The existential drama of magic
An excerpt from Ernesto de Martino's book “The Magic World. Introduction to the history of magical thinking " In Russian, the study of Ernesto de Martino “The Magic World” was published - a 1948 book, in which an attempt is made to explain the magical thinking of traditional societies with the help of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. We publish an excerpt from it. Starting from February 24, 2022, we were all in the face of the advancing barbarism, violence and lies.