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Also, Saucepan has merely shown us that magic can be learned, to what degree and by whom we have not yet decided.
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Ah, but its not for us to decide. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
The evidence we have so far is that:
1) one or more of the Nine became sorcerors at some point after having been given a Ring of Power by Sauron but before becoming a Ringwraith; and
2) Gandalf learned "bewitchments" involving fire and lights which he used to bring lightning bolts down on the goblins in the Misty Mountains and set light to fir-cones to throw at the Wargs, as well as making fireworks.
The fact that the Nine became sorcerors means that it was not only those of divine origin, such as Gandalf, who were able to learn magic. Those of the Nine who became sorcerors were mortal when they did so. That leaves two possibilities. Either Sauron invested them with their magical abilities, or they learned them independently. Since there is, as far as I am aware, nothing to establish the former, I choose to believe the latter. It is therefore my interpretation that the ability to use magic could, in ME, be learned by anyone with suitable aptitude. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]