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Magic and the Mind: Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior (review)

Magic and the Mind: Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior (review) also almost exclusively male forms of magic. Except for a brief mention of feminist elements of Wicca at the very end, Ralley says nothing about gender anywhere in this book, or examines the strong historical associations stretching over centuries linking many kinds of magic specifically with women. In a book that aims to be a full and complete introduction to its subject, this is one final, unfortunate, omission. michael d. bailey Iowa State University eugene subbotsky. Magic and the Mind: Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv 202. Most modern Western adults say they don't believe in magic, and undoubtedly believe they don't believe in magic, but in certain circumstances, when the stakes are high or the costs of appearing credulous are low, they act in ways that indicate that at some level they actually do. This disjunction between explicit and implicit convictions about magic is peculiar to modern Western adults. Young children accept magical and physical causation equally readily, and magical thinking plays a positive role in their cognitive development. Similarly, unschooled adults in traditional societies accept magical as well as physical causation and phenomena, and magic plays http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft University of Pennsylvania Press

Magic and the Mind: Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior (review)

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also almost exclusively male forms of magic. Except for a brief mention of feminist elements of Wicca at the very end, Ralley says nothing about gender anywhere in this book, or examines the strong historical associations stretching over centuries linking many kinds of magic specifically with women. In a book that aims to be a full and complete introduction to its subject, this is one final, unfortunate, omission. michael d. bailey Iowa State University eugene subbotsky. Magic and the Mind: Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv 202. Most modern Western adults say they don't believe in magic, and undoubtedly believe they don't believe in magic, but in certain circumstances, when the stakes are high or the costs of appearing credulous are low, they act in ways that indicate that at some level they actually do. This disjunction between explicit and implicit convictions about magic is peculiar to modern Western adults. Young children accept magical and physical causation equally readily, and magical thinking plays a positive role in their cognitive development. Similarly, unschooled adults in traditional societies accept magical as well as physical causation and phenomena, and magic plays

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Magic, Ritual, and WitchcraftUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Nov 10, 2012

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