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Wellness. Healing. Protection. Blessing. Transformation. Our age of anxiety has birthed an age of remedies, medication, rituals, and therapies whose promises are often breathtaking. As we feel the loss of control over our lives, we often grasp for either alternative or traditional forms of power to guard against pain, anxiety, and despair. In this episode, David describes one way of thinking through this cultural moment and its temptations by exploring the ancient uses of magic and some of its unexpected contemporary analogues. Is magic similar or dissimilar to faith? What is the path for the disciple of Jesus in an age of technique?