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Prof Carole Cusack tackles Invented Religions, Provisional Beliefs, Magical Practices and Witchcraft in the contemporary Western world
00:00 “Invented Religions” with Prof Carole M. Cusack
03:18 Provisional Beliefs & Contradictory Beliefs
13:19 Invented Religions
18:31 Discordianism, Church of the World, Scientology
23:00 What makes a Religion ‘Real’
30:30 Magic, Witchcraft & Invented Religions
37:47 Does Magick contradict Science?
40:15 The Development of Magic: The Chaos Paradigm
45:48 Magical Thinking
49:15 The Use of Labels to understand Traditions
53:22 Patrons’ Questions: Belief & Belonging, Conspiracy, Researcher as Guru
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Email: carole.cusack@sydney.edu.au
Publications: https://sydney.academia.edu/CaroleCusack
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Published on February 7, 2021