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Theories of Magic: Introduction, and the Atheist Challenge

Magic vs ScienceThis is the first installment of what is intended as a series on theories (or more strictly speaking, hypotheses) of magic. Theories of magic are of course distinguished from the practice of magic: The goal here is not to describe particular techniques, but rather mechanisms by which magical practices could conceivably work in our present-day industrialized and scientific culture.