Who practices magic?

I hear some different faiths are more open than others. I'm not sure how strict Rasta's are when it comes to the Bible. Do any practice magic in their rituals? If so, what kind?

When I was a kid growing up Catholic my parents taught literal transubstantiation. This means the priest literally transforms the wine into blood and the bread into flesh. Not figuratively, not symbolically...literally. This is still an official doctrine of the Catholic Church, and if you can pour wine into a cup, ring a little silver bell and turn that wine into actual blood, that's magic. Thusly, the Catholic Chuch claims to perform magic in every mass. No wonder the priests dress up like wizards.

Transubstantiation (in Latin, transsubstantiatio, in Greek μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, the change by which the bread and the wine used in the sacrament of the Eucharist become, not merely as a sign or a figure, but also in actual reality the body and blood of Christ.

Yes but do the Rasta's do it? That's the catholic church. Churchs have done that before even in ancient times, but usually called their magic a different name?

Do you consider using the Natural Mystic Presence in Creation, for the embetterment of one's Self 'magic'?

SageTree said:

Do you consider using the Natural Mystic Presence in Creation, for the embetterment of one's Self 'magic'?

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The ability to use energy. One can call what you described as magic. Don't really know if any Rastafari practice it though?

Theweirdtophat said:

The ability to use energy. One can call what you described as magic. Don't really know if any Rastafari practice it though?

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I don't know that there is the dichotomy of magic/not magic in Rastafari, as duality itself is not an emphasis in the Way of Rastafari.
That is, I don't feel it'd be 'magic' in the manner I perceive you to be asking about.....
But I don't perceive the harnessing/use of Natural Energy to be a lesser magic merely because it's not called magic.

There is a chance most don't since Rastafari is Abrahamic and Abrahamic religions are known to be against magic, although I've seen Christians, Jews and even Muslims use magic so I guess it depends on the user.

Theweirdtophat said:

I hear some different faiths are more open than others. I'm not sure how strict Rasta's are when it comes to the Bible. Do any practice magic in their rituals? If so, what kind?

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How are you defining 'magic' ?