The History of Magic, by Professor Chris Gosden
Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archaeology, discusses his latest book “The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present” for a very special Halloween Public Lecture for Michaelmas Term 2020
especially with CERN observing quantum entanglement
I wrote a “practice” essay about Newton when I was doing a foundation year at the University of Liverpool. The question was, “Should Newton be Considered a Scientist or Magician?”. The work he did concerning alchemy and the occult was so thorough and it’s fascinating how it informed his research. Yet his alchemical work is not really talked about compared to his theory of gravity, maths, astronomy, etc.
Tip: don’t run onions through a juicer indoors 🥴
What’s the difference between religion and magic?
The Romans did a similar thing in that they wrote messages on clay tablets. Messages of harm usually.