In place of fairies
Simon Schaffer, 2 December 1982
Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic
by Daniel O’Keefe.
Martin Robertson, 581 pp., £17.50, September 1982,0 85520 486 9 Show More
by Daniel O’Keefe.
Martin Robertson, 581 pp., £17.50, September 1982,
Scienze, Credenze Occulti, Livelli di Cultura
edited by Paola Zambelli.
Leo Olschki, 562 pp., April 1982,88 222 3069 8 Show More
edited by Paola Zambelli.
Leo Olschki, 562 pp., April 1982,
“... Daniel O’Keefe’s massive survey of magic not only tells us ‘how to do it’ but gives us some policy recommendations too. His book reads like the transcript of a Royal Commission report on the occult. It is not easy reading, but the effort is worthwhile. His advice extends to such fields as politics, economics and war: this scope gives some clue both to the structure and to the theme of Stolen Lightning ... ”