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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True is a 2011 book by the British biologist Richard Dawkins, with illustrations by Dave McKean. The book was released on 15 September 2011 in the United Kingdom, and on 4 October 2011 in the United States.
The Magic of Believing is the tenth studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released in 1968 on Scepter Records special for Easter. The singer recorded this album entirely in the genre of gospel music. [1] The band Drinkard Singers, which included Warwick's closest relatives, took part in the recording of the album.
Stuart Vyse is an American psychologist, teacher, speaker and author who specializes in belief in superstitions and critical thinking.He is frequently invited as a speaker and interviewed by the media as an expert on superstitious behavior.
The history of magic extends from the earliest literate cultures, who relied on charms, divination and spells to interpret and influence the forces of nature. Even societies without written language left crafted artifacts, cave art and monuments that have been interpreted as having magical purpose.
Magic (personified as the god heka) was an integral part of religion and culture which is known to us through a substantial corpus of texts which are products of the Egyptian tradition. [10] While the category magic has been contentious for modern Egyptology, there is clear support for its applicability from ancient terminology. [11]
Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. [1] Magical realism is the most commonly used of the three terms and refers to literature in particular.
Maxwell Maltz (March 10, 1899 – April 7, 1975 [1]) was an American cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics (1960), which was a system of ideas that he claimed could improve one's self-image leading to a more successful and fulfilling life. [2]
Sympathetic magic has been considered in relation to Paleolithic cave paintings such as those in North Africa and at Lascaux in France. The theory, which is partially based on studies of more modern hunter-gatherer societies, is that the paintings were made by magic practitioners who could potentially be described as shamans.