In the thread "Substituted Science" there is some good talk on magic and its relationship to science. As I said, is there any reason that magic could not be a higher science? The Elves were, without doubt, a more advanced and sophisticated race of people than any other in ME.
Similarly, if one was to travel into the distant future, what things would one see that could only be explained as magic? To the people of the future, however, it would be only a higher science.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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