Magical thinking, extraterrestrials and the Devil himself: why spirituality is back
No more gods, no more fairies, no more magic. The dawn of the Enlightenment implied the displacement of religious ideas, superstitions and all supernatural belief. Reason-led scientific knowledge would guide civilization towards progress. Max Weber called this process the “disenchantment of the world,” as its steam engine flattened prophets and goblins alike.
