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Final thoughts

Owen Davies

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Abstract

Abstract Magic does not live in the past — magic is alive and well today, all over the world. Magic has a range of meanings and has still has relevance. Magic is a language, a belief, an action, creative expression, experience, and a cognitive tool. Magic can be part of religion, but can also be independent of it. Science can explain magic but it cannot explain it away. Magic is part of the human condition and will always be with us.

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Abstract Magic does not live in the past — magic is alive and well today, all over the world. Magic has a range of meanings and has still has relevance. Magic is a language, a belief, an action, creative expression, experience, and a cognitive tool. Magic can be part of religion, but can also be independent of it. Science can explain magic but it cannot explain it away. Magic is part of the human condition and will always be with us.

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Abstract Magic does not live in the past — magic is alive and well today, all over the world. Magic has a range of meanings and has still has relevance. Magic is a language, a belief, an action, creative expression, experience, and a cognitive tool. Magic can be part of religion, but can also be independent of it. Science can explain magic but it cannot explain it away. Magic is part of the human condition and will always be with us.

Key concepts: MAGIC (telescope), Relevance (law), Art, Epistemology, Psychology, Aesthetics, Philosophy, Political science

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