The Return of Magic to the Unenchanted World

This book by the kind wizard and world-renowned psychoanalyst Thomas Moore is the third in a series dedicated to the soul in the understanding of Renaissance philosophers, following "Care of the Soul" and "The Planets Within," and he once again offers us ways to bring joy, strength, and magic back into our lives. Captivated by progress, we have forgotten the magical rituals that made us human, we have severed our connection with the spirits of place that created a sense of home, we have relegated eros to the realm of "health and entertainment," tried to convince ourselves that the universe is made up of dead, indifferent matter, and that we ourselves are machines for survival within it, surrounding ourselves with concrete and plastic, and settling into homes that have less magic than tree hollows. To survive in the unenchanted world, we numb our bodies with work, passive entertainment, alcohol, and pharmacology, but a wounded soul cannot be healed with painkillers.
The methods of Thomas Moore, as simple, powerful, and ancient as children's games, build a bridge across the chasm between the functional, rational, and inhumane "unenchanted world," proclaimed in the 19th century, and the world of magic, mystery, and meaning, the world that nourishes our soul—and elevates our spirit.