magic

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magic (88:4-6secs). See also superstition; witchcraft
art of coercing involuntary spirit aid; securing insight into future (88:4.1-3)
attempt to manipulate God or reality without affecting the ego of manipulator (91:2.2) (91:8.2,7)
belief much sickness caused by (90:3.7)
beneficial aspects
cocoon of modern science (81:2.9) (88:6.8)
prepared way for superior religion by assuming reality of supermaterial beings (103:9.4)
represented primitives’ desire to know and to control environment (88:4.6)
black m. ceremonies practiced by sorcerers, magicians, or witches with aid of irregular spirits (90:2.2-3)
cure for defective m. was more m. (88:4.8)
customary for practitioner to work unclothed (88:6.1)
detrimental aspects
burdensome to life from cradle to grave (95:2.5)
devotees become lazy (69:2.6)
devotees ignore score of failures (85:4.4)
primitive man enslaved to (91:0.2)
surrounded entire life of ancients (83:4.2)
gesture, older than speech, considered more magical (88:6.4)
interpreted spirit messages (87:5.9)
linguistic fossils (88:6.7)
place in evolution of religious observances (90:0.1)
practices derived from ancient superstitions (150:3.2,8,11)
public and private phases (88:6.2)
ritual of chants and incantations (88:6.3)
sleight-of-hand feats employed by shamans (90:1.4)
slow to give way to foresight, self-denial, and industry (69:2.7)
supposed efficacy of images (88:5.3)
white m. ceremonials practiced by priests or shamans (90:2.2)

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