Magic, Mystery, and Science: The Occult in Western Civilization Burton Danny EthusPaperback
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…
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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 ScienceThe 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