Tyger
Paranormal Adept
How to begin? This topic has come up in relation to the subject of magic. How to begin?
Imagine two world views proceeding simultaneously - each one determining what is perceived and how perceptions are interpreted and integrated into complex world views. Imagine a magical world that has its own rationales and 'laws'. Imagine that the magical world can 'see' the materialist world but that the materialist world cannot 'see' the magical world. Imagine that these two streams have been proceeding in parallel fashion for centuries. Inner/Outer. Esoteric/Exoteric. Sacred/Profane - or along those lines.
As self-evident as the materialist sees their world view - so too is self-evident the magical world view to the 'magician'. There has been a shift, however, where the magical world has to 'prove' its existence to the materialist (not vice-versa, and there are reasons for that). [Some conflating of terms here, as well as unique usage but still within an acceptable range given the imprecise introductory nature of this exploration. Spiritual and magical in this sense are close - magic deals with both the spiritual and the material and magic is the 'technology' and the 'psychology' that bridges those two 'worlds'.]
The term magical would include consciousness. All of creation possesses consciousness. All is conscious - but all is not aware, though Divine Intelligence pulses through all so that rocks 'know' how to be rocks, for example. Not all is alive, however. Life is the moment when consciousness 'rears up' into creation to 'look at itself.' To be conscious and aware precedes life. Divine Intelligence precedes all. It is the conscious and aware Divine Intelligence that produces the 'spark' of life. The forces of life begin to organize the physical into forms. The 'instructions' for these forms originate from the Divine Intelligence [insert whatever name you choose]. I could go on in this way but there are better renderings of this in the sanskrit and elsewhere - but you get the idea.
As the conversation proceeds [if it proceeds] I will be approaching this from this end - with the rationale of magic [and spirit] 'as though' it is the dominant and self-evident world view.
Imagine two world views proceeding simultaneously - each one determining what is perceived and how perceptions are interpreted and integrated into complex world views. Imagine a magical world that has its own rationales and 'laws'. Imagine that the magical world can 'see' the materialist world but that the materialist world cannot 'see' the magical world. Imagine that these two streams have been proceeding in parallel fashion for centuries. Inner/Outer. Esoteric/Exoteric. Sacred/Profane - or along those lines.
As self-evident as the materialist sees their world view - so too is self-evident the magical world view to the 'magician'. There has been a shift, however, where the magical world has to 'prove' its existence to the materialist (not vice-versa, and there are reasons for that). [Some conflating of terms here, as well as unique usage but still within an acceptable range given the imprecise introductory nature of this exploration. Spiritual and magical in this sense are close - magic deals with both the spiritual and the material and magic is the 'technology' and the 'psychology' that bridges those two 'worlds'.]
The term magical would include consciousness. All of creation possesses consciousness. All is conscious - but all is not aware, though Divine Intelligence pulses through all so that rocks 'know' how to be rocks, for example. Not all is alive, however. Life is the moment when consciousness 'rears up' into creation to 'look at itself.' To be conscious and aware precedes life. Divine Intelligence precedes all. It is the conscious and aware Divine Intelligence that produces the 'spark' of life. The forces of life begin to organize the physical into forms. The 'instructions' for these forms originate from the Divine Intelligence [insert whatever name you choose]. I could go on in this way but there are better renderings of this in the sanskrit and elsewhere - but you get the idea.
As the conversation proceeds [if it proceeds] I will be approaching this from this end - with the rationale of magic [and spirit] 'as though' it is the dominant and self-evident world view.
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