It also ties in nicely to The Well Tempered Plot Device, and the discussion therein relating The Force to The Plot. Magic treats the world like a story, where things happen that affect the story we all pass through. The effects of magic are frequently described in the ways they change the plot of the characters, unless you're talking about hermetic magic, in which case the magic is verging on the scientific/alchemical anyway.
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Date: 2005-12-01 01:14 pm (UTC)