Ina real life realistics sense, what's the difference between magic and witchcraft?

I am a Roman Catholic and I am just curious!

Magic they admit it's make-believe.

There is no difference, magic is witchcraft. But it's not Hollywood magic that some people seem to think we can do. No pretty lights zapping out of a wand. No turning people into toads. Nothing really, it's an inward energy that we feel. To watch us do a spell is actually quite boring. Looks a lot like prayer with some candles and nice incense burning.

Stage magic, illusions are completely different than what I am discussing as well. To me that isn't magic at all although many people call it that. I simply refer to it as Illusions.

Magic is the basis for most Roman Catholic rituals. The difference between and high and low mass, the blessings with water, the use of incense, the color of the garments, the chants used, pretty much all of it. They just don't call it magic or Witch Craft even if it very much resembles the ways of their Pagan ancestors.

There are two main forms of magic: High magic and low magic. High magic usually involves ritually invoking a deity and requesting a service from them (i.e. praying). Low magic involves using ones own energy (or energy from other things) to create change (i.e. using a medal or amulet to create a protection ward around ones self).

Witchcraft is the craft of the wise. It generally refers to the manipulation and creation of spiritual connections. However, traditionally, it was used to refer to any science that was not approved by the Holy Roman Empire. (i.e. forbidden knowledge, such as healing using herbs and surgery instead of prayer, etc.)

Not enough to mention.

Wicca is a Neopagan religion, which started in the late 1940s. However, its symbols, days of celebration, beliefs and deities go back to about 800 B.C.E. and the beginnings of ancient Celtic society.

Some Wiccan are
? Monotheistic, recognizing a single supreme being, "The All" or "The One"
? Duotheistic, worshiping a female Goddess and a male God, "the Lady and Lord"
? Polytheistic, recognizing many ancient Gods and Goddesses, like Pan, Diana, Dionysius, Fergus, etc.
? Atheistic, viewing the Goddesses and Gods as symbols, not living entities

Some Wiccans consider Wicca and Witchcraft to be the same thing. Others think that Wicca (a religion) and Witchcraft (the practice of magic by anyone) are different things.

Most Wiccans practice magic. However, some concentrate only on the spirituality of the Wiccan religion and do not practice magic.

In Christianity, Satan is a fallen angel, the devil. Wiccans recognize neither Christ nor Satan and are therefore not knowingly Satanists.

Wiccan behavior is governed by the Wiccan Rede which permits Wiccans to engage in carefully considered actions (including magic), as long as they harm nobody, including themselves. Therefore, they claim that they are limited to non-manipulative, consensual, positive magic.

Other pagan groups that use witchcraft do not follow this rule.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_intr.htm
http://www.holysmoke.org/wicca/satvnp.htm
http://www.witchway.net/

? Point 1: How can anyone possibly be wise enough to properly determine every possible consequence of the use of magic?

Have you ever herd of the "butterfly effect"?

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or prevent a tornado from appearing).

This is an example of the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a nonlinear dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

? Point 2: Monotheistic religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam disagree with the Wiccan view of God and magic.

Christians believe that all supernatural power (including magic) either comes from God or Satan. God did not intend humans to wield this power. We request (pray to) God to do some good thing like a miracle but we acknowledge God?s will first, ?Thy will be done.? Using supernatural power puts us in contention with the will of God and even in the position of being God.

Catholic Church teaches:

All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service ... - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2117: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1.shtml

With love in Christ.

This question is like asking what's the difference between a knife and a chef. Magic is the tool and Witchcraft is the practice.