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Collective illusions deserve a history too, because whole societies once lived by them as facts.
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Monarchs gained a holy aura by performing miracles their subjects badly wanted to see.
The royal touch; sacred monarchy and scrofula in England and France
The belief that kings healed by touch shows that power rests on what people are willing to imagine.
Les Rois thaumaturges
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