Magic

Magic, is a term which is also known as sorcery, it is the practice of perception operation and autosuggestion to achieve the desired result, which is usually a technique, described in various conceptual systems. The practice is most influenced by ideas of mysticism, psychology, science, religion, occultism, mysticism and many more. The Etymology is the part of magic where in the fourteen century, in French magique means magic which had been derived from the Latin word magicus and from the Greek adjective magikos which are used in reference to the magical arts of the magicians , the Zoroastrian astrologer priests. In Greek magos was the first attested in Heraclitus who curses the magicians and others for their sinful or wicked rites. Greek magikos is confirmed from the first century Plutarch which is typically visible in the feminine in magical arts.

Just like, sorcery was taken from the Old French sorceries, which is from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, taken from sors means fate, or simply it can be said one who influences fate. In fourteen century sorceress appeared, while sorcerer is attested only from 1526. The first and foremost point of view on magic in anthropology is intellectualist, symbolist and functionalist. These three perspectives are used to describe how magic works in a society.

The functionalist perspective is usually associated with Malinowski, bronislaw, which maintains that all aspects of society are meaningful and interrelated. In the functionalist perspective, magic performs a latent function in the society and the symbolist perspective researches the delicate meaning in rituals and myths which defines a society and it deals with questions of theodicy -- why do bad things happen to good people. Finally the intellectualist perspective, associated with Sir James Frazer and Edward Burnett Tyler, which regards that magic as logical, but based on a faulty understanding of the world.

Magician thinking in psychology, anthropology and cognitive science is not scientific and the causal reasoning which often includes such ideas as associative thinking and the ability of the mind just to affect the physical world and the correlation is mistaken for causation. The symbolic expression may be brought into play, as well as the use of metonym, metaphor and synchronicity. The practitioners of magic are often represented as irrational, but some of their theorists maintain that the magician aims are not necessarily physical, and the magical practices are in some cases, genuinely efficient. The psychological theories of magic is to treat magic as a personal phenomenon which is intended to meet the individual needs, as opposed to a social phenomenon serving a collective purpose. Theories range from magic as fixation to magic as bad science to magic as anxiety release.

The magic and religion are differentiate on the categories of beliefs and systems of knowledge which is used within societies, while usually it is considered the distinct categories in western cultures, similarities, the interactions, and the differences have been central to the study of magic for many theorists in anthropology and sociology, which includes mauss, s.j.tambiah, Frazer, Malinowski and Isabelle sarginson. From the functionalist and intellectualist perspectives, magic is often considered most analogous to science and technology. From the symbolist perspective, it is most alike religion.

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