In my experience, magic works, BUT...I don't insist on there being a supernatural force at work in order for it to do so. I think that we are capable of a lot more than we realize, and that the specific techniques of magic tap into that. One possible way that it works is that you teach your dreaming mind what to look for...you typically take in a lot more information than you can ever process consciously, and most of that you just filter out. But if you're looking for a job, for example, you might pick up very subtle cues that someone is hiring or knows someone who is, and might find yourself suddenly mentioning it in conversation. This is what produces those stories of "I did a spell and three days later got a job offer." That doesn't mean that it's not "really" magic or that the colors and symbols and candles and foofaraw are pointless. Quite the opposite.
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Date: 2010-11-09 08:20 pm (UTC)From: