Introducing Magician and Mechanic, a stunning history of “spiritual but not religious” thought in Western culture.

In Horton’s telling, this period is characterized not by steady diminishment of magic and orthodox religion and a corresponding rise of rational science, but rather by lively and productive interaction between these influences. From the gardens of Renaissance popes and dukes to Newton’s alchemical pursuits, life during this period is characterized by an intense search for the sacred and a desire for fullness―forces that lay the groundwork for the “spiritual but not religious” phenomenon as we know it today.

Magician and Mechanic occupies an important place in a monumental three-volume study of the divine self. The first volume surveys antiquity through the late Middle Ages; the third volume (forthcoming) will span the eighteenth century through the present day.

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