do you believe in magic? do you think it's real? or just a trick to the mind? why or why not?
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Magic in the Wiccan sense is real, so is pagan... but it is called Magick with a k... and i do believe... i am pagan... any further questions contact me at...\nblfittro@yahoo.com
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Candle magic is just that.  It's the use of candles (herbal scent or no scent, certain colors for certain attractions i.e. love or money, and crystal or energy charged or blessed...the latter usually by a person with knowlegdge of magic or a high priestess or witch or some such person) while uttering a special intention via some magickal words (like a spell).  Does it work?  Some will say yes.  Some will say no.  It's like asking does a magic spell work?  You decide for yourself whether it does or doesn't.  That should tell you something right there.  Sometimes I see the similarities between candle magic and the candles they light in Catholic churches, no offense to any Catholics intended.  A lot of ritual, some words said, and a candle lit. With candle magic, candles can be lit for a certain amount of time per day for a certain period (1 hour a day for a week, for example), during full moons when magic is said to have its greatest power (sounds a bit like the werewolf thing to me), during holidays, or until they burn completely.  Some use crystals or other tools/objects with candles.  Candles also come in different shapes for different wishes, including a twist, knots, and the human figure -- it depends upon what a person wants.  It is a lot of ceremony and I don't think any major religion condones it.  Hope I've helped.\nNote to Post Below:  Ever hear of contact lenses?
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Magic does not exist. The magicians that you see are skilled in slight of hand, diversion, and tricks. There's no secret, they will admit that to you. \nBrowse a bookstore for books on magic and you will see what I mean. The books will teach you magic tricks.
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yes. I do.  There is magick in life all around you everyday.
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Of course these things are real. Let me give you an analogy.\n\nYou know once the government gave me and a group of people an I.Q. Test and I was having a blast with the questions, I'm nerdy like that, LOL. Any way, this guy looks at me and says "Don't bother answering those because there aren't any answers to them; they just ask them to drive you up the wall." I looked at the guys paper and saw it was blank so I asked him "Have you tried to answer any of the questions." and he replied "Yeah but they don't make any sense." To which I replied "They make perfect sense to me." He replied "Yeah, but you're one of those real smart guys, you can make up answers to those questions, cause you guys are way out in outer space."\n\nAnd so we have the truth of what "superstition" really is; anybody can score high on an I.Q. test, all it takes is effort: Just because some one has had an experience doesnt mean they are delusional, what it means is that they've taken the time to look deeply into things, and have walked where you have yet to walk.\n\nI've done exorcisms, and I've got physical scars from those M*&&^% F)*%$. I've had people into black magick send Mummies (not the maternal type) and demons after me that attack their prey in the Beta state of consciousness. You can't feel pain in dreams, but you can in the realm that is parallel to them. \n\nYes, you can not only protect yourself from them, but you can hurt them, and even kill them; with the right knowledge and hands on experience. Protection is easy, rather it's Jesus or what ever, they feed on your own evil and true good will protect you: Make no mistake, God is very real: to say these things don't exist is like that guy explaining intelligence away, it's as spiritually as he was intellectually lazy.\n\nIf you've read enough on this then you are probably puzzled as to why I have my picture available and why I am so open. Simple enough; I like Miyamoto Musashi.\n\nIt's as real as the floor beneath your feet; and if you have to ask some one else about it, I'd suggest not getting involved with it until you don't have to ask such preschool level questions about it. Not criticizing you, just letting you see where your level of knowledge on this subject is at; there are plenty of subjects I'm just as ignorant of.
