Shen shook his head. "Before there were wands, wizardkind had a more spiritual relationship with the energies they now manipulate forcefully. This is why they have lost their way." He paused, and at Hermione's quizzical look he continued. "Man has lost his way. Wizardkind has as well. For the same reasons. Instead of spirituality, they submit to the idea that everything can be explained through logic and reason. Because the ancient questions, long before modernity, can not be answered through rationality. What is life? Why do we live? Why must we suffer? Where did the energies come from? These questions cannot be answered with the mind. In many cases they cannot be answered at all."