Essays on Magic

Magic is used to simulate something impossible and make it seem possible. While magic is known to fool someone, it is also an art form as it opens up people’s creative mindsets and it is used to express a person’s feelings by creating, performing, and...

Magic tricks never go out of style. From centuries-old stunts of cutting the magician’s assistant in half, to disappearing and reappearing rabbits on hats, to undying card tricks, magic has always played a huge part in people’s entertainment. Magic tricks have been featured in many...

The concept of magic and witchcraft actually can be found in Ancient Greece and Rome as far back as 560 BCE. It was even included in the Odyssey by Homer. Typically when we think of magic, we picture spells, wands, the Salem Witch Trials, and...

In Tim O’Brien’s, The Magic Show, O’Brien conveys this story using mystical examples, emotional representation, and personal experiences. O’Brien explains to the reader that writing fiction is like conducting magic. The mystery that he uses in the story keeps the reader hooked. While not only...

Magic can be defined numerous ways in anthropology. For some individuals, magic is methods that are created to attain power over the supernatural. Beginning in the 15th century, Sir George Ripley created the Ripley Scroll which was a series of texts and images that was...

The question of whether magic is real has been debated for thousands of years by several individuals across the world. Many avenues of magic have been represented universally in media. Shamans practice this so-called magic on numerous people and believe fully in its ability to...

“Magic is the power to use supernatural forces to move impossible things happen, such as making people disappear or controlling events in nature” (Collins dictionary). The Monkey’s Paw is a short story about a family that is given the chance to receive a magical Monkey’s...

Anthropological studies suggest some relationship between magic, witchcraft, and healing. Though magic and witchcraft bear different meanings, both concepts have, at some point, been linked to healing. An anthropologist would define magic as the use of charms to gain supernatural powers over natural ones. Others...

Within Arthurian literature, the use of ‘faerie’, magic and the supernatural phenomenon play a pivotal role. When approaching the subject, one should consider what the supernatural entails. It is my understanding that circumstances of the supernatural most commonly involve a person with the ability to...

Five hundred and seventy-two years ago in the town of Todi, Italy, a woman named Matteuccia Francisci of the village of Ripabianca was charged and executed for witchcraft. This case is one of the earliest recorded trials in Europe and as a result of this,...