CHAPTER IV.—MAGIC AND RELIGION • Pp. 220–243

Affinity of magic to science, 220 _sq._; its fatal flaw, 221 _sq._; relation of magic to religion, definition of religion, 222–224; opposition of principle between magic and science on the one side and religion on the other, 224–226; hostility of religion to magic in later history, 226; confusion of magic and religion in early times and among savages, 226–231; confusion of magic and religion in modern Europe, 231–233; confusion of magic and religion preceded by an earlier age in which magic existed without religion, 233 _sq._; universality of the belief in magic among the ignorant classes at the present day, 234–236; resulting danger to civilisation, 236 _sq._; change from magic to religion following the recognition of the inefficacy of magic, 237–240; the early gods viewed as magicians, 240–242; difficulty of detecting the fallacy of magic, 242 _sq._