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[novapsyche]

"And about differing between Magic and Sorcery Paracelsus wrote: 'There are those who say that magic is sorcery: But magic is wisdom, and there is no wisdom in sorcery.'"
--The Magi

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[ex-druid210.livejournal.com]

Hai. Sorcery is the attempting to use the power of the dark side, rather than the power of The Force. ;)

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

I've read several essays on the dichotomy of magic versus science. I wish I could remember where I read it, probably inserted into fiction, where the author asserted that Pagan magick and science were similar. His/her assertion was that even the "magic" of the dark ages looked more like science and even followed the scientific method to some extent.

He/she implied that Xianity was the destroyer of this early scientific methodology. I thought it was an interesting hypothesis. It would be difficult to test.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

It's funny how the quote said nothing about science, but that's the paradigm in which you find yourself talking.