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As mentioned in the previous chapter, male mages are even worse. Their magic power comes from the "dark side", and here it is said that the power of mages comes from Hecate. Is this a contradiction?

To answer this question, we need to understand Hecate's way of existence.

Just like the opposition between heaven and hell, magic is also divided into light and dark attributes - in fact, this division is very idealistic. In essence, there is no difference between good and evil between the two.

Hecate was born from the beginning of the creation of the universe and is a "light" force.

Opposite her, there is a dark force - just like the first person who woke up from the lake and felt that the lake where he was born was deep and dark.

In fact, it is still what it is, neither bright nor dark, it just feels dark to her.

In short, because of Hecate's perception, the dark power also gave birth to consciousness - when Hecate came to the lake, her reflection remained on the lake, which is the Upside Down, and that is the origin of the Upside Down.

However, the Upside Down is not Hecate's alter ego.

It can be understood that Hecate was born and left within the source of magic. After she left, she gained recognition of the source of magic, and this recognition formed collective consciousness.

Well, the Upside Down isn't a person, it's the consciousness that is the source of magic.

It can be thought that Hecate's power comes from the source of magic, or it can be thought that Hecate plus the Upside Down are the complete source of magic.

Generally speaking, the Upside Down is stronger than Hecate and has more "magical origin" than her.

If some readers think that Hecate’s power comes from the Upside Down, it’s not quite accurate, but it’s not wrong either.

Hecate comes from the source of magic, and the source of magic that remains after she leaves is the Upside Down.

Later, Hecate entered the multiverse and sealed the dark magic (the Upside Down) out of the universe.

The Upside Down has always wanted to enter the multiverse.

Coming to Earth, Hecate distributed her magic power to the gods. At this time, the magic power in the universe was extremely pure and was all her power.

When she was betrayed by the 'man', Hecate opened part of the seal on the Upside Down and introduced a trace of dark power, which only polluted the wizard's magic.

This is Hecate's revenge.

Therefore, the wizard mainly uses her magic power, but the essence has changed, or in other words, there is an additional terrible creditor.

As an additional mention, Zatanna is a witch, but she does not have the Mark of March. Instead, her magic has the "Upside Down" mark of the wizard.