Dan Laidler
@_MagicWizard
Leading authority on hagioptasia http://hagioptasia.wordpress.com
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I Work in Retail by The Magic Wizard youtu.be/4Nr4nPnM7r4?si… via @YouTube
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I Work in Retail by The Magic Wizard
Richard Dawkins Got Religion Wrong hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/ric…
My latest song 'Milton Keynes': youtu.be/P1_AFMkOQuU?si…
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Milton Keynes by The Magic Wizard
Quick test: Recall a childhood memory that feels somehow 'magical'. You rationally know it was an ordinary day, yet it still feels deeply 'special'. That specialness-perception is hagioptasia - the mechanism behind nostalgia, sacredness, & much more. hagioptasia.wordpress.com
"We find ourselves asking “Is this art?” because we sense something significant is supposed to be happening, yet we can’t rationally justify that significance." hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/the…
Iain McGilchrist calls it the sacred - but the same 'pull' draws us to celebrity, nostalgia, glamour & status symbols. It's not always divine, but it is human. Hagioptasia theory explains why.
My latest blog post:
The Science of the Sacred: A Secular Path to Spirituality hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/the…
I think this is fundamentally true, and important. hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/see…
Seeing the Sacred: How the Romans Understood What Modern Thought Overlooks hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/see…
What Pascal Boyer Missed About Religion - And Why It Matters hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/wha…
Well chuffed to have co-authored this new paper about the emotional bonds we form with places: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The Art Establishment Doesn't Understand Art hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/the…
My latest blog post is on ‘hagioptasia’ - coined by @_MagicWizard, which is the tendency to perceive an aura of specialness around certain things or places - and how this is expressed in emo music. #music #psychology samwoolfe.com/2025/02/hagiop…
Hagioptasic video of low flying clouds over my house on Sunday morning - with a bit of Thomas Tallis
Why Nostalgia Feels So Meaningful | Hagioptasia “Nostalgia, I realised, is not simply a longing for the past. It is also a yearning for an elusive sense of specialness – a fleeting quality that feels deeply meaningful yet defies explanation.” hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/why…
From instinct to institution: How our evolved traits create & reinforce cultural beliefs (video clip from 2014)
My latest blog post:
Why Nostalgia Feels So Meaningful Discover the psychological mechanism behind your most profound thoughts & desires hagioptasia.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/why…
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