"We can see no easy origin to magic," Chris Gosden writes in Magic—A History, "because it has always been with us." Every culture that we know of has had magical beliefs and practices. Sometimes, as ...

We have all heard of black magic. Evil magic that often comes with a price. A dark, mysterious power that many use for their own personal gain and to wreak havoc on others. But is there a counterpart ...

Circle magic lets many casters come together to “collectively channel their magic into a single spell.” This allows for more powerful magical workings that one caster alone could manage, and it’s made ...