Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion Essay
Chapter 5, in the book, “Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion really made me think more
about different kind of religions that are out in the world and religions that I didn’t know about.
This Chapter 5, about drugs and religion, made me really thing and understand other peoples
views of religion. Technically, I don’t believe anything in the Chapter and I don’t understand
how people relate drugs ( which I believe is the devils product) with a religion. I guess its
something they believe in and that’s why it’s a religion. The chapter made me better understand
that religion and magic can be a number of things. The reading gave me the understanding that
if you believe in something and do it for a certain reason such as Coleridge, who took opium for
a toothache and then became addicted to the drug, according to Lehmann 184, then it is ok and
is a religion or magic. I think that is really stupid. The chapter made me understand a lot of
things about religion and magic, but I’m not sure if I’m interpreting the reading in the right way.
Chapter 5 stated to me that the use of drugs is a religion or magic and that it is ok to use. Drugs
are used to help people with problems in their life according to the reading in Chapter 5. Drugs
are like magic it helps you keep going in life, it helps with depression, it helps with anxiety, it
makes you feel more complete, all of these are reasons of using drugs. Drugs just make you feel
like a totally completely different and free person. Before I read this Chapter I’m think that
religions are all goo ...