There was a long history to the art of Sorcery, with convoluted rules about wand waving and chanting strange words that sounded made up. It started in Europe, but as it spread around the world with conquerors, pilgrims, and missionaries, it took on different forms. One thing remained consistent: Sorcery was for white folks. Mostly because there were laws that prevented anyone who wasn’t white from learning. Some of those laws were formalities that confirmed what generations of spilled blood already made taboo. A wand in hand, a whisper of an incantation, or even a glance at a spellbook meant
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