SLAVIC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kenneth Pargament, Hubris, 10Tp
5 Oct 2018
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The presence of magic in human civilization has been documented throughout history, from the time of ancient cultures to our contemporary, technology-based culture of consumption. For instance, the epigraph from the best-selling book the secret: Food is not responsible for putting on weight. It is your thought that food is responsible for putting on weight that actually has food put on weight. Remember, thoughts are the primary cause of everything, and the rest is effects from those thoughts. [this excerpt] exemplifies how modern-day consumers grasp for an understanding of how the genie of the universe unseen, mystical, supernatural forces may have an effect on their day-to-day life. There are hidden and unseen powers transcending the world, yet responsible for what occurs within it. Magical thinking is thus a participative mode of thought where participation can be understood as a basic human awareness of the interrelatedness of all things in the world.
