frequently in cultures based in polytheism, animism, or shamanism. Religion and magic became conceptually separated in the West where the distinction arose...

and neopagan religions, many self-described magicians and witches regularly practice ritual magic. This view has been incorporated into chaos magic and...

deceased and in cemeteries. In ancient Egypt (Kemet in the Egyptian language), Magic (personified as the god heka) was an integral part of religion and culture...

interaction between black magic and religion are many and varied. Beyond black magic's historical persecution by Christianity and its inquisitions, there...

and folkloristics, folk religion, popular religion, traditional religion, or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that...

early "natural" religions and later philosophical thinking - that Knight suggests is "at the root of the Western tradition of white magic". Also at the...

Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition) is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion...

state, community, and household cults and temples as a matter of public religion. Private magic was practiced throughout Greek and Roman cultures as well...

Sex magic (sometimes spelled sex magick) is any type of sexual activity used in magical, ritualistic or otherwise religious and spiritual pursuits. One...

approach to magic and his emphasis on experimentation and deconditioning. Later, concurrent with the growth of religions such as Wicca in the 1950s and 1960s...

Belief and practice in Magic in Islam is "widespread and pervasive" and a "vital element of everyday life and practice", both historically and currently...

magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence. James George Frazer coined the term "sympathetic magic"...

Christian views on magic vary widely among Christian denominations and among individuals. Many Christians actively condemn magic as satanic, holding that...

the religion shifting the theory of religion to focus on religion as a function of the social world. In his essay, “Magic, Science, and Religion,” Malinowski...

such as hippies and the New Age created modern magico-religious practices influenced by their ideas of various Indigenous religions, creating what has...

of initiation into ceremonial or other forms of occult magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. Magical organizations can include Hermetic...

Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was greatly influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on...

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 which...

Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπειν "to ward off") or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting...

unconventional, and dangerous. As noted by Davies, for the ancient Greeks—and subsequently for the ancient Romans—"magic was not distinct from religion but rather...

concerning the powers of magic, and its relationship with religion. The first book was printed in 1531 in Paris, Cologne, and Antwerp, while the full three...

A sigil (/ˈsɪdʒɪl/) is a type of symbol used in magic. The term usually refers to a pictorial signature of a deity or spirit (such as an angel or demon)...

Magic was a central part of Greek religion and oracles would allow people to determine divine will in the rustle of leaves; the shape of flame and smoke...

Ceremonial magic (also known as ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized...

R. Dodds, The Greeks and the Irrational, University of California Press, 1959). Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic (1971), Penguin, 1973...

definitions constrained discussion of witchcraft beliefs, and even broader discussion of magic and religion, in ways that his work does not support. Evans-Pritchard...

and black magic. It is also spelled gray magick, grey magic, grey magick, or neutral magick. According to D. J. Conway, practitioners of white magic avoid...

George Frazer wrote in The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion that the times of Beltane and Samhain are of little importance to European crop-growers...

the practice of magic, several scholars have referred to it as a "magico-religion". Wicca is also a form of Western esotericism, and more specifically...

Ages, magic took on many forms. Instead of being able to identify one type of magic user, there were many who practiced several types of magic in these...