Toni Aittoniemi<p>Well worth a read: As our interconnectivity profilates and technological provess multiplies, so does belief in <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a>.</p><p>It’s not just new-age hippies &amp; faith-healers anymore, it’s silicon valley <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/postrationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postrationalism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/effectivealtruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effectivealtruism</span></a> going along with the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/manifesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manifesting</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occult</span></a>, up to even rooting for Julius Evola’s fascist magic &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/traditionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditionalism</span></a> (a favourite of Russia’s Aleksandr Dugin)</p><p>Sure, if you know it’s just self-hypnosis. But record shows that slips away easy😓</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-became-the-modern-purveyor-of-ancient-magic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-the-interne</span><span class="invisible">t-became-the-modern-purveyor-of-ancient-magic</span></a></p>