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 [[File:Ritual-3.jpg|400px|thumb|A re-creation of a magic ritual to summon a deity in the horror film ''Cult of Cthulhu'']]
-'''Ritual magic''' (also called ceremonial magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. Popularized by the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], it draws on such schools of philosophical and occult thought as [[Kabbalah|Hermetic Qabalah]], [[Enochian]] magic, [[Thelema]], and the magic of various [[grimoire]]s. Ritual magic is major element in [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermeticism]] and [[occult]]ism.
+'''Ritual magic''' (also called '''Ceremonial magic''', '''High magic''' or '''Learned magic''') encompasses a wide variety of magic practices. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner.
+Popularized by the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]], it draws on such schools of philosophical and [[occult]] thought as [[Kabbalah|Hermetic Qabalah]], [[Enochian]] magic, [[Thelema]], and the magic of various [[grimoire]]s. Ritual magic is major element in [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermeticism]] and [[occult]]ism.
+Ritual magic is primarily differentiated from [[natural magic]] in its connection with spirits such as [[angel]]s and [[demon]]s.
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