Re: Amazon Tech level
I never really thought of the divine and magic intersecting in the DCU. Good call.
I think the fear is that such a deluge of magic would take away from the, well, humanity of the Amazons. It would make them more fairy-tale than real, as real as they can be in a fictional world. Having them craft things with their own hands, not with magic or divine intervention, but with ingenuity and knowledge and hard work - something satisfying in that. Or, at least, that would be my reason for not having the Amazons actively use magic. Also perhaps because magic users tend to lead tragic lives. I'm thinking specifically of Book of Magic here. Everyone who has had anything to do with magic, their life will eventually lead to a great tragedy. The Amazons, I think they should interact with magic - but never harness it. If they are as superior as they're supposed to be, I think they would rise above the petty desire to control and dominate that characterizes many of our interactions, right or wrong. They can see magic as it is and have no need to control it. Accept it, but do not touch.