I'm reminded of Weber's distinction between disenchanting and re-enchanting nature. This fits squarely into my account of artificializing/humanizing the wilderness, and about the neo-animistic implications of pantheism. I could certainly write something about that quotation. The key question would be how "magic" should be defined. I'd be inclined to agree with Arthur C. Clarke, that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Or the split between magic and techne might have been the transition from animistic forager societies to imperialistic, sedentary civilizations. "Magic" would amount to nature worship, via the childlike stance of innocence, naivety, and wonder, and techne would amount to the humanistic faith that we should rule as godlike beings who are inherently anomalous or unnatural.