Atmosphere Quote by Bronislaw Malinowski

We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious…

— Ernst Cassirer

Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and…

— Albert Pike

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition,…

— Criss Angel

“While religion is defined by adoration, magic is defined by dominion or control over supernatural forces or entities.”

— Anonymous

Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up…

— Alan Moore

Magic, then, is not a method, but a language; it is part and parcel of that greater phenomenon, ritual, which is the language of…

— Susanne Katherina Langer

I am saying that while popular culture usually portrays practitioners of magic as separate from ordinary people, often biologically different, many people have habits…

— David Liss

Magic is what happens when you have encountered the Divine. It is the life-altering experiences of connecting to the divinity that dwells within yourself…

— Phyllis Curott

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.

— Andy Rooney

The spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like sacred reading,…

— Thomas Keating

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to…

— Lynn Abbey

“The difference between the dark magic of the Egyptian magicians and Elymas on the one hand, and Moses and Paul on the other was…

— Joe Rigney