natural magic, n.Definitions

Natural magic (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as much a contradiction as "supernatural physics" — the one used in earnest by the English and French, the other once, in jest, by Lichtenberg.

Natural magic (n.) ceased ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to belong to the Western episteme in the seventeenth century, yet persisted for a long time in the play of beliefs and affective values — a theme with scientific pretensions living on at the level of opinion.