Liminality, Embodiment and Metamorphosis: Applying The Transformative Power of Ceremonial Magic to Mixed Reality Games Design

Authors

  • Mariza Dima
  • Maria Saridaki

Keywords:

ceremonial magic, mixed reality games, mixed reality, embodiment, meaning making

Abstract

In this extended abstract we borrow components of ceremonial magic design, with centuries of empirical practice of altering normality, consciousness, and sense of self, momentarily or with more lingering effects, with the aim to explore how they can be used to design meaningful, immersive game experiences.

Downloads

Published

2022-01-01

Bibtex

@Conference{digra1321, title ="Liminality, Embodiment and Metamorphosis: Applying The Transformative Power of Ceremonial Magic to Mixed Reality Games Design", year = "2022", author = "Dima, Mariza and Saridaki, Maria", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/1321}", booktitle = "Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2022 Conference: Bringing Worlds Together 2022 "}