thread: 2009-04-30 : Magical Magic
On 2009-05-08, David Berg wrote:
As for "Wonder and Terror/Doom", has anyone read Kant's theory of the Sublime? The idea is basically that we get a rush from feeling our minds expand to encompass something that is initially overwhelming in scale or power. Like, y'know, "taking in" a mountain peak or a vast ocean or a hurricane. For me, this maps well to a quality experience of the magical.
