“The magical quest is – in one of its deepest senses – a philosophical quest for t

“The magical quest is – in one of its deepest senses – a philosophical quest for the truth, and yet the story of magic is one of endless fantasies, fibs and fictions.“

- Philip Carr-Gomm, The Book of English Magic (2010)

Image Credit:  Ivan Tsarevich, The Flying Carpet, a depiction of the hero of Russian folklore (1880)