Midway
through the class, I’m not exactly sure what magic is anymore. Is it something
that people used as a scapegoat to get another women’s husband or was it
actually real? Perhaps it was a little bit of both?
People
had to have seen things that were actually magical, because some of the texts
we’ve read are just so farfetched to just “make up”. Unless they were on some
hardcore drug, I’m convinced they saw some really funky stuff that actually
scared them to believe magic is real. I’m seriously scared to think of the
freaky rituals people performed, especially involving babies or blood, or
anything. But I honestly don’t think people could be that gullible. Nothing in
the texts would pass as magic in today’s world. The world would not go on a
craze claiming everyone who looked at you funny was a witch. It would more
likely be considered an extremely weird cult or something emotionally disturbed
people partake in.
That
being said, I believe that magic is real, in some sort of way. However, I don’t
believe that all the cases made in the texts we read are absolutely true. There
are always people who learn how to “work the system” and can manipulate it to
their digression. After a while, when people realized that this “witch” thing
wasn't going away, they realized
“Hey,
maybe I could use this to get back at people I don’t like. If I tell the town I
saw Sarah in the field last night, and say I heard her mumbling to herself,
they’ll all believe that she’s a witch.” It’s messed up to think people would
do this, but you cannot tell me people did not do this. So if you don’t like
someone, just call them a witch.
Clearly
I can rant about this for a long time. I’m not sure what I believe in. I am
Christian, but I do not exclude all possible things out there. Unexplainable
things happen on a day to day basis. Surely it could be the works of God, but
the act in which he does it: isn’t that magic? I wish there could be magic like
that in Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, but who doesn’t!? But realistically,
there has to be some sort of balance keeping everything together. In order to
have balance there has to be “good” magic and “bad” magic. So, is there evil
out there? No doubt. It’s always nice to assume there is no such thing as magic
because we all fear the evil aspect of it. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
It is funny how you started this blog off, but I do agree that magic was probably an escape-goat and real. I think many people during that time people were misinformed and maybe even misunderstood what magic was. The lack of knowledge about magic defiantly attributed to the increasing witch trials. I think the only reason why the courts imposed laws that punished accusers for charging someone with witchcraft off an assumption was because the court system realized there were a lot of iffy accusations. Taking a 180 degree turn, there must of been something magical witches and sorcerers were doing. I do not believe these stories or merely fairy tales. Maybe not every story was true, but it seems so far fetch to say magic never existed nor was it every used.
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