“Then along came Austin Spare, who identified the basic sleight of mind techniques underlying all forms of magic, and showed us that we could treat the whole baroque symbolism of magic as entirely optional. Spare invented the Postmodernist approach to magic well before the cultural advent of Existentialism or Postmodernism.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/28/then-along-came-austin-spare-who-identified-the-basic-sleight-of-mind-techniques-underlying-all-forms-of-magic-and-showed-us-that-we-could-treat-the-whole-baroque-symbolism-of-magic-as-entirely-op/ #allForms #alongCame #AustinOsmanSpare #AustinSpare #baroqueSymbolism #basic #BodyMindSpirit #book #chaosMagic #culturalAdvent #entirelyOptional #existentialism #identified #invented #magic #MagicStudies #mindTechniques #NewAgeMysticism #occultism #PeterJCarroll #philHine #Postmodernism #PostmodernistApproach #quote #showed #sleight #SpiritualityReligion #treat #underlying #wellBefore #WesternOccultism #whole