This topic is in the Life&Entertainment forum since I think I can stuff this into the "rumors" category. Anyway my question for everyone is about whether or not magic can be more "modernized", especially in terms of classification and a unified system? Or will magic always be a questionable limb of religion and esoteric philosophy? Most practices I see, both being published in theory and being practiced by people feel archaic. Personally I enjoy the antiquarian feel of magic, it's a nice style, I think.

But even astrology, which I think has become the most modernized form of magic (with computerized horoscopes and digital readings haphazard though they may be), still relies on age old motifs of mostly Roman and Greek goddesses and gods. The problem I see with modernizing magic is that it can't really be turned into a science (I guess), but I wonder if it could be improved in a more broad general way. Maybe magic will naturally adapt to different cultures and become modernized in a sense simply by its function in society. I doubt that magic will ever be engulfed into any real body of science, but that could be good or bad.

I suppose the ambiguous and elusive question I'm interested in discussing is: How do you think that systems of magic will develop as time goes on?