Just a comment, the Knights Templars Order, of which I am one, as a part of Free Masonary, weren't banished, per se, the ones not arrested and executed in France, thanks to the King of France needing their monies, and a weak willed pope to disband, note the word disband, the Order, got as far from France as possible. Some joined knightly orders in Germany, Spain, England, and Scotland. TheTemplar fleet simply vanished with wealth beyond imagination, again, supposedly. So much for the Templars. So what is cited is interesting but doesn't address "magic", either in ancient Egypt or as paracticed in voodoo rituals. Find every culture or civvilization, advanced or cave dwelling, and each will have some form of religion and with each form of religion, odds are, one will finnd some form of 'magic", define it aanyway one wants to, in its shadow, for those willing to risk a lot for more immediate fame and fortune.