The arts of magic

Magic is very old, and the researcher cannot reach its origins because it is older than every trace left by man. Since ancient times, it has been mixed with acts of sorcery, the tricks of charlatans, and the crimes of fraudsters. People seeking to achieve material goals entered its field, and then doubt began to seep into people's minds about the reality of magic. This art was described by some as the art of causing effects without them being apparent, while others held that magic is merely...