Meh there are tons of misconceptions about Magick on the net. But oh well, there are lots of misconceptions on anything really on the internet, and also people who just won't accept the reality as it is.
Well if it is that good, maybe a mod should stick this.
I was looking threw NetFlixs one day and I found Star Wars. But not the movies Star Wars, but a long movie on how the story of Star Wars was symbolic of the past. From Greek to Christian to Hitlers army and raise. When I saw that I remember that anything is symbolic now a days because so much time has passed.
I like what you said, but I think there is another point of magick. It isn't just doing minor changes, but changing one's outlook on life and improving yourself through training and study of the inner workings of the mind. Most of the fantasy things people wish they could do are really just forms of science that people didn't understand back when they were wrote as sorcery in tales and odes.
Take the fireball. It is one of the most misconstrued forms of magic in my opinion. From what I can find, it seems that the practitioners of old simply had sulfur and guano (or some other combination of a high intensity burning material and a slow burning substance that would stick when heated) in a ball, lit it on fire by some means, and tossed it.
Another highly fantasied thing is werewolves. Hollywood has a lot to do with this, but so does the imagination of people back hundreds of years ago. Witches used to take a wolf pelt and wear it like a cloak under the full moon for the spook factor, and for some rituals. Whether or not that is where all of the werewolf stories come from or not, I do not know, but I do know that superstitious people could very well see that as sighting a werewolf.
I am not saying that these fantasies are not possible, just not possible to my knowledge or probable. I doubt anyone on this site would be able to say otherwise. If by some miracle or weird twist of fate someone could do that, then why in the world would they waste their time on a fluff-infected site such as SoM?
I myself will never stop trying to find new things of the craft or expand my knowledge of what is already known. I will not count anything out as impossible, but I know my limitations and I know what is worth studying.
I loved this post ... u are right ... most of people think like they are vampires ... most of it is bcs of movies like Twilight or etc! even me ... like when i was about 15 :D ...
but i think the real magick is all about energy ... i think the Art of controlling the energy is Magick !
that is why we cant do many thing as our energy is limited ...
we are using Nature, moon and all other things that we know to get more energy ...
"If there where noting people wouldn't say many things !"
Indeed Sina. That's magick by definition. The Art of Science of manipulating the natural energies, to cause a change at will. We don't go against Nature. We all go abide by the Physical Laws. We work "with" them. Not against them. There's nothing supernatural about Magick. There are lots of misconceptions related to magick(unfortunately) but I believe that everybody can see that they're nothing but just... misconceptions if they use their common sense. Simple as that. :)
nicely told..you have done your homework before posting this..*thumbs up* really good though i didn't read coz it's too long but since it's an essay i bet it's good :D
Like I said before, I didn't do my homework and just started writing on what I have learned in the past. It really isn't that hard but I am surprised that so many agree and not that many disagree. Normally there is at least one person that thinks they know everything and try to disagree with something.
I DO BELIEVE MAGICK IS TOTALLY REAL.ITS REALLY SIMBLE,WE USE IT EVERYDAY. WHAT ABOUT CROSSING YOUR FINGERS,YOU KNOW WHOS CALLING BEFORE THE PHONE RINGS,THE RITUAL OF BABTIZING,ECT.I HAVE USED MANY,MANY SPELLS,EVEN SPELLS I HAVE MADE ON MY OWN.THEY HAVE ALL WORKED FINE FOR ME,BUT YOU DO HAVE TO REALLY BELIEVE,HAVE THE PROPER,PURE INGREADIENTS,MEDITATION,AND OF COURSE,INTENT.
