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Magic A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

Chris Gosden

An Oxford professor of Three great strands of belief run through human history: Religion is the relationship with one god or many gods, masters of our lives and destinies. Science distances us from the world, turning us into observers and collectors of knowledge. And magic is direct human participa...

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The Daily Stoic

This book, focusing on the intersection of religion, science, and magic, was mentioned as something the speaker read during the pandemic.

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there's even there's this great book by a guy named Goodson who it's called magic a history and it's not about theatrical magic at all it's about what he calls the triple helix of religion science and...

— Episode: Author Adam Rubin on Creativity and Purs...

Episode: Author Adam Rubin on Creativity and Pursuing Your...

This book, focusing on the intersection of religion, science, and magic, was mentioned as something the speaker read during the pandemic.

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there's even there's this great book by a guy named Goodson who it's called magic a history and it's not about theatrical magic at all it's about what he calls the triple helix of religion science and magic as he has he describes it or has he defines it it's a fascinating book and it just talks about all these things that are kind of tied into what young talks about these rituals and the idea of picking up rocks from an important place and keeping them or collecting them because they have some sort of emotional significance to people is something that has been found all over the world so there's this there's something inside of us as humans that like attracts us to certain kinds of stories and behaviors and that to me is fascinating

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