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Magic

Ancient Greek (800BCE - 400CE)

Pharmakon Magia. - drug sorcery
Pharmakea - Sorceress
Magic referred to pharmacological induced perceptual effects, enhanced or heightened by intention set through ritual song, poetry, incantation, music, etc...

magic was not bippity boppity boo, supernatural stuff, but pharmakon related.

See Pharmakeia for an in-depth treatment of the topic.

Crowley (1875 - 1947)

Crowley defined magick as "the art and science of causing change to occur in conformity with the will." By this, he included ordinary acts of will as well as acts of ritual magic.

Chaos Magic

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