Liketome, magicmeansbeingterrifiedas a childof a manwhoapparentlyhadtheabilitytospontaneouslygenerateguineapigsfrom a tophatbecause, ashelaterexplainedtomymom, rabbitsweretooexpensive.
Scholarssawitasirrational, theorizingthatmagicwastheearlieststageofculturaldevelopmentfollowedbyreligionandeventuallyscience, once a culturehadshakenoffitsoldsuperstitions.
Andeventoday, academicscan't agreeon a definitionofmagic.
そして今日でさえ、学者たちはマジックの定義に同意することができない。
ScholarDrewWilburnnames a varietyofqualitiesthatmakesomethingmagic, includingattemptingtomanipulateobjectsandusingreligiouspracticeslikeprayerandsacrificeandperformingactionstoserveanindividual.