On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:40:14 GMT, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>No, magic has been a handy label for a kind of causality that is
>appealing to animists and numerologists and other folks who see symbols
>and homunculi in everything, that turns out not to be the case.
>
>( Yes, I realize I'm using "homunculi" in a slightly non-standard,
> generalized way, to mean seeing "little men" in everything, rather
> than just inside bigger men, gametes, or the like. But that's what
> magic is all about; supposing phenomena are best explained by
> symbolic connections and intelligent agency. )
Might "anthropomorphism" be a slightly better descriptive term for that
part
then?
Dave "my paycheck WANTS to be delivered, but is being held up by the
company"
DeLaney
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