Magic Really Does Exist

I am currently reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, his new book. And I came across a part in the story that really intrigued me.

Here is the little excerpt:

“Professor, if I were to reach out with my hand and transform this pyramid right before your eyes, would you believe what you had witnessed?”
Langdon had no idea how to respond. “I suppose I would have no choice.”
“Very well, then. In a moment I shall do exactly that.” He dabbed his mouth again. “Let me remind you that there was an era when even the brightest minds perceived the earth as flat. For if the earth were round, then surely the oceans would spill off. Imagine how they would have mocked you if you proclaimed, ‘Not only is the world a sphere, but there is an invisible, mystical force that holds everything to its surface’!”
“There is a difference,” Langdon said, “between the existence of gravity... and the ability to transform objects with the touch of your hand.”
“Is there? Is it not possible that we are still living in the Dark Ages, still mocking the suggestion of ‘mystical’ forces that we cannot see or comprehend. History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that the strange ideas we deride today will one day be our celebrated truths. I claim I can transform this pyramid with a touch of my finger, and you question my sanity. I would expect more from an historian. History is replete with great minds who have all proclaimed the same thing... great minds who have all insisted that man possesses mystical abilities of which he is unaware.”
The Last Symbol by Dan Brown, pages 307-308.

I guess I have never thought about it that way before. But just imagine back 300 years ago before they knew of gravity, how mystical and magical it would seem that the world is round and at the core is a huge overpowering force that holds everything to the surface. How strange and unlikely that would have seemed! Just the same that some things, like transforming something with just a small touch, seem so unbelievable to us now. Perhaps it is really possible for something like that to happen; just because we do not understand it does not mean it doesn’t exist.

I suppose that means that magic really does exist. Because what is magic but that which we do not understand? So in reality, going by that definition, our lives are filled with magic; that which we do not understand.

I like that thought.
That my world is full of magic, both good and bad.
It gives me some hope.
And makes me smile, that magic really does exist.

So I wonder when are we going to discover the fairies?