A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith During the First World War Playing Cards as well as European leaders

as well as European leaders such as “Welsh Wizard” David Lloyd George of Britain

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the rise of the progressive and labor movements

revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government

A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith During the First World War Playing Cards as well as European leadersDescription by Owen Davies Hardcover It was a commonly expressed view during the First World War that the conflict had seen a major revival of "superstitious" beliefs and practices. Churches expressed concerns about the wearing of talismans and amulets, the international press paid considerable interest to the pronouncements of astrologers and prophets, and the authorities in several countries periodically clamped down on fortune tellers and mediums