Magic is the art of purportedly manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of unknown occult laws. Magic has been practiced in many cultures, and utilizes ways of understanding, experiencing and influencing the world somewhat akin to those offered by religion, though it is sometimes regarded as more focused on achieving results than religious worship. Magic is often viewed with suspicion by the wider communi...
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Characters with this power or ability:
- Uma ,
- Tara Maclay ,
- Timothy Hunter ,
- Ming the Merciless ,
- Girl 13 ,
- Papa Smurf ,
- Doctor Strangefate ,
- John Constantine ,
- Amethyst, Princess of Gem World ,
- Doctor Doomsday
Quotations About This Subject:
- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ,
- Indubitably, Magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ,
- We must not let daylight in upon the magic. ,
- Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ,
- There is something in omens. ,
- “This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. ‘It surmounts evil,’ he told me, ‘keeps doom at bay.’”
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