Book: Enchantment
Chapter: The Future of Enchantment
Blurb:
In the conclusion, I argue that recent attempts to ‘reclaim’ enchantment and to free the concept from its associations with magical thinking and delusion are largely misguided. Instead, I argue that related terms (awe, wonder) could easily replace enchantment and insist the concept’s dual nature (both magical thinking and delight) is precisely what makes it such a useful concept for understanding the forms of contemporary belief and practice explored in the final chapter.