Definitions:
Magic- Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of close-up magic, parlor magic, and stage magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.
Sub-categories:
- Fire magic definition: Type of magic which uses fire and offerings to the fire as a way of achieving effect.
- Blood magic definition: Type of magic which uses one's own blood as a way of achieving effect.
Uses & Examples
Magic is a popular performance art that usually combines the use of theatrics and can occasionally be assisted with some form of tech. People who make the practice of magic their craft, hobby, or living are known as magicians. But the use of magic is not limited to only magicians and is occasionally used by crews that assist with special effects, stuntmen, or other actors/actresses in theatre. Gadgetry can also assist with the use of magic.
I'm going to give examples of how magic is used in sports or other areas of entertainment like professional wrestling. Sting is a sorcerer, Undertaker is a necromancer, and Kane is a pyromancer. (The archetypes they represent.)
Pyromancy
In this video, we have the wrestler Kane entering the ring while on fire. He is projecting the simulation that he is immune to fire and is projecting it from his own body, through his own power. However what Kane is actually doing is wearing an outfit that is fire-proof, specifically designed to protect him from the heat of the flame.
This other video shows a time when Randy Orton almost lit himself on fire. He was fighting The Undertaker who was returning for revenge, after Randy cost him a loss against another wrestler by interfering in the fight. Randy manages to put The Undertaker in his casket and then proceeds to set it on fire.
Blading
While a lot of performance artists and magicians use fake blood or animal blood to simulate the illusion of bleeding. Method actors and professional wrestlers actually use their real blood. If a punch is thrown, a suplex is done, or whether they are hit in the head with a chair and then start bleeding profusely from their forehead. The method or technique manages to make it look as if the bleeds are the result of the attack itself. However, the wrestler is actually using a hidden blade to cut themselves in order to sell the fight and make the attack look more convincing. This subtle use of magic has been used by many wrestlers in the past, especially Hulk Hogan in this video.
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The trick, if executed correctly, would have attempted an appeal to semantics.
Stretching the definition of magic to argue that stage magic & illusion fit within the scope of the discussion.
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This is a recreated debate.
I’ve borrowed TheGreatSunGod’s resolution and definitions because while most would assume the context is witchcraft.
The definitions are vague enough for me to argue a different version than the original intent.
As AdaptableRatman called it, this debate is a semantic trap.
Witchcraft?
🤔....
"If cutting your forehead and bleeding makes you a blood mage, then boxers must be casting spells in every round"
Maybe some boxers are blood mages and box helps them obtain their own blood? But then again, probably difficult to say incantations while getting repeatedly punched in the head.
That's understandable, but you have real potential with what you could do here.
I dont really plan to be unbeatable here. Just create space for my arguments.
I approve of the debate & resolution traps you set.
If you were to do that and debate seriously, you would be unbeatable.
Interesting, but really not the type of magic I wanted to argue for. We all know magic tricks exist.
New users cant accept rated debates.
You should make this standard debate.
Paganism
Very vague and semantical.
You are correct.
My trick is too obvious.
I have a theory on what youll do with the definition of magic and blood magic.