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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
the pop culture conception of magic feels mostly narrowly tied to fixed spells with fixed combat-relevant effects. spells as guns or superpowers. the etymologies here suggest an older, naturalistic, integrated conception of magic as something people do in their ordinary lives
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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the etymologies suggest different conceptions of magic in a way that really tickles me. magic is: wisdom, power, betraying god, divination, holy song, consorting with demons, storytelling, knowing the trees, working miracles
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Paꙮlo Greco 🏳️‍⚧️
@lostpaolo
Hard no, sort of. There is plenty of primary sources of highly ritualised rigid magic, albeit it was probably often customized. However there is also evidence that eclectism was the norm, and learning and mixing different magic traditions was normal.
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