“To many people, the title of this book [Natural Magic] may seem to be a contradiction in terms. They think of magic as something essentially unnatural; indeed, against nature, because if it works at all then it must work by overthrowing nature’s laws.
However, the occult philosophers of olden time have never conceived of magic in this way. To them, magic works because of nature’s laws, not in spite of them. It is something built into the universe. Hence, there is nothing really supernatural or supernormal, in the strict sense of these words. All is part of nature; but much of the realm of nature is “occult”, that is, hidden.
The occultist, therefore, is one who ventures into these hidden realms in search of their secrets.”
— Doreen Valiente
Natural Magic
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