Saturday, February 22, 2014
The word "magic"...
appeared for the first time in the manuscripts Coronation of Louis (Coronement Looïs), a "chanson de geste" in english song of heroic deeds from the twelfth century, time of Crusades, chivalry, courtly love, but also superstitions and witchcraft-could that be why the word, nowadays, is often overused and associated with the wonders of legends? But well before the Middle Ages, we can find traces of multiple involvement of magic in daily life . As early as for the primitive man, it was of paramount importance, gave rhythm probably to all events of their daily life and was articulated on natural cycles : such as day-sun and night-moon, the seasons, climate events etc...
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