{"id":20295,"date":"2025-05-08T20:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=20295"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:50:14","slug":"doumanian-2025-congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/doumanian-2025-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Doumanian (2025 Congress)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Meghri Doumanian<br \/>\n(<em>McGill University<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<h3>Paper<br \/>\npresented at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies<br \/>\n(Kalamazoo, 2025)<\/h3>\n<h3>Session on<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cDream Books, Spells, Divination, Incubation, and Interpretation<br \/>\n\u2014&#8217;Sandalphon, Send Me a Dream&#8217; \u201d<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Co-Sponsored by<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nSocietas Magica<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>P.-O.M.o.N.A.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Organized by<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Phillip Bernhardt\u2013House (<em>Academic Vagabond<\/em>)<br \/>\nMildred Budny (<em>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em>)<br \/>\nClaire L. Fanger (<em>Rice University<\/em>)<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2025-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Congress Program<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cDream Anxieties, Magic, and Liturgical Healing<br \/>\nin Armenian and Judeo\u2013Arabic Cultures:<br \/>\nThe Example of the <em>Erazahan<\/em><br \/>\nand the <em>Sefer Pitron Halomot<\/em>\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n<p>The Armenian and Judeo-Arabic cultures share numerous similarities, including the practice of magic and the tradition of writing and translating grimoires. This presentation will bring to light the anxieties pertaining to dreams, magic, and liturgical healings that the aforementioned cultures experienced in the Middle Ages. In examining the Armenian \u201cErazahan\u201d (Book of Dreams) and the Judeo-Arabic \u201cSefer Pitron Halomot\u201d (Book of Dreams), this presentation will illustrate the interconnectivity of these cultures through the lens of divination and<br \/>\nmagic. I will then proceed to examine the role of the diviner and the dream interpreter in relation to the psychological impact they had on the three cultures, with a particular focus on the Armenian culture.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation will illustrate how liturgical healing spells and rituals were incorporated in the \u201cErazahan,\u201d as was<br \/>\nthe case with numerous Judeo-Arabic grimoires, such as the \u201cPicatrix.\u201d In a nutshell, this presentation will highlight the social anxieties caused by the diviners and these books of dreams and will provide examples of legislation and manuscripts that were written in defense or opposition to diviners and magic.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghri Doumanian (McGill University) Paper presented at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2025) Session on \u201cDream Books, Spells, Divination, Incubation, and Interpretation \u2014&#8217;Sandalphon, Send Me a Dream&#8217; \u201d Co-Sponsored by Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Societas Magica P.-O.M.o.N.A. Organized by Phillip Bernhardt\u2013House (Academic Vagabond) Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) Claire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1023,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20297,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20295\/revisions\/20297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}