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Prof Carole Cusack tackles Invented Religions, Provisional Beliefs, Magical Practices and Witchcraft in the contemporary Western world

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00:00 “Invented Religions” with Prof Carole M. Cusack

03:18 Provisional Beliefs & Contradictory Beliefs

13:19 Invented Religions

18:31 Discordianism, Church of the World, Scientology

23:00 What makes a Religion ‘Real’

30:30 Magic, Witchcraft & Invented Religions

37:47 Does Magick contradict Science?

40:15 The Development of Magic: The Chaos Paradigm

45:48 Magical Thinking

49:15 The Use of Labels to understand Traditions

53:22 Patrons’ Questions: Belief & Belonging, Conspiracy, Researcher as Guru

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Publications: https://sydney.academia.edu/CaroleCusack

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