Here words can kill - literally.
We're all homos. Homo sapiens.
You're saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.
I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.
But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.
Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?