Saturday, August 27, 2011

More on Magic


Magic is simply this: the attempt by the human will to control that which is not itself, to dominate natural things for itself. To do so the will must reach out to powers that are neither its own, nor natural. [...]  And so one of the principle dangers of magic is highlighted; that to dominate with your will, your will must invoke powers neither of God, nor of Man, and so it becomes a slave.

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