Magic is What Happens.
The popular definition of magic—the one I learned as a child—would be magic is what happens as a result of rituals, prayers or spells in the various religions associated with it. The words are in many different indigenous religions. It’s a complicated subject to explain exactly in a general sense because of the different words for it, but when you practice magic you are practicing miracles.
Small or large it did not matter to us. When asked we responded as children that we were practicing our miracles. We were told never to say that in front of Christians because that upset them and to never mix high magic and low magic together. When we grew up we figured out that meant the temple ceremonies vs everyday folk magic and simple daily rituals.
