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Malinowski had a similar take. Magic is seen as a psychological mechanism for confidence building in the face of uncertainty. That said, I'm interested in the interface between magic and PSI, or parapsychological studies which addresses things such as remote viewing, healing at a distance, synchronities, ect. Biogenetic structuralism provides one potential theoretical framework for discussing how inner change within one's own wetware potential influences the world at large through nonlocal channels. I don't know of any research that's been done on practicing ceremonial magicians with regards to PSI, but organizations like the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org) have a growing databased of studies on the role of the mind in nonlocal phenomenon. --- Richard Ramsay <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I've been trying to catch up on emails. This seems > to toch on Stuart Vyse's Believing in Magic. The > psychology of superstition. He talks about a > baseball player using magic or ritual as it's an > uncertain world on the pitch. > > I suppose that one can undertake activities in a > de-spirited sense but isn't there a hymn (by George > Herbert of Bemerton?) that says something like, > > 'Who sweeps a room in the name divine > Makes that and the action fine'? > > But I suppopse that here I'm onflating magic and > religion. > > Best wishes, > > RR > > In an email dated Thu, 16 2 2006 11:15:04 pm GMT, > Amy Hale <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > >Absolutely! Or potato peeling, or treadmill > jogging, or hedge cutting...If > >dancing, why not racquetball? > > > >Amy > > > >On 2/16/06, Al Billings <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> > >> Mark wrote: > >> > >> > If it involves your nervous system, as > everything > >> > does, it involves conscioussness. > >> > >> So Volleyball is magic? :-) > >> > >> Al > >> > > >