Source: The Golden Bough (1890), Chapter 3, Sympathetic Magic.
“Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.”
"Science and Scientism", p. 115.
The Second Sin (1973)
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