Robertson Davies. Rebel angels (№ 185968)

We tend to think that human knowledge is progressive: as we know more and more, it must follow that our ancestors knew less than us, and grandparents even less. But most likely another theory: maybe we're just in different time learn things from different angles and in different ways. And it sheds new light on the whole mythology: myths are not dead, we just do them now differently understood and differently applied. If you think superstition is dead, visit some exam and see how many sorts of amulets and talismans dragging students.