I look at it this way, do you consider painting or any other art (such as music) a manipulation of the gods? Magic to me is an art form and a science combined into one. In fact I see it as the art of the gods. So why shouldn't we learn it? Don't we want to learn how to do things on our own when we are children trying to gain independence? Just a thought.
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