February 18, 2012
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The world of magic
The world of magic
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The world of #magic is scoffed at my #science and technocrats… the current mindset of the world. The mindset of magic has almost been totally lost through persecution. Fortunately something of that mindset has remained and it has something to teach us if we are open to learn from it. The pshycology of the magical mindset is a facinating study and something worthwhile understanding even if you can not associate with the mindset.
Magic is often seen as hocus pocus and slight of hand. But the true magician sees the world differently and take magic very seriously. Others see magic as pure evil but the magician sees magic as neutral. For the magician magic is evil of good depending on how it is used. A key concept to the mindset of magic is “Mutually beneficial relationships”. So in this sense good implies that the magician is not just taking from the world but is also giving back to the world. We see ancients giving gifts to the gods hoping to receive something of equal value back. If you understand this world of mutual beneficial relations, you begin to understand why sacrifice was so important in ancient religions. Off course this can turn out very dangerous when the person giving the sacrifice have a selfish aim. Offering a child for example for gain is not only mutually beneficial to that person and is god…. but not to the child. True magic is a world of abundance where the sum is more than the parts….thus true magic happens where all gain from an action. Thus magic is a wholistic worldview where the total realised potential is increased.
Another interesting view on Magic is that Magic focuses on the improbable or the unique. Where modern science for repeating patterns…the magician views that as a low order level magic. What repeats is easy to understand and master. Synchronicity, the one time event or success that can not easily be repeated is the world of the magician. The magician looks in the world of chaos to find that spark of significance and tries to harnass that power.The magician is a rebel by nature and does not submit to any authority for the only authority the magician accepts is his/her own #consciousness and #conscience. For this reason the magician can be very unsettling for the community who prefer the slumber that comes with predictability. The magician embraces unpredictability and embrace the uniqueness of the present moment. Magic is being aware of what is in the moment and therefore requires awareness of what is possible in the moment as well as attention to detail that makes the moment different.
Magic can be dangerous for it is a search for power. This search for power if unchecked can turn even magic of good intent into a source of evil. Power is addictive and power corrupts the mind. Magic is one side of the polarity…the side of will focused by intent. Magic must balanced #power with #love and #wisdom. Magic can be defined as directing the will to increase individual power and influence. Magic seeks to tap into a field of energy that is benevolent, such that all aspects of life will improve.
We may scoff at magic…evaluating it against the progress of science – yet the mindset that created magic is not far removed from today. Today we see the stock broker seeking power through the unpredictability of the stock market. The stockbroker is also aware of focus, uncertainty and in search of power. But the stockbroker seeks richness without considering the impact on the whole. The true magician sought to harness the powers that will improve all aspects of life. When we look at the science and all it has given us, we must also look at the old idea of magic and wonder if it can not be a missing link in our knowledge of today.
Comments (5)
I believe in magic. We all have the power to create a better life and wonderful life, the power to make things happen. I think that in itself is a type of magic
The scientist and writer Arthur C. Clarke (he was the inventor of the communication satellite) summed it up this way:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
The practice of magic that most scientists used to scorn was the idea that the magician can cause physical change through his will alone, but modern scientific advances have suggested that even this idea has merit. I have some personal knowledge of this. My wife is quite capable of causing an alpha wave detector to “change its tune” through her thoughts alone.
@Shining_Garnet - Gurdjieff said: “The magic lies in doing”
@tychecat - Thank you for the insight and valuable input. What I tried to convey is not the validity of magic but the fact that it is a different viewpoint which still have principles that we can learn from.
Well Done Zeal* I enjoyed the post*
@OnSpiritWings - Not many people liked the post…but I appreciate thos who do. Thank you