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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

St. Albert the Great & Magic

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

Christianity, Science, Society & Culture, Documentary, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

How do science and magic intersect? St. Albert the Great wanted to understand. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli, joined by Dr. Justin Sledge, unpack St. Albert the Great’s mystical side—his writings on magic, alchemy, and the hidden powers of nature.

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0:00.0

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0:04.3

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0:07.3

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0:27.9

You're listening to episode 390 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world,

0:32.1

where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

0:36.9

In this episode, we're talking about St. Albert the Great and Magic. I'm Dom Betanelli, and joining me

0:39.6

today is Jimmy Akin. Hey, Jimmy. How did Dom? Folks, be sure to stick around for the end of the

0:45.1

episode, as we'll have your feedback on our recent episode on the second part of Jimmy's interview

0:50.7

with Alexander F of the Glitch Bottle podcast on Grimwar's and the Occult.

0:56.8

But first, for hundreds of years, people have been interested in the intersection between science and magic.

1:03.6

One of these individuals was Albertus Magnus, or St. Albert the Great.

1:08.6

He's a saint and a doctor of the church.

1:10.4

He wrote about theology, philosophy,

1:13.4

science, and magic. So what did he have to say? What were his views on science and magic?

1:19.7

And how should we regard him today? That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy

1:24.9

Yakin's mysterious world. So Jimmy, tell us what we're going to be doing today.

1:30.4

Well, first of all, I want to mention a previous episode that we did on magic, science, religion,

1:37.4

and psychic phenomena, which was episode 79.

1:40.2

So you can check that episode out for the basic distinctions of what we're talking about.

1:45.4

But today, we're going to be listening to a presentation on St. Albert the Great by Dr. Justin Sledge.

1:52.3

Listeners of Mysterious World will recognize him from episodes 218 and 219, where I interviewed him about the Kabbalah.

2:00.0

And I also plan to have him back on

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