Because of this, most people today consider these two words to be fairly interchangeable. Now we most often see the use of the word preternatural in works by genre authors striving to find a synonym for supernatural. The terms preternatural and supernatural found their original distinctions within Gnosticism and religion, yet have been bastardized in the last few centuries. To use one of James Randi's old examples: if in fact Uri Geller's claimed ability to bend spoons with his mind actually existed, that would be supernatural in reality, his ability to bullshit people is preternatural. Why people feel the need to divide non-existent entities into subcategories I don't know. People use it for ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night - i.e., things that, unlike Yo Yo Ma, do not exist. I was going to talk to him, but all I could think of to say was "Hey, is it true you once left a Stradivarius on the plane? FAIL!") (I know for sure: I saw him once, at a CostCo of all places. You aren't claiming that he's actually, non-metaphorically magical or ghostly. You might say, "Yo Yo Ma is a praeternaturally skillful cellist" (bonus points for the olde-timey spelling), meaning only that he is really, really ridiculously good. It means " apparently inexplicable by natural means". Natural is self standing.Preternatural is a wonderful word, one that's been saved from being overused only by the fact that no one seems to know what it means. Natural is what you get when you strip away all human intervention, including science, so there are no hidden wires. The line between natural and unnatural, supernatural and magic are often blurred. Part of the illusion has to do with showmanship politics, which helps the mind of the audience see what you want them to see. These areas of science provide the hidden wires to create levitation, so unnatural so it appear to be natural. It is a metamorphosis that requires science and engineering medical. Some plants can change sex, but it is not normal among higher creatures. For example, transgender is not a natural metamorphosis. Magic can make artificial look natural or natural look artificial, if one is not aware of the hidden wires.
Magic bring us back to natural versus unnatural/artificial. Illusions benefit by bling and glitter Vegas. The entire basis of choice of magician is ticket sales consensus, with the top act the one with the most resources to put on the best show. Neither can figure the trick of the other, so it comes down to name calling to tarnish the prestige of the magicians. Neither team of magicians shows us how the other is hiding their wires. Both can levitate their lovely assistant with science. One group says this is natural and the other group says this manmade. Part of the audience can see each affect, yet both affects cannot be correct at the same time. For example, how can there can be more than one theory for a given natural phenomena? The reason is, each theory can set their stage with logical arguments, and then each can run experiments to levitate their lovely assistant demonstrate the concept. This magic affect occurs even in science.
The fooling does not use supernatural powers, although the affect generated may appear to require such powers. The final affect fools the brain, using science.
The output affect is not natural, however, the guide wires and the stage distractions are all based on sound principles of science and engineering from psychology to material science. For example, levitation generates a scenario that appears to defy the laws of gravity, in terms of the observer. Magic is interesting in the sense that the basis for most magic tricks are based on sound principles of science and engineering.
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