Here are some viewpoints: Both religion and magic solicit the supernatural. It is said that magic uses "mysterious or supernatural forces,” while miracles manifest "divine intervention in human ...

(The Conversation) — Americans are fascinated by magic. TV shows like “WandaVision” and “The Witcher,” books like the Harry Potter series, plus comics, movies and games about people with powers that ...

Religion and psychoactive plants have been linked to medicine and healing for millennia. (See "Finding God in a Plant"). Our ancestors were, of course, largely ignorant of how pain or disease were ...

Is there really a difference between magic and religion? The word “magic” has dubious, demonic connotations. But is there really a difference between magic and religion? In this episode of Crash ...

THE historical applications of Prof. Frazer's researches in early religion may be said to culminate in his study of the distinctive cults of ancient Syria, Phrygia, and Egypt. For through the agency ...

This graduate symposium analyzes the ancient Hindu breath-centered divination practice known as svarodaya (Sanskrit: “attainment of toned breath”) to untangle a knot of discourses which scholars ...

Shaily Shashikant Patel receives funding from Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a state institution, and therefore research awards are technically "government-funded." Americans are fascinated by magic.