From Prometheus to Faust, for more than twenty-five centuries magicians have been characterized by their disregard for social norms and rules in their pursuit of personal power. The nature of their lifelong voyages stood in stark contrast to the increasing levels of social regulation which slowly evolved into the threefold separation of powers (legislature, executive, judiciary) that all democratic governments respect today. Apotheosis or deification, the idea that an individual through their own choice, hard work, sweat and tears could raise themselves to a godlike stature, was the ultimate
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