This is the type of question most likely to get Loki's attention, given his current course of study. What is magic? What is the divine? You know, light, easy questions like that.
He appears rather abruptly, not exactly within the other man's personal space, but only few feet off to his left. "An interesting query. In my experience, a ceremony is, at its simplest, a method by which to connect events through time. We celebrate our child's birth because our parents celebrated ours."
"...well. Some of us had parents who celebrated our birth, anyway. My point is, it makes for a chain of tradition connecting us to our ancestors and to our children's children yet to come."
"But if you are speaking of something more along the lines of a magical ritual, that, I would say, is normally a focus for energy and will, much like a magic wand or a stone of power."
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He appears rather abruptly, not exactly within the other man's personal space, but only few feet off to his left. "An interesting query. In my experience, a ceremony is, at its simplest, a method by which to connect events through time. We celebrate our child's birth because our parents celebrated ours."
"...well. Some of us had parents who celebrated our birth, anyway. My point is, it makes for a chain of tradition connecting us to our ancestors and to our children's children yet to come."
"But if you are speaking of something more along the lines of a magical ritual, that, I would say, is normally a focus for energy and will, much like a magic wand or a stone of power."