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> Stanmore refuses to weigh in on the efficacy of such spells. “It is not my place to say whether the magic practiced by cunning folk was real,” she writes: “I
by mrkeen 2y ago
> Stanmore refuses to weigh in on the efficacy of such spells. “It is not my place to say whether the magic practiced by cunning folk was real,” she writes: “I don’t know, I wasn’t there.”
Ok...
> Many magicians had excellent reputations in the art of finding buried treasure or directing the outcome of lawsuits, and she maintains that this could only be the result of a consistent record of success.
So you do believe but it's too shameful to admit.
- mbreese 2y agoIt doesn’t have to be “real” for people to believe it is real. And really, it doesn’t matter if it was “real” if people believed it was real. Because if people believe something is real, it can have a real world impact, regardless of whether or not the “magic” was “real”. People are strange like that and medieval people would have been no different from us in this regard.