Mages, sorcerers, magicians and wizards have been since time immemorial. But they were called in different eras in different ways. Let's try today to figure out who the magicians are. Is it a Russian word or is it borrowed from other languages? What do magicians do, and what are their life positions?
Origin of the word
If you refer to the ancient annals, then they often mention the "wizard". The meaning of the word - magician, sorcerer, wizard. The word “Kudes” is translated from Old Russian as witchcraft or enchantment. It turns out that the person who owns these charms will be a magician.
Other sources indicate that magicians are miracles. This word is considered fundamental. Miracle, weird, surprising, eccentric, weird - all these words can be used one way or another, talking about magic and witchcraft. In Old Russian, the word "miracle" meant - worthy of surprise or amazing.
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If to generalize a little, then magicians are people who are very experienced in their field and are able to surprise (by talent, abilities, skills). The word can be used in relation to many professions. For example, at Pushkin: “Tell me, wizard, a favorite of the gods. What will come true in life with me? ” This refers to a person with certain abilities and endowed with power.
In colloquial speech, the word can be used in the following context: "You cook so nobly, just a wizard, you lick your fingers." Here, the meaning of the word has nothing to do with the supernatural. This means a completely different wizard. The meaning of the word will be "dock, craftsman, doing his job better than others, etc.".
Witchcraft
Most often, of course, the word "wizard" is associated with magicians and magicians of Ancient Russia. In those days, witchcraft was very popular. Wizards are Slavic magicians who practiced the change of being, enchantment, magic and the science of the transformation of matter. The magicians believed that they could communicate with the spirits, guides, souls of the dead, guardians. They traveled to different worlds, collected useful data and gifted them to ancient Russian society.
In fact, many scholars believe that the wizard is a shaman, moreover, a practitioner and an experienced one. Shamanism, as well as sorcery, is a very ancient tradition that has historically developed over the years. Historians confirm that shamans - magicians were still in the Neolithic era.
Wizards who practice shamanism, communicate with spirits and practice magic inhabit the globe to this day. There are many shamans in South America, Africa, Peru, and Korea. But wizards practice in Siberia, Buryatia, Altai, the Far East and Tuva.
Modern wizards
Who such a wizard knew hundreds of years ago, and today. The roots of the word go back to the Slavic past, when the magi reigned, drawing strength and inspiration from natural sources. Modern magicians are people who glorify the primacy of nature, praise the elements, and appeal knowledge from epics and ancient legends. Witchcraft today is a more advanced and “well-read” science. The knowledge of magicians is supported by the centuries-old experience of their ancestors and the prescribed magic rituals. In some sources, modern sorcery is also called esotericism or the internal teaching of light. Wizards practice various practices based on unity with nature and communication with their own inner world.
Who is a wizard in the modern world? This is a person who lives in several realities. In everyday life, you will never distinguish him from an ordinary person. Only a select circle of like-minded people will know what magic and abilities one or another wizard practices. Such people are everywhere accompanied by amulets and amulets, assistant spirits and animal power.
Modern wizards are not hermits secluded in the wilderness. These are well-formed people who work and enjoy the benefits of civilization. Just the internal state of these people is different from the consciousness of an ordinary person. They live in harmony with the world, nature and themselves.