Houdini and David Copperfield are mentioned as legendary magicians. They supposedly work their art by manipulating objects and creating physical illusions. We can know how these “tricks” work, and anybody can learn them with enough patients, practice, and dexterity. I call this slight of hand and physical illusions; taking advantage of the limitations of the human eye.
Alchemists and medicine men were considered magicians in mid-evil times. Again, the mixing of physical substances that react to both the mental and physical body anyone can learn and perform. Today we call them chemists. This is not to say anything like a “love potion” exists in reality.
When I think of magic, I think of supernatural manipulation; something humans cannot do without a supernatural being intervening. Terms such as sorcery, necromancy, divination…etc. come to mind. These are magics we humans simply cannot perform without the help of some supernatural agent.
Take for example the old “girl in the case being sawed in half” trick. We all know how human magicians do this; with trickery. You see, “real” magic would involve no trickery what so ever. The girl would simply be bisected without harm, and meld back to a whole form at the end of the rite.
Fortunetellers and mystics use various mediums to perform their predictions. Again, “real” magic requires NO mediums. No crystal balls, no tarot cards, no astrology charts, no palm reading, no nothing. These mediums are not tools enabling the fortuneteller to perform their magic.
How is it then that we seem to actually see reports of what appears to be real magic? One example might be an evangelist or some holy person who performs the “laying of hands” to heal even the most extreme physical ailments. It’s impossible for this to happen, and there can be no trick. People are simply healed. The question is…how?
Understand, the following is nothing more than my simple opinion concerning the reality of real magic and nothing more. I make no claim of divine wisdom, nor do I claim anything I mention as fact. I will say however, that if some of the elements regarding magic cannot be accepted on faith, then true magic does not exist.
Simply stated, true magic cannot be performed without some supernatural intervention. All the crystal balls, wand waving, dancing rituals and what not, is nothing but hogwash. The person themselves is NOT performing the magic, but simply enlisting some supernatural being to make things happen by her/his request.
So, if the human isn’t performing the magic, how do the end results come about in reality? Remember, it takes supernatural intervention for true magic to take place. As a Christian, the only source of supernatural beings I know of is God and His kingdom; mostly angelic beings. Angels are the messengers of God, and have the ability to perform miracles, or magic. Simply put, they are capable of doing things we humans cannot even conceive of.
If you can swallow the existence of angels, then you need to include the 1/3 host of the fallen angels. I believe it is this 1/3 of the angelic host that is responsible for most of the real magic performed by human beings. The remainder would be performed by God and the Holy Spirit, or by the angels on Gods behalf.
God has made it pretty clear he does not want us messing around with the arcane. He does not want us enlisting supernatural beings to do things for us we can’t do for ourselves. God is a jealous god. If supernatural power is going to run through any human being, it will be by His hand or command only. In other words, God chooses what miracles or magic is to be performed within His creation. We ask God to do things for us when we pray, and these things may become reality in the form of blessings.
Well we certainly know God is not going to make love potions for us, and we know he is not going to disclose any given persons destiny to us. How then does it happen?
Imagine the scene of a person wanting to make a love potion. First this person needs all of the components to make the potion itself, and some incantation that empowers the fluid, causing a person to fall truly in love with the potion designer. Imagine this scene with me:
A sorceress huddled over her kettle, tossing in the various components, making the potion itself. Then she starts to mumble her incantation. (Keep in mind that angels can read our minds inherently.) The sorceress truly believes she is creating this working potion, but this is far from the case.
Some fallen angel is sitting around with its buddies, pointing and laughing at this sorceress saying, look at that silly human, thinks she can make a potion that causes another to fall in love with her”. The fallen angel, being opposed to God, and knowing full well He doesn’t want us messing with the arcane. This fallen angel lives for the moment you can screw up with God, and will do anything in his power to help you fall from grace. It’s his job!
Now the sorceress is just putting the final touches on her potion when the angel decides to make the potion real for you. Again, laughing to his buddies, “look, this moron of a sorceress really thinks she has made this potion. All these spell components and incantations are nothing but a joke. Let her think she really created the potion, when it's really me, and I’ll be there for her whenever she needs some more magic. When her day of judgment comes, we can sit here smiling when God tells her what really was happening all along. Perhaps if we are lucky, we can take her to the fiery pit with us!”
So, true magic really does exist. Unfortunately however, we humans cannot perform it. True magic needs to be performed by a supernatural being. Unless God answerers your prayer blessing you with a miracle, you are selling yourself to the forces of the fallen angels who perform magic on your behalf (you asked them to do it, but just never knew). Remember, the fallen angels know God does not want humans messing with arcane knowledge they cannot possibly know anything about. They are just waiting for you to try.