(11-11-2024, 04:32 PM)Byrd Wrote: I'm being a cranky grump today (not much sleep, which makes me more reactive), but I note with a cynical eye that people point out the Famous Exceptions -- and toss everyone else into the "never heard of them, therefore they're all rigid thinkers and stuck in the box thinking."
While looking for interesting figures I did feel it's kind of pointless because any search I do on the internet will just bring back controversial figures. Like Crowley and Parsons.
Can't spend a week doing research and write a thesis for a forum post, so it's just shooting from the hip.
@DISRAELI I was actually referring to the phenomena of nature going haywire when magic is afoot. Animals behaving weirdly, air pressure being effected (wind) stuff like that and then there is the effects on people. Think crop circles, fairy rings etc also. There is a visceral effect on nature/reality.
If we are not talking about that and those entities, are we talking about latent psychic powers in humans or what is the mechanism that effects change?
Personally I think looking for science in magic is worthwhile, who knows where all the myths and legends comes from. Maybe some lost knowledge can be resurfaced.
compassion, even when hope is lost