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I believe in magick. \n\nBut I do raise my own personal energy, and this I send out into the universe. \nI like to think energy is like magic or magic is like energy. \nIt must be said that magic has its own energy. \n\nUsing ideas from \n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n1905 , Einstein created the quantum theory of light, the idea that light exists as tiny packets, or particles, which he called photons. Alongside Max Planck's work on quanta of heat Einstein proposed one of the most shocking idea in twentieth century physics: we live in a quantum universe, one built out of tiny, discrete chunks of energy and matter. \n------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nWe live in a quantum universe, one built out of tiny, discrete chunks of energy and matter.. \n\nMixed with Every Action has an Reaction by Sir Issac Newton's laws of physics \n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \n\nI felt .. if we draw on our inner power / energy, call it magic and this produced energy/ magic is then push it from ourselves out into the universe. \nAs everything we send out into the universe comes back, I do feel it can come in different ways to us. As every action has a reaction. \n\nBlessings ALD
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One time on a camping trip, a witch and I created a psychic link which allowed us to keep tabs on each other without needing those family band radios.\n\nPersonally, I do spiritual healing with singing bowls. I play the bowl in someone's hand, and feel the vibrations as they extend through the person, and can tell them where the vibrations are and what they're doing.\n\nI used to work with a Reiki master who could tell people many details about their lives while we were doing our energy work. Very specific things\n\nOne time on a camping trip, we felt a spirit near the bon-fire. We had a ring of 40 tiki-torches around the bonfire. It was a still and windless night, but all the tiki flames near the spirit bent in. One of the people in the circle had a fancy camera. After the campout she went to get the film developed, and all the photos from before the visitor turned out, but after that all the film was blank. She took the camera in to be repaired. The repairman asked if she'd been in a nuclear power plant. All the innards were fried from electromagnetism\n\nMy grandmother died while my niece was in utero. After my niece was born, she would look up at areas where no one was standing, and laugh and giggle. We all knew that she was looking at gramma, so we never showed her any pictures. Finally, at about a year old, she could speak, and my sister showed her the family photo album. My niece picked out her photo and said, "That's Old Gramma."\n\nMost of the people I associate with these days are spiritual mediums/fortune tellers
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If you want to know the essence of why Spells, affirmations and incantaions of many sorts CAN work, and why for so many people they don't work, watch the DVD 'The Secret'. \n\nhttp://www.thesecret.tv
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Yes, but not in the way that most people think it works.  The art of spell craft is really about enacting psychological prompts in people.  It's not about pouring a bunch of funky herbs into a pouch and bright lights from the sky and weird chants.  It's about symbolism and the reclaiming of personal power through intentional acts.  To cast a spell is to set something in motion, and people of all sorts do this all the time.  When a preacher delivers a sermon against the evils of drinking or gambling is casting a spell.  When an author writes a book to be sold around the world he is crafting something with intention.  When you choose to change a bad habit because you know it's better for you, you are performing a magical act.\n\nSo, yes.  Witchcraft really works, especially if you know what it really means.
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I have performed some myself. There were too many rains in California lately. I, as much as the next guy, didn't want to mess with mother Nature, but when I had to get out of ther house, I simply asked for the rain to stop. It did. And then, at night it started again. Magical rituals are very diverse in goals, and can be applied for practical matters, switching traffic lights, arranging for the bus to take you on time. I have done all those and more. The basic principle underlying all magic rituals and spells is manifestation. It takes different forms, but in its core is always the same. You visualize the desired change, and unless there is strong opposition to it, from any major player, it comes into being. And when it doesn't, there is always a good reason to it. The modern magician thinks in tendencies and probabilities, and how to affect them. \nHope this short explanation helped.
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I dont believe it...\n\nBut human mind can make amazing illusions\n\n;)
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They call it misdirection. What the mind sees thinks is real. When they show you one thing they are secretly doing something you wouldn't know what to look for on the side to get the awe inspiring effect. Only other magicians or people on the "know" can understand. Scientifically, the whole world would know if Chris Angel really levitated or he'd be locked in a jar for Military research and we would never see something like that for real.
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That would depend on your definition of Magic, wouldn't it?  My own definition includes a lot of things that appear to be well within the scientific cause-and-effect paradigm.  For example, I have long held this to be true:  If anything is magic, then sex is magic.  Now, lots of biologists would argue that it is all quite explainable in scientific terms, etc.  Sure.  So how do you explain feelings that seem to be completely beyond human existence and into the realm of the numinous which are sometimes experienced by those who are deeply in love?  \n\nOr another one:  at what point is the explanation "coincidence" purely inadequate?  If I shuffle the cards honestly, and you cut them yourself, and I do three tarot layouts in a row, what is the odds that the very same card will appear in the very same position three times in succession?  OK; astronomical odds is not the same as impossible.  But is my explanation, that the card has something to tell you that we didn't notice on the first two layouts, any more nonsensical?\n\nMagic is a vocabulary.  It does not need to contradict natural law in order to be real magic; it simply has to be effective.
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Magicians and advertisers play into the way the brain is wired. \n\nThe first trick is to create a 'willing suspension of disbelief'. Plays, ads, magic tricks, etc. first need to get you to be willing to accpet things you know are nto real as 'temporarily' real. In the case of a magic trick, it may be as simple as waiting for someone to ask to see a trick. In the case of movies, we are conditioned to accept a lot of foolishness as long as we are otherwise 'into' the movie.\n\nOnce we have accomplished this, the next trick is to give you a reason to believe. If I vanish a coin and make it reappear in a clumsy fashion, you won't buy into the fantasy, but if I do it with a nice theatric wave and a line of BS about transfering the atomic structure, you are more likely to swallow it.\n\nPeople enjoy being fooled, stumped, scared, and so on. We as a species LIKE feeling the whole gamut of emotions- as long as we know we are basically safe. This is also how things like roller coasters work- the illusion of danger, the reality of solid science.
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I am an eclectic witch.  I have a yahoo group that basically shares spells and information pertaining to all forms of witchcraft.\nI've included the link if anyone wants to join.
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Yes, I do. And I definitely don't think that it's something from the devil or what so ever (let's not get all religious about this) but I agree that it can be used for both good and bad intentions. \nI don't really know why but I've always believed in magic. (It could be the Harry Potter affect! Just kidding!:) )
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Yes, to both.  Magick is a powerful tool that is not without repercussion, either good or bad, so you use it wisely and cautiously.