Magic, Spells, and Sorcery: High Strangeness, or Hocus-Pocus?

Magic, Spells, and Sorcery: High Strangeness, or Hocus-Pocus? | Mysterious Universe: "It has been an art employed by some of the greatest minds and practitioners of the sciences over the centuries, as well as many of the more nefarious names in history as well. From scholars like Pythagoras in Ancient Greece, to medieval wizards like John Dee and, much later on, the controversial occultist Aleister Crowley, magic has been heralded as a force by which man can connect with the parts of reality beyond which most mortal men could otherwise reach."