Why Were Spells & Spelling Considered Magic?

For most people magic is some form of entertainment or trickery yet we all understand Arthur C Clarke's assertion that any sufficiently advanced technology looks like magic. Well, take that thought back a few millennia and suddenly the alphabet is more than just a means  of communication. It's a way to speak from the grave.

Jan Irving has been deep sixing interesting subjects for the last year or so and this is up there with Terence McKenna worked for the CIA and Jesus was a Flavian dynasty creation. If discovering talent is a talent. Jan Irving is talented. Meet Jose Maria Barrera. He's very original.

And I'll Shoot My Bloody Mouth Off Telling You Good Folks Just What I've Seen

Was Phil Schneider telling the truth? That's not my job. You figure that our for yourself. 

He was however suicided not long after hitting the lecture circuit.

Why Did Queen Elizabeth's Private Secretary Lie About His Location When Diana Was Murdered?

@charlesfrith Robert Fellowes at BP, Robin Janvrin Balmoral
— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) December 26, 2012

Tony Blair's Director of Communications Alistair Campbell kindly reminded me that the Queen's principal private secretary at the time of Diana's death was at work in Buckingham Palace. My question to Sir Robert Fellowes (mysteriously awarded a peerage after executing his duties for the Royal Family) is why did he lie that he was on vacation during the period of and just after Diana's murder? 

It's a simple question and will require more lies to answer which suits me just fine. His name is now Baron Robert Fellowes and I want to know what he has to hide.

Update, the 2006 drama The Queen makes a glaring mistake about Robin Janvrin's role during this episode drawing attention to his actions in a none to subtle way.