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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7841027" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Magic is a type of supernatural power over natural forces.Consider a wizard with no spell slots remaining.  He can perform the same ritual he has always performed to cast a fireball, but that ritual has no effect.  Likewise, a person not trained in magic at all could carefully mimic all the wizards rituals for casting the fireball and nothing would happen!This is the distinction between magic and technology.  With technology if you follow the same process it will produce the same results for pretty much anyone.Notice that in all these examples that magic involves one natural entity exerting primarily through ritual a supernatural power over the natural forces.Now let us consider Supernatural Entities such as demi gods.  Demi gods most certainly wield magic - because even though they are "supernatural" to us they are still a natural element of whatever universe they exist in.  What about gods in general?  In general gods are a natural element of the universe they exist in and thus also use magic.However, there's one even higher type of God.  Then one that is fully supernatural and is in no way a natural element of the universe, because this type of God exists outside said universe.  This is another distinction I would make with magic - entities like this aren't using magic when they interact with the natural world as that would imply they are part of they natural world.I believe magic is when a natural entity exerts supernatural power over other natural forces via some kind of ritual or incantation or spell such that other natural being doing the same ritual or incantation or spell will not have the same effect.</blockquote>

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