RE: Belief in magic
November 28, 2017 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2017 at 3:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 28, 2017 at 12:17 am)Astreja Wrote: I've loved magic all my life, but to say I believe in it would be a bit of a stretch.
What I really would like to do, though, is discover a scientific basis and methodology for it and make it real.
The whole point of ceremonial magic, right there. Many experiments meant to refine the process in order to achieve the desired result. By the 1900's we'd gotten awfully creative with it.
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Something that struck me in their ritual structures was the attention to minute detail, and the use of pageantry, chemistry, and a strong utilization of "flashing" color schemes to create a real and palpable sense of altered perception in the ritual space.
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