As I have often said, no single person understands a computer, and more than that, I seriously doubt that there is anyone who even understands everything about even something that is considered ordinary,, a smart phone, an Ipad, or even a Kindle.  This having been said, what can we infer?
    The motion of charges and "Spaces", (the empty spaces left when a charge moves)  is at least partially governed by quantum superposition.  The movement of energy in a transistor is possibly multi dimensional.  A magician simply has to know that the exact structure and composition, from a sub-atomic viewpoint, cannot be known, not even for the most stable of items.  The more stable the substance, the harder it becomes to effect it.  This is why the myths and fables of magic always mention that 'cold iron' is proof against magic.  Magicians of ancient times who could work with cold iron were very rare, since it requires the most energy.  Exactly what those magicians could do, is the subject of speculation and possibly fantasy, since over the ensuing millennium the processes and methodology have been lost. 
   To say that what the ancients did and what we do constitute different methods is to forget that Sciencia was the word which led to Science, and was often used to refer to knowledge itself.  It was also often used to mean magic.  A magic spell was simply written instructions for a procedure.  Since almost no one could read, in ancient times, 'spells' were thought to be arcane in nature.(Even if it was simply a phylactery of the herbs needed to compile a  preparation useful for the task at hand.)  Since poisons and various natural drugs were often in the repertoire of a commercial magician (someone making a living from herbal knowledge and simple chemical processes) The books employed by him/her would be lumped together as all evil, and burned.  In this manner, much of the early experimentation was lost.  
   Legend has it that the Muslim conquest, when the followers of Muhammad went forth and slaughtered everyone not muslim, was a time when much of the knowledge accrued by Magicians was stolen or lost altogether.  Counting, the concept of zero, and what is now algebra have been accredited to Magus, but in legend only.  It is certain that advanced engineering was the property of the Magi, since it came to Leonardo da vinci and everyone knows what he did with it.  The Maga, (female Magicians) have long used advanced knowledge in clandestine ways, since women have been oppressed since before recorded civilization.  Magus and Maga come from the ancient Greek, and are handy labels because they're easily recognizable.  Methodios, the ancient Greek, who was either named for methodology or created it, was familiar with the work of Archimedes and may have assisted in the creation of some of the equipment used to repel the Romans for over a decade.  It is more of Legend that both were Magicians, or Magus, as were the "Eastern Kings" who came to the birth of Christ.  
    History records hints and suggestions of the "Order of Magicians" but no definitive proof of their existence can be provided.  Members of the Order will say that this is deliberate, since groups like the Magi were often persecuted by various governments and sometimes forbidden under pain of death. Whatever the truth, the organization exists today, and is devoted to knowledge, without preconception.  Stubblefield, Tesla, Jefferson, and even Franklin are among the names associated with the group, and Da Vinci, takes the trail backward.  
The ancient Magi may have been a hereditary priesthood of the Medes (known today as the Kurds) credited with profound and extraordinary religious knowledge. After some Magi, who had been attached to the Median court, proved to be expert in the interpretation of dreams, Darius the Great established them over the state religion of Persia. (Contrary to popular belief, the Magi were never all followers of Zoroaster. That was ascribed to them later.)  It was in this dual capacity, whereby civil and political counsel was invested with religious authority, that the Magi became the supreme priestly caste of the Persian empire and continued to be prominent during the subsequent Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods. Daniel, of Biblical Fame, was the Head of the Magi when the incident with the Lions Den occurred.
    When the disaster of the Persian empire occurred, the Magi learned that they needed to be clandestine, in order to survive. According to Wikipedia, "Many classic works of antiquity that might otherwise have been lost were translated into Arabic and Persian and later in turn translated into Turkish, Hebrew, and Latin.[5] They assimilated, synthesized, and advanced the knowledge gained from the ancient Greek, Roman, Persian, Indian, Chinese, Egyptian, and Phoenician civilizations.[5]"  This occurred during the Muslim Empire, when any knowledge that could be stolen, acquired by torture, or found in a book, was considered valuable and taken.  The Muslims were no worse nor better than any other fifth or sixth century empire, but the Magi eventually learned to avoid them because of the "Forced Conversion" doctrine.  
    Now that the history of the Magi has been explored, you will perhaps understand, gentle reader, why the term Magician is not precisely as you might have believed.  Magicians do not accept the standard rules of Science, such as the Standard Models which are used to provide a framework for current research.   My own current topic of exploration involves the existence of more than four 'normal' dimensions, (Time, Height, Width, Length)  which may co-exist with what we normally perceive.  The existence of multiple dimensions can be postulated using already existing data. Particles which appear to travel faster than light could be moving Trans-dimensionally, that is not through all of the space which we perceive.  Neutrinos, which should have no mass, may indeed be massless,, if they spin through multiple dimensions, and thus appear to change 'flavors' even though no actual change is occurring.  Some, or most, of the data which is ascribed to experimental error could also be accounted for by postulation of movement through multiple dimensions.  This possibility fascinates me, as it leads to a basic premise from what I already know.
   If there are multiple dimensions, and the mind is connected to space/time via quantum entanglement, then the action of neurons may be able to elicit a reaction in disassociated space that has a real effect on the fabric of space/time.   It then becomes possible to change the state of a particle without direct visible interaction.  If the practitioner is sufficiently skilled, a vast number of particles could be thus effected, causing some visible effect at a distance. (spooky action) Given that possibility magic becomes the manipulation of quantum states via the entanglement of the mind in the actual quantum matrix.  The more practice and knowledge gained the greater the effect, whether temperature, plasma generation, condensation, or simple motion.  Oddly enough these effects could be canceled by another person who was aware of their impending occurrence and acted to interfere. (IE: "Why can't you do it when I'm watching?"  -answer- "Because you're using your own power to stop me!" )
  This is as far as I will go in the description of Magic, what it is and the Power it represents.  It requires no belief, although belief can give you power, and it is independent of human interaction, even though we can perceive it only through interaction.  If you decide to explore it,,,good luck, the truth is out there.
    

VRay- (not x ray, or sunray or light ray or even cosmic ray)