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'''Daniel Lawrence O'Keefe''' (February 25, 1928 – August 29, 2012) was an [[author]] and [[editor]].

== Stolen Lightning ==

O'Keefe's book [[Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic]] was published in 1982.

The Los Angeles Times Book Review called it

<blockquote>"a spectacular synthesis of sociology, anthropology, and psychoanalysis... a tour de force of accessible scholarship."
</blockquote>

The New York Times Book Review called it "a powerful explication of how deeply magic is embedded in society,"and Commonweal dubbed it "a potential classic." 

== Festivus ==

O'Keefe invented Festivus in 1966 to commemorate his wife's and his first date. Their son, Dan, later worked as a screenwriter for the American television show Seinfeld, and during the 1997 season introduced Festivus to the public in a Seinfeld episode named "The Strike".

== Reader's Digest ==

O'Keefe was an editor at Reader's Digest.

== See also ==

* [[Author]]
* [[Magic (sociology)]]

==  External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Keefe_(writer) Daniel O'Keefe (writer)] @ Wikipedia

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