06-14-2016, 04:19 PM
(06-14-2016, 02:20 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: the one big example of magic like use I remember was the medicine lady when danny was prego.
But, in the show at least, did she use magic or did she use potions? Like the "resurrection" of Sir Strong, I'm not sure that was magic so much as science. He's a maester, and presumably they practice science not magic.
I think, in the books maybe, Mellisandre admits at some point she practices illusions (i.e. magic, deception). But when Jon dies, after everything else, her faith is clearly broken. Yet in bringing Jon back, she's not really performing magic but praying. Except she doesn't really believe in what she's praying (which is curious)! But how can something be attributed to magic when there's nothing magical about the ritual (iffy on Jon, but with Sir Beric certainly)?
It's interesting, and I don't see a clear answer and doubt we get one. I come down on the fence - some magic is just magic, but other "magic" has divine origins.
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