Definition of Natural magic. Meaning of Natural magic. Synonyms of Natural magic

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Definition of Natural magic

Natural magic
Magic Mag"ic, n. [OE. magique, L. magice, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ?. See Magic, a., and Magi.] A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. --Chaucer. Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influence over men. Natural magic, the art of employing the powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural. Superstitious, or Geotic, magic, the invocation of devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human beings. Syn: Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration; enchantment.

Meaning of Natural magic from wikipedia

- Natural magic in the context of Renaissance magic is that part of the occult which deals with natural forces directly, as opposed to ceremonial magic...
- White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes. Practitioners of white magic have been given...
- permissible may be explained by how magic, or forbidden magic, is defined; whether natural, or sympathetic magic—which "makes use of the hidden properties...
- Black magic (Middle English: nigromancy), sometimes dark magic, traditionally refers to the use of magic or supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes...
- Magic, sometimes spelled magick, is the application of beliefs, rituals or actions emplo**** in the belief that they can mani****te natural or supernatural...
- magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence. James George Frazer coined the term "sympathetic magic"...
- Philosophy: Book One – Natural Magic. Chicago: Hahn & Whitehead. ——— (1913). de Laurence, L. W. (ed.). The Philosophy of Natural Magic. Translated by James...
- Magia Naturalis (in English, Natural Magic) is a work of po****r science by Giambattista della Porta first published in Naples in 1558. Its po****rity...
- Plethon may also have been the source for Ficino's Orphic system of natural magic. Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest...
- Theurgie". For Agrippa, ceremonial magic was in opposition to natural magic. While he had his misgivings about natural magic, which included astrology, alchemy...