ALB wrote:]Nothing mystical

Actually, what’s fascinating about Dietzgen for me is that his vision/philosophy is precisely mystical – if you’d told me that the quote you posted was by a Buddhist, I would not have batted an eyelid. What I mean is that Dietzgen (and modern science) share a broad vision of reality that is similar in many respects to that which has been put forward by “mystics” for thousands of years. So yes, it is mystical, but it’s also true. As for occult forces, what could be more occult and mystical than Newton’s force of gravity?