diff --git a/spells/cantrips/cursor-blink b/spells/cantrips/cursor-blink
index 7d3d462..7807c42 100755
--- a/spells/cantrips/cursor-blink
+++ b/spells/cantrips/cursor-blink
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ cursor_blink_off() {
   printf "\033[?25l"
 }
 
-# Check if the script is being called from another script
-if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "$0" ]; then
-  # If not, call the appropriate function based on the command line argument
-  if [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
-    cursor_blink_on
-  elif [ "$1" = "off" ]; then
-    cursor_blink_off
-  else
-    echo "Usage: cast_cursor_blink on|off"
-  fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+# If not, call the appropriate function based on the command line argument
+if [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
+cursor_blink_on
+elif [ "$1" = "off" ]; then
+cursor_blink_off
+else
+echo "Usage: cast_cursor_blink on|off"
+fi
diff --git a/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor b/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
index edcf656..e7f60bf 100755
--- a/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
+++ b/spells/cantrips/fathom-cursor
@@ -57,8 +57,4 @@ test_fathom_cursor() {
     assert_equal "$(./fathom-cursor)" "$(./fathom-cursor -x -y)" "fathom_cursor and -x -y outputs differ"
 }
 
-# Check if the script is being called from another script
-if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "$0" ]; then
-  # If not, call the function
-  fathom_cursor "$@"
-fi
+fathom_cursor "$@"
diff --git a/spells/cantrips/fathom-terminal b/spells/cantrips/fathom-terminal
index 39309c0..5878dfb 100755
--- a/spells/cantrips/fathom-terminal
+++ b/spells/cantrips/fathom-terminal
@@ -63,8 +63,4 @@ test_fathom_terminal() {
   assert_output "fathom_terminal --height --verbose --width" "Height: $(tput lines)\nWidth: $(tput cols)"
 }
 
-# Check if the script is being called from another script
-if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "$0" ]; then
-    # If not, call the function
-    fathom_terminal "$@"
-fi
+fathom_terminal "$@"
diff --git a/spells/read-magic b/spells/read-magic
index 765799c..132209f 100755
--- a/spells/read-magic
+++ b/spells/read-magic
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ file=$1
 attribute=$2
 
 # Check that the file exists
-if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$file" ] && [ ! -d "$file" ]; then
   echo "Error: The file does not exist."
   exit 1
 fi