Natural magic

...Black magic was defined as magic related to the devil as described in Christianity, while white magic was defined as magic that used the power of angels or good spirits. However, natural magic, which was called "true magic" by F. Bacon and others, was the core of the Renaissance view of magic, as it used the representational functions of medicine, magnetism, and language, rather than the soul, as its source of magical power. These were further subdivided into astrology, alchemy, Kabbalah, etc., depending on the subject and method, and became a major source of modern science. At the same time, it also developed the art of correspondence, which accurately measures the influence of the stars and the sun and predicts the future of humans, that is, physiognomy, which includes palmistry, physiognomy, and bone physiognomy.

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…またキリスト教にいう悪魔と関係をもつ魔術を黒（くろ）魔術black magic，天使や善き精霊の力を借りる術を白魔術white magicとして区別した。しかしF.ベーコンなどにより〈真正の魔術〉と呼ばれた自然魔術natural magicは，霊魂ではなく医薬や磁力や言語の表象機能を魔力の源泉とするもので，ルネサンス期の魔術観の中核を占めた。これらは，対象と手段とに応じて占星術や錬金術，カバラの術などに細分され，近代科学の有力な一源泉になる一方，星や太陽の影響力を正しく測定し人間の未来を予言する万物照応の術，すなわち手相，人相，骨相などを含む観相術をも発展させた。…

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