Eire, Carlos M. N.
They Flew: A History of the Impossible
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300280074
- author:
- Eire, Carlos M. N.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Religion, Christianity, Christian Church,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
They Flew: A History of the Impossible by Carlos M. N. Eire In the early modern era, tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft abounded, even as skepticism and empirical science began to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. Historian Carlos M. N. Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals. Eire examines cases involving levitation, bilocation, witchcraft, and demonic possession, challenging established assumptions about the boundaries between the natural and supernatural that marked the transition to modernity. Through his analysis of stories from this period, Eire invites readers to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality and the supernatural's relationship with the natural world. By exploring these seemingly impossible phenomena, Eire raises questions about how "impossibility" is determined by cultural contexts and whether there is more to reality than meets the eye or can be observed by science.
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