{"id":5070,"date":"2021-07-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2021-06-15T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:55:56","slug":"looking-at-manvir-singhs-article-2021-magic-explanations-and-evil-part-3-of-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5070","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Manvir Singh&#8217;s Article (2021) &#8220;Magic, Explanations, and Evil&#8221; (Part 3 of 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0010 Singh identifies two principle components to harmful magic, witchiness (PC1) and the evil eye (PC2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0011 Singh proposes a model to account for the observation.&nbsp;&nbsp;The model consists of&nbsp;<em>three schemes of cultural selection<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first selection (F) is for&nbsp;<em>intuitive techniques of harmful magic<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second selection (G) is for&nbsp;<em>plausible explanations of misfortune<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third selection (H) is for&nbsp;<em>myths that demonize a subgroup<\/em>&nbsp;(in this case, sorcerers and witches).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0012 Singh misses&nbsp;<em>the scaffolding beneath the glass that he stands on<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;His exposition is on malevolent magic.&nbsp;&nbsp;He does not seem to realize that malevolent magic recapitulates&nbsp;<em>the open, generative magic of group living<\/em>, including&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;intuitive techniques for beneficial magic (F&#8217;)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;plausible explanations of fortune (G&#8217;)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;myths that celebrate the group (H&#8217;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0013 Here is a table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Singh-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Singh-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Singh-01.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Singh-01-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0010 Singh identifies two principle components to harmful magic, witchiness (PC1) and the evil eye (PC2). 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