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Description: Further DetailsTitle: Magic, Mystery, and ScienceCondition: NewEAN: 9780253216564ISBN: 9780253216564Publisher: Indiana University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/04/2003Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmAuthor: David A. Grandy, Danny Ethus BurtonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Occult in Western CivilizationISBN-10: 0253216567Description: "[P.D. Ouspensky's] yearning for a transcendent, timeless reality—one that cancels out physical disintegration and death—figures into science at some fundamental level. Einstein found solace in his theory of relativity, which suggested to him that events are ever-present in the space-time continuum. When his friend Michele Besso passed on shortly before his own death, he wrote: 'For us believing physicists the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one.'" —from Magic, Mystery, and Science The triumph of science would appear to have routed all other explanations of reality. No longer does astrology or alchemy or magic have the power to explain the world to us. Yet at one time each of these systems of belief, like religion, helped shed light on what was dark to our understanding. Nor have the occult arts disappeared. We humans have a need for mystery and a sense of the infinite. Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent—quite unlike the one supposed by science. By taking these beliefs seriously, while keeping an eye on science, this book aims to capture some of the power of the occult. Readers will discover that the occult has a long history that reaches back to Babylonia and ancient Egypt. It proceeds alongside, and frequently mingles with, religion and science. From the Egyptian Book of the Dead to New Age beliefs, from Plato to Adolf Hitler, occult ways of knowing have been used—and hideously abused—to explain a world that still tempts us with the knowledge of its dark secrets. Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Magic, Mystery, and Science

Title: Magic, Mystery, and Science

EAN: 9780253216564

ISBN: 9780253216564

Release Date: 12/04/2003

Release Year: 2003

Subtitle: The Occult in Western Civilization

ISBN-10: 0253216567

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality

Topic: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 408 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Magic, Mystery, and Science : the Occult in Western Civilization

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Publication Year: 2003

Item Height: 1 in

Subject: Cults, Occultism

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 20.8 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion

Author: David A. Grandy

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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