Wizard, Mage, and Sorcerer. What are the differences?
It's difficult for me to translate this subject from Portuguese to English because both countries use different words for sorcerer, mage, and warlock, which are similar.
There are many contradictions and incorrect explanations on the
internet. Some are based on theoretical explanations of online games like Dungeons & Dragons.
From what I read in several books, such as "In the Kingdom of
Witchcraft" (N.A. Molina), I can give you a precise explanation...
Sometimes the terms "Wizard", "Warlock" and "Sorcerer" can seem synonymous; however, there are slight differences.
Wizard is someone who has a basic understanding of the occult; he learned some spells from grimoires of magick and practices witchcraft. Magick and
witchcraft are synonymous for the same thing, everything is magick, regardless
of the system.
In Latin, a wizard is pluscios (plus = more, cios = to know), which means a wise, studious practitioner of the occult who wants to learn more. In Portuguese, the word is "bruxo", and in Spanish, it is "brujo" (which sounds more like pluscios in Latin).
An ordinary person who practices spells from a book is a wizard. For example, "witch" is commonly associated with wiccan practitioners among women.
Mage, is an expression used to describe the most experienced person who has mastered more elements. He has
more years of experience. Magi was
the term to define the Zoroastrians priests in Empires Medo, Achaemenid,
Arsacid and Sassanid. In ancient Persian, magu-pati
or magusk was the wise man. In
Assyrian-Babylonian magi was the
connoisseur of the stars and the universe, "ma" and astrologer were synonymous.
Magic (in Greek: magéia) was the
doctrine of the magicians.
Sorcerer, is at the top, has mastered all of the wizard's and mage's skills, but knows more.It is the person who is born with a gift, who has developed their own intuition and magnetism..
The Sorcerer creates his own spells and written works because he knows
all the magick rules (from magickal hours and days governed by planets to all the
elements necessary for the spell to work, etc.). Know alchemy, talismanic art,
herbology, and among others. In English, the terms are similar to "mage" or "wizard," but for sorcerers, the terms are "sorcerer" or "wizard.". Other
terms can be necromancer, occultist, enchanter, or conjurer.
I've already said that some online explanations are just guesses based on RPG games, which is nonsense.
They say that the Wizard can only practice witchcraft; that is wrong. A
wizard can practice any magick, be it candomblé,
palo mayombe, gypsy magick, thelema, or any other system, because the basic rules of magick
are universal and he knows them.
Others argue that the wizard cannot consecrate magical objects
(talismans, magic wand, etc.), but this is false.
Some say that the wizard practices lower
magic (simpler, rudimentary, popular, animism) and the sorcerer practices high magick ... What is considered high
magick? Ceremonial magick is more intellectual, with more pompous and complex rituals.
According to some authors, Goetia (the art of evoking and dominating demons) is considered high magick, but I believe these magicians were quite delusory if they thought they could dominate demons.
In a nutshell, I can say that low or high magic are just concepts, low
magic is natural magic (with energy from magic elements, crystals, herbs, fire,
candles). High magick draws on ethereal, cosmic, and spiritual energies.
But there are magick rituals, that mix both energies when divinities
are invoked and offerings are left (like the Orishás in Umbanda); is this not a fusion between low and high magick?
Think for yourself. Do not get confused with labels.
I tell you something; any magic works, be it simple or complex
witchcraft. It is obvious that a more elaborate and complex ritual has greater
effects because the magician devotes more time and energy.
I'll also tell you that group magick, like in a coven or cult, works better because of collective energetic accretion.
Asamod
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