It depends what you define magic as.

Do you define magic as the impossible? As stage tricks? I believe that everything, all of creation consists of energy, frequency and vibration. Tesla and Einstein agreed on that. Being able to control consciousness of other people (through mass media et al.) means they are using US, our consciousness and the energy of our thoughts and emotions to benefit their agenda. Here is a quote from gnosticteachings.org that give a different opinion on magic.

Gnosis: experience of truth, experience of knowledge, self-knowledge, self-realization.

"Energy is Power Gnosis is not a belief, and it is not a theory. We teach through the intellect and through concept so that we can understand the actual practice. The actual science, the actual methodology is priesthood. It is not just something to study in books. It is magic. I am not talking about magic like those men on stage that cut ladies in half. That is not magic, that is an illusion. The word magic comes from the most ancient language tracked by modern science. It is the language that is the root of all European and Hindu languages. They date it at about 5,000 years old. In that language is the word mag, which means “priest.” That is where we get our word “magic.” In reality, the word magic does not mean illusionist or illusion, it means priesthood.

Real magic is the domain of a priest, a lama, a master, an angel. This is real magic. That word mag means “to have power. To be able.”

What is it to have power? It is to have energy over matter. If you have no energy, you have no power. If there is no energy in this building, there is no power. To do anything, even to move your body, your hands, your eyes, you must have energy. That energy is power. That is the priesthood. That is what Gnosis really is. Gnosis is the path of magic.

We need to cast out the foolish notion of the word magic. It has nothing to do with comic books, movies, casting spells, or making illusions. Magic is real, but it has nothing to do with all of our fantastical ideas about it.

A real magician is a priest. A real priest is someone who has power. "