Clergyman's

The world of the was a wonderfully diverse and pluralistic world, and nowhere is that diversity and pluralism seen more clearly than in the text of ritual power that were produced and used by the people who inhabited that world.
- Marvin Meyer

Through the history of the modern academic and culture, as we have noted, the definition of ""magic"" in relation to science and religion has been a major problem. At the root of the problem is the loaded, evaluative of ""magic"" as false, deceptive, discredited, or morally tainted, contrasted with both science and religion . Thus, ""magic"" is relegated to the ""they"" side of a ""we/they"". This is simultaneously unfair to the materials and practices studied under the heading of ""magic,"" and self-serving for the materials that are exempted from that label. It perpetuates a complacent.
- Marvin Meyer

Through the history of the modern academic and culture, as we have noted, the definition of ""magic"" in relation to science and religion has been a major problem. At the root of the problem is the loaded, evaluative of ""magic"" as false, deceptive, discredited, or morally tainted, contrasted with both science and religion . Thus, ""magic"" is relegated to the ""they"" side of a ""we/they"". This is simultaneously unfair to the materials and practices studied under the heading of ""magic,"" and self-serving for the materials that are exempted from that label. It perpetuates a complacent.
- Marvin Meyer