Has Science and Reason Taken Away Some of the "Mysticisim" of the world for you?

Don't get me wrong, I love science, I love logic, and facts. However, when I was a kid, I was enthralled with history and mythology. Mummies curses, witchcraft/wizardry, the Greek Pantheon, Norse Mythology etc. As a kid, into my early teens this stuff added "magic"and "mysticism" to the world for me. The world seemed exciting with so many supernatural possibilities. Enter science disproving all of it, and removing the "whimsy" from the world. Sort of like when a kid finds out Santa and the Easter Bunny aren't real. While I've found that science can be exciting in many ways (I was also always into science), it's not the same type of mystery and whimsy that something like the Greek Pantheon, Egyptian curses, and yes even Santa Claus brings. Now when I watch a movie like "The Mummy" my head just starts disproving it with science and facts I've learned. Bleh... anyone else experience this?

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ElRengo · 70-79, M

My life since very young had been interwined with Science in a way or the other.
It´s not only an intellectual challenge but also an emotional one.
So no, it took away nothing from me.
May be Willy described it better.

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@ElRengo But I also said, ‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’

ElRengo · 70-79, M

@Fukfacewillie
True.
And THAT is how most of scientists look at the universe, their attitude about.
And why Science was born and rised since it´s divorce with First Philosophies.
Science is not only a kind of knowledge, is mainly about what we still don´t know.

Are you saying that not all is in the scope of Science?
I hope so.