Owen (Professor of Social Histor Davies: Magic: A Very Short Introduction W3 [2012] paperback ZPHOT characterisation and the art of

characterisation and the art of transformation

as opposed to a 1930s or 1940s look

From dumbbells to deadlifts

*Winner of the British Book Design and Production Award for Graphic Novels*

to invent new ways of seeing

Owen (Professor of Social Histor Davies: Magic: A Very Short Introduction W3 [2012] paperback ZPHOT characterisation and the art ofDefining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes analysing it in such complex and abstruse depth that it all but loses its sense altogether. For this reason, many people often shy away from providing a detailed definition, assuming it is generally understood as the human control of supernatural forces. 'Magic'