Magic (Supernatural) Western culture and the social sciences
This article is about the conceptual category in Western culture and the social sciences. For illusionism or stage magic, see Magic (illusion). The Magician (I) , an illustration from the Rider-Waite tarot deck first published in 1910. Magic is a category in Western culture into which have been placed various beliefs and practices considered separate from both religion and science. Historically, the term often had pejorative connotations, with things labelled magical perceived as being primitive, foreign, and Other. The concept has been adopted by scholars in the study of religion and the social sciences, who have proposed various different—and often mutually exclusive—definiti...
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