: Examining how magic was recorded in grimoires and actually performed.
In his book Magic: A Very Short Introduction , Professor Owen Davies explores magic not as a set of secret tricks, but as a complex global phenomenon that has shaped human history, science, and religion for millennia. Magic: A Very Short Introduction
: Magic is often used as a rhetorical tool. Since the Enlightenment, Western thinkers have frequently labeled magic as "primitive" or "benighted" to distinguish modern progress from earlier human stages. : Examining how magic was recorded in grimoires