As intellectualism suppresses belief in magic, the world's processes become disenchanted, lose the magical significance, and henceforth simply 'are' and 'happen' but no longer signify anything.

Max Weber
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There are many things that are simply 'happening' in the world. Look at the economy, for example. It's not magical or full of magic. There is nothing to indicate that it has any purpose or will be anything other than what it is now.

But it doesn't have to be that way, either. The world can be filled with signs and symbols that show us what's really going on in the world. The world's processes can be understood, and they can even be controlled.

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