What are magic items and how do they work?

Not only children are enchanted with all sorts of magic items. Even a grown-up person can regret in his heart that he does not possess a magic wand or some other miracle capable of solving pressing problems. There is nothing easier than completely denying magic, but it is much more interesting to understand and understand what it is worth to believe in.

Witchcraft as a profession

In ancient times, every self-respecting ruler certainly had among the court sorcerer. In the same category fell and Christian priests, as the only "experts" to curb all sorts of magical wiles.

The enthusiasm of people with mysticism did not pass with time - and now practically in every city or village there is a psychic, a witch or at least a classic grandmother who treats conspiracies, guesses, removes spoilage. Magic objects play an important role: a crystal ball, a mysterious crystal, a book. In the same category fall and miraculous icons.

Magic objects from myths, legends and fairy tales

In most cases, we are talking about dreams, in which pressing problems are solved without much difficulty. Short boots or a carpet-plane will be delivered to the right place, a tablecloth-self-feed will feed, in which case a magic wand or ring will insure, invisible servants, a jinn from a jug and a princess-frog.

It is important that such tales exist in almost every nationality, so we can say that this is a universal quality, to dream that any problems will be solved not by hard work, but by special subjects. Magic magical tricks, not limited to the strict framework of the fundamental laws of the universe, seem to be an ideal tool for achieving personal goals.

At the same time, it is possible to conditionally divide the sorcerer's arsenal into categories, classify and order, reality and efficiency can not be taken into account, the analysis will be hypothetical.

Artifacts

If you consider magic objects for power and style of use, then it is worth mentioning artifacts. How do they differ from all other objects endowed with magical power?

There are two diametrically opposed points of view, each of which can be considered correct.

Suppose we are talking about a mirror. If this is an artifact that accumulates the power of the universe, then it is most likely a sleeping object operating on the principle of a battery-discharger. He is not used for utilitarian purposes, near him they do not dress up for a ball and do not correct cosmetics.

But if this is an aggressive artifact that draws life force from living beings, it would be more logical to put a source of energy in front of it regularly. This echoes the practice of sacrifice, which is often used specifically to recharge artifacts.

Amulets

A related artifact is an object of magical properties - it's an amulet, which often has "personal settings" for the owner. Modern manufacturers insist that it is manual work and adjustment for the future owner that allows to create actually working magic objects of this category.

The amulet can be anything: household utensils, part of the wardrobe, decoration or accidentally fallen into the hands of a "lucky ticket". The main thing that this subject was present at surprisingly successful coincidences of circumstances. It is believed that thus the amulet accumulates good luck and at the right moments can share with its master this magic.

Thus, the amulet can be spontaneous or specially made with certain goals. In different practices, this subject can be used either to achieve certain goals, or as a defense against magic attacks. In this case, amulets, like artifacts, are intended for some narrow purposes, universal ones can be considered only magic instruments of a wide profile - a stick or a ring.