> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Eugene McCarraher > Reference:: McCarraher, Eugene. 2019. __The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity__. Harvard University Press. > Date:: 2019 > Tags:: #warp/book > WeftLinks:: [[Spiritual value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft plays an important role in worship]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > In early 20th century USA, there was an understanding of the spiritual value of craft. ### Highlights >One art historian explained in *Handicraft* in 1903 that since they believe that “everything—animate or inanimate—has a spirit,” Native Americans thought of craft as manual dexterity with the divine, “an act of religion.” In a 1904 issue of the Craftsman, another writer maintained that Oriental rugs bore sacerdotal meaning and power. “We tread on thoughts of eternity and themes of deity and the soul