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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 Science The 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 humans have a need for mystery and a sense of the infinite. Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent―quite unlike the

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Author

Dan Burton, David A. Grandy, David Grandy

Publisher

Indiana University Press ; Combined Academic

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253343727

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Science, History

Rating

3.88 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13