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Salut, I'm Deana Weibel, assistant professor of anthropology at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA. I study the anthropology of religion, and focus on pilgrimage in particular, but since I also have a strong interest in cognitive anthropology, I've been doing some recent research on "magical thinking." Specifically, I've been working with former NASA historian Glen E. Swanson on a study of religious and "magical" rituals performed by astronauts and cosmonauts in the American and Russian (also Soviet) space programs. "Magical thinking," the way the term is generally used in cognitive anthropology, has to do with what are more commonly known as superstitions. Does anyone know if the Journal for the Academic Study of Magic is still being published? I can't find an updated website for it. Deana ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.