Magic powers in that box11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() A wave of possibility.Īlan Moore, comic book writer and magician, says, “ I believe that magic is art and that art, whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form, is magic. Clarke famously wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Magic hints at the quantum potential of things. When technology gets closer to magic or the experience of wonder, that’s when we know we are looking at something that will transform us. That all things, by the mere fact of their belonging to the same system, are one. It hints at the idea that the universe is in sympathy with everything else. “As above, so below” could be called one of the oldest magic concepts. Magic accords with unreason…everything that works magically is incomprehensible, and the incomprehensible often works magically.”ĭefining “magic” is impossible because magic exists in the now it elicits wonder and brings us to the experience of bliss. One can only understand what accords with reason. ![]() Jung writes, “One cannot understand magic. ![]() Jung’s exploration of magic continues as he reflects on the difficulty to understand magic. Philemon: “Well, this shows you how little you understand about magic and how incorrect your notion of it is.” I had imagined magic as being somewhat different.” Jung: “I must admit that this is somewhat surprising. Philemon: “My boy, you have learned something about magic?” Jung: “Philemon, old magician, how are you?” This is where Philemon, the magician, lives with his wife, Baucis.” Jung writes, “After a long search I found the small house in the country fronted by a large bed of tulips. In the second essay “The Magician,” his inner search brings him to the doors of the Self. In the Red Book, Jung wrote two essays on magic. The first was “The Gift of Magic.” In it, he enters into a dialogue with his soul: This process allowed Jung to connect with his unconscious and observe the wisdom of the body in the form of natural images. Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung explored magic via his inner work, what he called active imagination. “Magic is a way of living, ” wrote Carl Jung. But when something amazes us, and we see magic, we recover the original state of bliss. The laws and categories we develop determine what we can think: we are enclosed. As we age, we start to label things, build boxes for every idea, and ultimately we lose that sense of wonder. Magic is a part of everyday life we just miss it because we have our blinders on. Magic reconnects us to the experience of wonder. Magic has always been part of the human story: Magic is part of the rituals of shamans the ancient Egyptian priesthood Moses worked magic before Pharaoh’s court magic is weaved into to the cosmic chess game of Greek mythology. ![]()
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