From this contrast between the two kinds of magic contests--or, more precisely, between the two ways of treating these contests--we could proceed up the ladder of abstraction to two opposing Weltanschauungen inhabiting an ethereal realm already explored by Matthew Arnold in "Hebraism and Hellenism" and by Erich Auerbach in the opening chapter of Mimesis, but that is not where I want to go.

Die Forschung der Zukunft erfordert interdisziplinares Denken und Handeln uber die trennenden Graben von Einzelinteressen oder Weltanschauungen hinweg.

Indeed, the uneasy and often volatile mix of race and religion constitutes a spiritual darkness that, ironically, strengthens the ignorance, the intolerance, and the aggression that have divided and morally diminished Americans since the first African slaves touched our shores, carrying their unique religions and Weltanschauungen.