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I feel that many times a distinction can be drawn between supernatural effects and what we call preternatural effects. Supernatural is defined as that which occurs entirely outside the physical laws of the universe.In other words, miracles. Preternatural, on the other hand, can defined as events that, while they certainly might be on the edge of the curve of what we now believe possible,yet are so common in us as humans that they cannot be denied, their mechanics can many times be explained by physical processes and in my experience, is how even the most magical effects manifest... as uncanny co-incidences, flashes of illumination ,empahetic and even precog and telepathic events that would appear to be supernatural at first glance but perhaps in fact,are not.

Ones man's majick or divinity is another man's engineering or physics.

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captainglobehead
14:14 Jan 20 2011

I definitely subscribe to that notion.

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Let's say I do a working to increase my chances of getting a particular job I'm applying for. On the day of my interview, I get the urge to drink tea instead of coffee in the morning. On arriving for the meeting, the interviewer asks if I'd like some coffee. I reply that no, but I'd like some tea if that's possible. The interviewer then reveals that she is a tea drinker herself, and how nice it is to meet another tea drinker. This creates a favorable first impression, which leads to my getting the job! (An excellent example of a preternatural effect.)



How did I know that drinking tea would make such a difference that day? I didn't -- not consciously. But my clairvoyant subconscious did know, and made that one minor adjustment in events that cascaded into a successful magic working.



There is one other "theory of magic" that should be mentioned: the "everything is an illusion of the mind" paradigm. I have problems with this similar to the ones I have with the "gods" paradigm. First of all, it sidesteps the question. Secondly, the most dramatically effective magic workings I've ever done always have some very surprising results. If it was only my own mind creating these "effects", then I would expect them to be exactly what I expect them to be. This idea also allows for an interesting way to check one's magical effectiveness -- if the result doesn't surprise you, it is to be suspected.



Moreover, if all of our experience is in fact a creation of our own minds, then the subconscious mind has a powerful hand in this creation. Therefore, by the use of Magic one is tapping the subconscious, the wellspring of creation itself. It is bestowing the power of creation on something beyond our prejudiced, over-logical conscious mind with all of it's fears and foibles. If the subconscious is the contact point of the magical universe, then by the use of magic we are able to make our entire existence a function of that Magic.



Copyright ©1998, 1999 by Joseph Max. All rights reserved.

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ladySnowStrixx
16:37 Jan 03 2011

WOW , that was a very interesting paper ,I enjoyed reading it very much.

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