Basic Magic

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Magic (or whatever you want to call it) is the activity of influencing reality through acausal means. You can think of it as manufacturing synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence. People who are often seen as "lucky" are naturals at it. The ability to do this is believed to be in the unconscious mind, so symbolism is employed to access it. The form this symbolism takes is mostly irrelevant, as long as your unconscious can understand it. You could employ ritual, dance, music, chanting, breakfast, lunch, scratching your nose, or literally any other action, as long as you can unconsciously associate it with your intention. One popular form is sigilization, the creation of abstract graphical symbols from written statements, because they are quick, impromptu, and creative. The idea is to get your conscious mind off your intention so that your unconscious can go to work. The next part of magic is the altered state of consciousness, called "gnosis" by some, needed to push your intention into manifestation. The point here is to quiet the conscious mind long enough for the symbolism of your intention to be sent to the unconscious. If symbolism is the gasoline, then this is the match, and like the symbolism, the methods used to reach this state are arbitrary. Anything that quiets the mind can be used to do this, from Zen style meditation to orgiastic sex. Personally, I like hardcore trance techno. Anyway, congratulations. You are now a magician.

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Basic Magic
FREE TAKE ONE
Magic (or whatever you want to call it) is the activity of influencing reality through acausal means. You can think of it as manufacturing synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence. People who are often seen as "lucky" are naturals at it. The ability to do this is believed to be in the unconscious mind, so symbolism is employed to access it. The form this symbolism takes is mostly irrelevant, as long as your unconscious can understand it. You could employ ritual, dance, music, chanting, breakfast, lunch, scratching your nose, or literally any other action, as long as you can unconsciously associate it with your intention. One popular form is sigilization, the creation of abstract graphical symbols from written statements, because they are quick, impromptu, and creative. The idea is to get your conscious mind off your intention so that your unconscious can go to work. The next part of magic is the altered state of consciousness, called "gnosis" by some, needed to push your intention into manifestation. The point here is to quiet the conscious mind long enough for the symbolism of your intention to be sent to the unconscious. If symbolism is the gasoline, then this is the match, and like the symbolism, the methods used to reach this state are arbitrary. Anything that quiets the mind can be used to do this, from Zen style meditation to orgiastic sex. Personally, I like hardcore trance techno. Anyway, congratulations. You are now a magician.

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