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Re: What Makes Magic
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Exactly. Some magic tricks involve diabolism. That is what is called dark magic and is always accompanied by evil.Abiodunakinola wrote: ↑03 Apr 2023, 16:04 Talking about manifestation, I agree with the word that "Those who are looking for opportunities will find more opportunities,” but there are some people who truly have magic that is beyond the power of humans. Mindset can be great and can change circumstances, but it can't be compared with magic.
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Personally, I define magic as something extraordinary that occurs without explanation and changes reality as we know it. I grew up on the fantastical stories of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, along with other tales of witches, warlocks, pixies, gods and more. But it takes a magical mind to come up with such magic. As such, I think a real-world example of magic would be our imagination. It has the power to distort and warp our reality, to create and to destroy. If we go out looking for magic or craving the magic in our lives we see on screen or in fiction, we'll miss out on the magic we already possess.alexsbookhoard wrote: ↑13 Mar 2023, 09:28 I have not finished The Magician's Secret, yet, but the introduction of the magic system as I currently understanding it - through Delvin wishing for something to happen and that thing happening - reminds me a lot of the concept of manifestation. I've seen an increasing trend in belief that mindset changes circumstance, and that a person who thinks and wishes for a change or an outcome is more likely to achieve it. It follows along with the statement I have seen many times that goes along the lines of "Those who are looking for opportunities will find more opportunities; those looking for struggles will find more struggles."
What this book so far has me thinking about is what 'makes' magic? In a fantasy context, I think of magic as a power wielded by certain groups of people who have the ability to directly influence the world around them with a non-human power. Yet this book is making me consider whether people in reality have a type of magic. Not in the "hold a wand, say an incantation, and presto" kind of way, but I never gave much consideration that mindset can be its own kind of power.
What do you think? Is manifestation a real world example of a power in line with the fantasy concept of magic? Or is it purely the perception of change without the power behind it?
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