Abstract
How should we read the language of magic? As speech acts with performative force? As dramatic metaphor with special, emotional powers? As poetic form whose syntatic restrictions embody a special authority? Or, better still, as all three? This article examines the language employed in a Taoist exorcism performed in Taiwan and illustrates the need to attend to the multiple uses of language in magical and other performances. [magic, metaphor, performance, performatives, texts, theory]
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