Mage

Magic is an ancient practice rooted in rituals, spiritual divinations, and cultural lineage, aiming to invoke, manipulate, or manifest supernatural forces in the natural world. It is often considered separate from religion and science, with various meanings throughout history. In Western culture, magic has been linked to ideas of the Other, foreignness, and primitivism, indicating cultural difference. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Western intellectuals perceived magic as a sign of primitive mentality and marginalized groups. British occultist Aleister Crowley defined magic as "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will," distinguishing ceremonial or ritual magic from stage magic. In modern occultism and neopagan religions, many self-described magicians and witches practice ritual magic, which has been incorporated into chaos magic and the new religious movements of Thelema and Wicca.
Magic is a practice that can be performed by anyone, with some charms being recited by individuals without specialist knowledge or claims to have specific powers. Others require specialized training to perform them. Identities as a magician can stem from an individual's own claims about themselves or a label placed upon them by others. Economic incentives can encourage individuals to identify as magicians, and some claim it out of a genuinely held belief in their unusual powers or talents.
Different societies have different social regulations regarding who can take on such a role, such as familial heredity or gender restrictions. Personal traits may be credited with giving magical power, often associated with an unusual birth into the world. Ritual initiation is required before taking on a role as a specialist in such practices, and in some cases, an individual will receive mentorship from another specialist.
Magic specialists can be divided into religious and lay categories, such as Roman Catholic priests with rites of exorcism and access to holy water and blessed herbs. The most common method of identifying, differentiating, and establishing magical practitioners from common people is by initiation. However, since the rise of Neopaganism, an individual's self-determination as a Witch, Wiccan, Pagan, or Neopagan is usually taken at face value.
Mauss argues that the powers of both specialist and common magicians are determined by culturally accepted standards of the sources and the breadth of magic. In practice, the magician is only as powerful as his peers believe him to be. Throughout recorded history, magicians have often faced skepticism regarding their purported powers and abilities.
The most known mages are those under the Pensuke's domain wich are part of the Magical System (divided in two categories: Boy Magical System and Girl Magical System wich are the sub categories of the Magical System itself that divide the genders of the Mages. Is unknown the reason at the time of why the two genders are separated), as those Mages are known to be older than creation and even low-ranking, forces or classified mages are capable of easily destroy planets due to their knowledge over magic and magick.
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