagrammatic
Agent: Satan, Devil