Rome wasn’t built in one day. The same goes for magic. It’s important
to learn the basics. Therefore, let’s talk about the origins of magic.
Long, long ago, at the dawn of civilization, man created primitive
religions. Animism, totemism, and shamanism all fall into this
category. The last one, shamanism, is important to the origins of
magic.

Shamans would fall into a trance state and act as the intermediary
between the worlds, but… It counts as “magic”, where humans can
have the power of gods and spirits in their own hands. This shamanstyle magical tradition would later be embraced by witches.

Take the common European witch, as an example. People today think
witches derived their power from contracts with the devil… But that’s
just the image Christianity imposed on them.

The witches’ predecessors were more like maidens serving the gods. It
was through prayer to those gods that they earned their powers. They
learned to control their magic without losing consciousness during
their trance states. That’s how they originally awoke to magic.
Originally, Europe was full of religions that worshipped a slew of
various gods. They were generally called “paganism”. And for your
information, the celebrations of Christmas and Halloween have pagan
backgrounds.

Paganism and Christianity have a tighter connection to one another
than you’d think. As the Roman Empire grew stronger, so did the
population of Christians in the empire.