The Ainur possess vast supernatural abilities that are seen by some as a form of magic they are essentially seen as "gods" on the scale of the Greek or Norse deities, or as parallels to angels, and analogues thereof, of some present day monotheistic religions.
Magic can also be seen having an effect on the world itself: in Eregion the stones speak about the Elves who once lived there ( animism). In the index of The Return of the King, "wizardry" is described as "magic of kind popularly ascribed to the Wizards ( Istari)." " or so sworn, good or evil, an oath may not be broken, and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end." - Quenta Silmarillion Any oath sworn by Ilúvatar and the Valar also invokes magic of a kind, as did Fëanor's terrible oath: Mandos declared the Prophecy of the North to the Noldor. Prophecy is well documented in Middle-earth: Boromir and Faramir have "true dreams" about the One Ring and the Halfling, Glorfindel prophesies the nature of the Witch-king's doom, and both the Maia Melian and her descendant Elrond are known to possess the "gift of foresight", allowing them to sense and see what is yet to come. Related creatures which may or may not have a connection to that realm are Barrow-wights and the Dead Men of Dunharrow. This can be seen in the descriptions of Frodo Baggins while wearing the One Ring of the appearance of both the Ringwraiths and the High Elf Glorfindel in that world. In Middle-earth there is a wraith-world or Unseen world where the creatures such as the Ringwraiths have a distinctly different presence than that observable in the normal world.
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