I practice magick because I have found techniques that work. I could give you theory on how they work (within the context of a Universe that can be explained by science, in so far as the physical facts of our universe can be explained by science. To put it briefly, belief is a fact. People believe. Manipulating one's own belief can cause certain results to happen. Very reliably. Just as manipulating certain combinations of chemicals in a child's chemistry set can cause certain results to happen, equally reliably.
We do not perceive the world directly. We perceive it through our sense organs and through our brains. Belief conditions the world we experience.
So, due to their beliefs, some who have commented here perceive the 'supernatural' and some (like yourself), equally due to your belief, do not.
Have you read any chaos magick theory? Some of it is utter garbage (they take sound basic concepts and develop them too far). It's based on the principle that a butterfly stamping it's foot in one place can start a complex line of causation that ends in a hurricane. Effective magick is like that butterfly stamping its foot.
Which is not to say that I believe in the supernatural. I don't. I remain a cynic. But possibly there are things in Heaven and Earth undreamed of in your philosophy.
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Date: 2003-09-12 10:40 am (UTC)I practice magick because I have found techniques that work. I could give you theory on how they work (within the context of a Universe that can be explained by science, in so far as the physical facts of our universe can be explained by science. To put it briefly, belief is a fact. People believe. Manipulating one's own belief can cause certain results to happen. Very reliably. Just as manipulating certain combinations of chemicals in a child's chemistry set can cause certain results to happen, equally reliably.
We do not perceive the world directly. We perceive it through our sense organs and through our brains. Belief conditions the world we experience.
So, due to their beliefs, some who have commented here perceive the 'supernatural' and some (like yourself), equally due to your belief, do not.
Have you read any chaos magick theory? Some of it is utter garbage (they take sound basic concepts and develop them too far). It's based on the principle that a butterfly stamping it's foot in one place can start a complex line of causation that ends in a hurricane. Effective magick is like that butterfly stamping its foot.
Which is not to say that I believe in the supernatural. I don't. I remain a cynic. But possibly there are things in Heaven and Earth undreamed of in your philosophy.