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The turn of the Twentieth century saw the decline of magical thinking in a world barreling towards world wide war and a brutal economic collapse. The dybamic optimism of ''La Belle Epoche'' ran into the brickwall of pragmatism and technology spured by nationalism and military ambition. Suddenly no one had the time to dream and fantasize with survival at stake. The foundation of this grim new era were already laid in the last years of the Nineteenth century as the world began to change in unpredictable new ways. | The turn of the Twentieth century saw the decline of magical thinking in a world barreling towards world wide war and a brutal economic collapse. The dybamic optimism of ''La Belle Epoche'' ran into the brickwall of pragmatism and technology spured by nationalism and military ambition. Suddenly no one had the time to dream and fantasize with survival at stake. The foundation of this grim new era were already laid in the last years of the Nineteenth century as the world began to change in unpredictable new ways. | ||
The growth of reason and pragmatism had expanded with every scientific advancement and technology was seen as the new religion that would light a new century freeing the world from superstition and ignorance. Disbelief in the fanciful and the occult expanded in the void triggered by the disinterest in religion and magic. Few at the time realized that ''Disbelief'' itself was a force that could be harnessed. | |||
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Introduction
The turn of the Twentieth century saw the decline of magical thinking in a world barreling towards world wide war and a brutal economic collapse. The dybamic optimism of La Belle Epoche ran into the brickwall of pragmatism and technology spured by nationalism and military ambition. Suddenly no one had the time to dream and fantasize with survival at stake. The foundation of this grim new era were already laid in the last years of the Nineteenth century as the world began to change in unpredictable new ways.
The growth of reason and pragmatism had expanded with every scientific advancement and technology was seen as the new religion that would light a new century freeing the world from superstition and ignorance. Disbelief in the fanciful and the occult expanded in the void triggered by the disinterest in religion and magic. Few at the time realized that Disbelief itself was a force that could be harnessed.
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