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[0] {'mxdZIk 03} n, adj
l волшебств`о, м`агия; волш`ебный,
маг`ический
m чудес`а;
ф`окусы; колдовств`о, волхвов`ание [?]
# Place
your soul in the brilliance of glory, place your heart in the figure of the
divine substance, and transform your whole being into the ~ of the Godhead Itself through Contemplation.
(St. Clara) —
§ black ~ — чёрная м`агия
§ white ~ — б`елая м`агия
§ natural ~ — «ест`ественная магия», » б`елая м`агия
The ‘magic’
which made use of the invocation of evil or doubtful spirits was of course
always regarded as sinful; but natural ~,
i. e. that which did not involve recourse to the agency of personal spirits,
was in the Middle Ages recognized as a legitimate department of study and
practice, so long as it was not employed for maleficent ends. — Магия,
прибегающая к помощи злых или сомнительных духов, всегда, конечно, считалась
грехом; но т. н. «естественная» магия, не требующая вмешательства духов,
признавалась в Средние века законным путём познания и достижения целей, если
только употреблялась не во зло.
# Of ‘natural magic’ as understood by mediaeval writers, typical examples are the making of an image, under
certain astrological conditions, in order to injure or benefit the health of
the person represented; and the application of a medicament to a weapon in
order to heal the wound made by it. — Типичные примеры того, что средневековые авторы называли
«естественной магией» —
Д magical adj
* Похоже, у слова даже
в христианских текстах нет отрицательных коннотаций. Хотя вот пример из OED (1642): When they cannot flie up to heaven to make
it a Miracle, they fetch it from hell to make it Magick.
OED: 1. a. The pretended art of influencing
the course of events, and of producing marvellous physical phenomena, by
processes supposed to owe their efficacy to their power of compelling the
intervention of spiritual beings, or of bringing into operation some occult
controlling principle of nature; sorcery, witchcraft. Also, the practice of
this art.
The ‘magic’ which made use of
the invocation of evil or doubtful spirits was of course always regarded as
sinful; but natural magic, i. e. that which did not involve recourse to the
agency of personal spirits, was in the Middle Ages usually recognized as a
legitimate department of study and practice, so long as it was not employed for
maleficent ends. Of _natural magic' as understood by mediaeval writers, typical examples are the
making of an image, under certain astrological conditions, in order to injure
or benefit the health of the person represented; and the application of a
medicament to a weapon in order to heal the wound made by it. These things, if
now practised, would still be called _magic', though the qualification
_natural' would seem quite inappropriate. On the other hand, the _natural
magic' of the Middle Ages included much that from the standpoint of modern
science is _natural', but not _magical', the processes resorted to being
really, according to the now known laws of physical causation, adapted to
produce the intended effects.
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