06.18.09
Does science have a monopoly on disenchantment?
Does religion have a monopoly on enchantment?
Clearly the answer to the question is no, but given the propaganda war in progress noone will be able to withstand the religious propaganda system.
And part of the problem is the sheer muddle-headedness of the scientific community in making Weber’s prediction come true. For the reductionist Darwinians promulgating scientism, the disenchantment of the world has been accomplished most methodically.
You have to be suspicious here: only two candidates are present: the fundamentalists, and the Darwinists. It can’t be that these two groups have monopolized discussion, but sadly it appears to be true.
One problem is the term ‘enchantment’. Weber’s usage was clear enough, but a lot of mischief will be played with the term by its inheritors. Let’s adopt a more useful terminology, unless you wish to make use of the real meaning of the word. To be enchanted is to be the victim of magic.
Is that what is being discussed?
The strange thing here is that the members of Christinaity are as disenchanted as anyone in science. In fact, the two groups are mostly identical: large-scale social formations of people, despite educational/conditioning differences, who have no real connection with their greater self, this being disallowed by society.
Take a look at the eonic effect: a generalized framework of evolution and history that can easily bridge this artificially created divide. The collilsion of science and religion is simply set aside.
The issue is not ‘disenchantment’ but conceptual impoverishment of consciousness created by scientism, next to the deceptions of theological creeds designed to create ‘belief’ instead of ‘religious’ awareness.