There is one bit of commonality between artists (of all types), mystics, and shrinks.  All three groups know that nothing can exist unless it can be imagined and that something imagined can transform the Spirit, whether one's own Spirit, one's patients Spirit, or the Spirit of entire societies.  The engine of the Spirit of the 1960s was the vision ( Read more... )

I've recently been in touch with both Morris Berman (author of the Reenchantment of the World) and Philip Carr-Gomm (founder of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids).   Berman did not personally know any of the figures in the British Magical Tradition.  He did say that he liked Dion Fortune (who died when he was 2) and Roberto Assagioli (who he ( Read more... )

An extremely odd book by Morris Berman,  titled The Reenchantment of The World  appeared in 1981.  I have not found an earlier use of the term reenchantment while now, the term is everywhere - some examples:
Reenchantment of Everyday Life, Thomas Moore
Reenchantment of Art, Susan Gablik
Reenchantment of Nature, Alistair McGrath
Reenchantment without ( Read more... )