It occurs to me that there is little difference between magic and science; so little in fact that noted sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke once claimed, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Now there is where he and I agree. Magic is in truth no different from science. We laugh at magic, because we don’t see it or any evidence of the systems required to allow it function. However, the reason we tend not to laugh at science is because we can see those laws. We can prove that science exists. We see evidence of it in the circuitry that, these days, controls our lives.
I am not saying magic exists, but I think we need to look at it as another type of system. Perhaps we should see it in the same way we see electricity. When lightning lunges out of the sky, the TV doesn’t automatically turn on. No, we needed to create a circuit structure to take advantage of that. What if magic were the same way–another energy in need of translation and of people who know how to create the systems to put it into use.