Centuries ago, universities led society out of the darkness of superstition and into the light of rationality. Now they want to take us back the other way:

A university in the United Kingdom will be offering the country’s first ever postgraduate degree in magic and occult science, according to a report.

The University of Exeter will be offering the Master’s degree beginning in September 2024 amid a recent surge of interest in the history of witchcraft and magic, Emily Selove, an associate professor in medieval Arabic literature who is heading the program, told the New York Times.

No need to complain. Emulating the curriculum at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is only a little worse waste of time than studying medieval Arabic literature, and less pernicious than identity group victimology studies. Oh wait:

[T]he program offers unique courses such as a study of dragons in Western culture, literature and art and the depiction of women and witches in the Middle Ages.

It is doubtful that students will learn any spells useful enough to compensate for not being prepared for gainful employment. But at least they will know all about how witches were oppressed.

On a tip from Lyle.

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