Magic is art (intuition) and science (rationality) which involves the aid of altered states of consciousness in accordance with the will, to bring alterations on the physical (bodily), astral (spiritual) and mental (intellectual) levels, always performed with the objective of the acquisition of knowledge (Gnosis, in contrast to the pure, “submissive” faith of religions). This is usually achieved by contacting subtle beings within the appropriate framework of ritual paradigms, taking into account correspondences and sympathies. Magic is, therefore, a spiritual science, because it primarily works through the magician’s mind and will of thoughts (as a consequence of invocations) or the spirit of another being (as a consequence of evocations).