In Elizabethan times, magic for the people was a lot more real then todays magic

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        In Elizabethan times, magic for the people was a lot more real then todays magic. The people of that time believed in some pretty unbelievable things. It was almost like they lived out of a fairytale book. People looked to the stars to tell the future. Demons, witches, and magic potions filled the heads and struck fear in the people including many other things.

        Every social class, no matter how rich or poor you were believed in the power to predict Earthly events through spells, rituals, and omens along with different types of magic to do different things. The three main practiced forms were astrology, alchemy, and spirit conjuring (Andrews 78).

        Astrology was sought to predict and control the future, and was the  most widely practiced form of magic with the Elizabethans. It was believed that the stars' movements directly affected humors which was a balance of blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. This was often considered a patients horoscope when making a diagnosis (Olsen 174). Sudden attacks of an illness were diagnosed with being “planet struck” meaning their health has been adversely affected by the movement of a certain planet. Religious leaders condemned stargazing and believed that human destiny was determined by the stars rather than the person's free will or God's plan was obscure (Bouseman 78).

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        In the practice of alchemy, the main goal was to turn lead and other expensive metals into gold and silver and also, searching for the elixir of life which was a magical potion for immortality. It was based on the idea that all matter was composed of four elements which included fire, earth, air, and water (“Magic” 80). People believed that one could change one substance into another by altering the balance of the four elements and the process that wanted to mastered by doing this was transmutation (Olsen 79)

        Raising the spirits, also known as necromancy or sorcery was ...

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