>the more I pay attention to the world and my senses, the less magical it becomes.
I believe that author is referring to things outside the scope of our daily routines, and/or routine acceptance of marvels we are taking for granted. That can happen for some things when we focus on them daily.
I'm finally reading machinist/engineer Dunn's 'Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt' and he notes that while people have been walking past its statuaries for centuries, immune to their details. When he started looking at them as an engineer that he noticed the incredible precision achieved worked the hardest rocks with unknown tools 5000 years ago. He remains gobsmacked by it.
I believe that author is referring to things outside the scope of our daily routines, and/or routine acceptance of marvels we are taking for granted. That can happen for some things when we focus on them daily.
I'm finally reading machinist/engineer Dunn's 'Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt' and he notes that while people have been walking past its statuaries for centuries, immune to their details. When he started looking at them as an engineer that he noticed the incredible precision achieved worked the hardest rocks with unknown tools 5000 years ago. He remains gobsmacked by it.