People are fascinated by magic but few understand it. Most would rather deny, demonise or glamorise magic rather than ever admit to thinking magically. Rationalists that are concerned by the growing popularity of alternative healing, astrology and New Age ideas, ask: "whatever happened to the Enlightenment?"
The assumption is that "The Enlightenment" marked a break with a superstitious past; it was a forward leap for humanity after which any return to magical thinking would be regressive, or even impossible. But there is another, cyclic, view that sees the Enlightenment as having...
People are fascinated by magic but few understand it. Most would rather deny, demonise or glamorise magic rather than ever admit to thinking magica...
