Feb 5, 2021
8 min read
Dispatches From The Zone of Sulphur
Canneto is burning.
“Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.”
Thomas Hobbes, 1651
Hobbes’ theory of religion goes a long way in explaining the enduring grip that Scripture, Black Magic, and organized crime have on the minds of ordinary people in Sicily. When little or nothing is…
