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... magical nature has only now become apparent , and whose undeclared ultimate goals are now at last visible . First ... magic wish was a more insidiously flattering idea : he who creates life is a God . Hence the very idea of a creative ...
... magical nature has only now become apparent , and whose undeclared ultimate goals are now at last visible . First ... magic wish was a more insidiously flattering idea : he who creates life is a God . Hence the very idea of a creative ...
Page 175
... magical aims ; super- human power , material abundance , and remote control . Central to these magic aspirations was , for obvious reasons , material abundance ; this proved indeed to be the tempting immediate bait that concealed the ...
... magical aims ; super- human power , material abundance , and remote control . Central to these magic aspirations was , for obvious reasons , material abundance ; this proved indeed to be the tempting immediate bait that concealed the ...
Page 261
... magic rituals of many so - called primitive peoples and the behavior of neurotic personalities in our time . But there is no practice in these arrested cultures , neither head - hunting nor cannibalism nor voodoo murder , that is ...
... magic rituals of many so - called primitive peoples and the behavior of neurotic personalities in our time . But there is no practice in these arrested cultures , neither head - hunting nor cannibalism nor voodoo murder , that is ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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