XPost: alt.religion.wicca, alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.magick
From: Aetyr@nc.rr.com
"Pertial" wrote in message
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>
> >> 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.
> >
> > Isn't a belief a state of mind?
>
> Not to me.
>
> The "state of your mind" is a continuous fluid process that
> can only be dammed up by belief. (which is a static, codification
> attempt at some truth)
>
> The mind, at its best, can perceive reality with the most clarity
> when belief is suspended, and the perception is as direct
> as possible.
Words create the world as we see it. We live in a sea of language. The
more described and defined a thing is, the easier it is to communicate it,
and to receive the communications of others concerning it. Words create
belief everyday.
Pip
>
> What people call "belief" seems to have the effect of selecting
> some perceptions and rejecting others in a way that leads to
> distortion, IMO.
>
> Not that it matters, since belief is inevitable to the human
> condition, and most people don't care as long as
> Jesus loves them. :)
>
>
> > It ca be demonstrated consistently in from of skeptics as well as
believers,
> > under controlled conditions that effectively rule out fraud or illusion.
> > Can your magick do that?
>
> I bet I would have heard about it.
> Spoon bending is so 20th century.
>
> :)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> P
>
>
>
>
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