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I think the big thing most fantasy magic loses vs 'real' magical practice is the ritual element.
Most of it involved doing something really pedantic in the hope of receiving a vague benefit that could happen by chance anyway.
Much closer to prayer than what post-Tolkein fantasy magic became

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