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Magic, in one sense, is the belief that incantations or rituals can affect the physical universe outside minds, including celestial events.

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“And, uh, magic in some sense is the idea that it's possible to influence this physical universe outside of minds using incantations, using magical rituals, that it somehow it's possible that, uh, you burning a cat has an influence on celestial events and so on.”
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