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   From: shez@oldcity.f2s.com   
      
   In article , Tom   
    writes   
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   >"Jane Asher's Vagina"  wrote in message   
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   >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:03:47 -0500, Aunty Kreist wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Sometimes it's spelled that way to distinguish magic ( as in stage   
   >magic,   
   >> > David Copperfield, card tricks) from witchcraft type magic. It helps   
   >keep   
   >> > people from getting confused between the two.   
   >>   
   >> No confusion. Their both bullshit fake crap.   
   >   
   >In a way, you're right.  Both are practices which produce illusions.   
   >   
   >The distinction between the two words comes from who is being fooled by the   
   >illusion.  In the word "magic", it's the audience who gets fooled.  In the   
   >word "magick", it's the performer.   
   >   
   >However, it's a mistake for you to believe that you are not confused about a   
   >great many things.   
   >   
   >   
   (Chuckle) reality is personal, everyone has their own reality, You don't   
   see the sky or the trees in exactly the same way I do, We may see   
   something similar enough to have a conversation about it, but we will   
   see different things.   
   People who practice the art and craft of magick see something in the   
   world that you don't see, its that simple.. I you were colour blind no   
   one can really explain to you what colour is..   
   Magick is something you know is their, you feel, see, touch, taste and   
   use.. If you don't have the right connections to feel magick or touch   
   magick then nothing anyone can say will persuade you that magick exists.   
   However it is rather silly to assume that because you don't see magick   
   that no one else can.. In the same way a man who is colour blind would   
   be a fool to assume that everyone who can see colour is lying to him.   
      
      
   A lot of people don't beleive in magick because they equate it with   
   ritual, with the paranormal, ghosts, flying saucers or strange beliefs.   
   In fact Magick is very simple, very easy to use, doesn't require a   
   belief in the paranormal, or flying saucers, or ritual and dogma.   
   The Paranormal means outside of our normal experience... for me Magick   
   is normal it is not outside of my experience. I know a great many people   
   want to use magick or want to beleive in it, but its a state of mind,   
   not a state of belief.. Your mind needs to work in a particular way,   
   I sometimes equate it to those people who can do mental arithmetic as   
   fast as a computer, its a rare gift.. But it exists, and no one doubts   
   that it exists. Before computers it would have taken months or even   
   years to prove some of those people were capable of the mental   
   gymnastics they are able to do.. Now we can check their ability's in   
   seconds with a calculator.   
   Their is unfortunately no calculator you can set magick against...   
   because it makes tiny changes in reality which as they ripple out have a   
   huge effect like a pebble dropped into a lake.   
      
   I don't worry about people who cant understand magick or cant see how   
   magick would work.. I simply give as simple an explanation as I can, and   
   those who recognize what I am talking about can then start to explore   
   their own ability's... those who cant recognize it, wont ever understand   
   and like explaining colour to a colour blind man in the end its a waste   
   of time and energy.   
   --   
   Shez                         shez@oldcity.f2s.com   
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