How Does Magic Work๏ผ Process Philosophy May Have an Answer
What if the biggest problem with explaining magic is the question we keep asking: โHow does it work?โ
In this episode, I explore Alfred North Whiteheadโs process philosophy and what happens when we stop imagining reality as a collection of separate objects and instead understand it as a web of events, relations and processes of becoming.
We examine actual occasions, prehension, causal efficacy and the โfallacy of misplaced concretenessโ, asking what these concepts might contribute to the philosophy of magic. Along the way, I consider ritual perception, participatory thinking, egregores and spirits, Tanya Luhrmannโs anthropology of presence, Stanley Tambiahโs theory of participation, and the important differences between Whiteheadian process theology and Iamblichusโ theurgy.
Does process philosophy prove that magic works? No. But it may expose some of the hidden metaphysical assumptions that make magic appear impossible before the evidence is even considered.
If you are interested in magic, Western esotericism, occult philosophy, ritual theory and the academic study of religion, this episode offers a rigorous alternative to both pseudo-quantum explanations and simplistic psychological reductionism.
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