[burrahobbit]

You seem to have completely missed the point, Iarwain. You have your opinions about things, and that is all well and good, but we are not here to discuss your opinions, but instead Tolkien's opinions. There are certain facts of the matter (as far as a fiction can be said to contain facts), and all of those facts come from one source, which is not Iarwain (and also is not burrahobbit or practically anything else). The only sourse that matters when you're talking about Tolkien's stuff is Tolkien. And, in case any of us were still confused, Iarwain is not Tolkien. (Neither is burrahobbit or Kalessin or anyone else.)The only definitions that we need to consider in this context are the ones that Tolkien put forth.

And in this context Tolkien said that that there is magic all over the place, even occult style magic.