Controlling nature: Leiss The Domination of Nature, the myth of Icarus, Francis Bacon, Betrand Russell Icarus, or the Future of Science, Mircea Eliade The Forge and the Crucible, alchemy and magic, the secular version of the alchemist's dream as the driving force in modern society, Goethe's Faust, CS Lewis The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength, discussion.