Talk:Magic/@comment-43309486-20200301094532

I think it is conceivable that the term "spiritual power" is not an adequate translation. If, as the elves saw it, the whole world were filled with ghosts, they would have great difficulty in doing anything at all with magic. Instead, I think it is conceivable that the elves, through their closeness to nature, manage to make contact with the inner structure, the "spirit in matter" and to convert this structure into a form that suits them. Logically, the matter influenced in this way follows the given structure. I don't think the elves see any difference between animate and inanimate matter, or they don't care about that difference.