The truth of the matter is no society, not even our severely secularized technocracy, can ever dispense with mystery and magical ritual. (Theodore Roszak)

The truth of the matter is no society, not even our severely secularized technocracy, can ever dispense with mystery and magical ritual.

Theodore Roszak

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