In this short text, David describes his views on magic as a political process. The phrase with which the text begins is absolutely a punch line!
"Thessalian witches, it was said, would regularly make threats against the cosmos..."
Just imagine a world where people allow themselves to build THIS kind of relationship with the gods!
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