Many people think that magic will solve many different problems. All you need is to buy books in the spirit of "Earth Magic for Dummies" or become your own on magical Internet forums. But at the same time, newcomers do not suspect that there are people who, according to their fate, are contraindicated in magic. Precisely because they are too obsessed with their desires, they cannot control their anger, or they refuse to understand that interference in someone else's life implies responsibility for their actions.
Instructions
Step 1
By magic, ordinary people most often understand "all these interesting things such as card fortune-telling, or lucid dreams, or to see the future in a crystal ball." In fact, magic, if we give its most general definition, is an attempt by a helpless person to make the world around him more controllable. We can say that this is an ancient form of religiosity, or it is the development of amazing skills, or the comprehension of the secrets of nature. There are many definitions. But magical thinking, first of all, is characteristic of the child. Folklorists and anthropologists even have an area of interest such as child magic, which involves summoning the Queen of Spades or beaded amulets to protect against bad grades. Magic is an extremely vague concept. And before plunging into this amazing and dangerous world, you need to clearly answer the question of what exactly you need: to heal people, see the future or travel in your dreams.
Step 2
People come to magic after going through some mystical experience. It can be positive or negative. Positive is associated with a feeling of enlightenment, purification, unexpected joy and a special comfortable feeling: "I am in my place and I know where to go." It's like poetic inspiration or falling in love. Negative experiences can be associated with a situation where life was hanging by a thread and significant emotional and mental efforts had to be made to survive. It can be a clinical death, a criminal situation, a powerful everyday drama. In any case, this experience forces a person to break with his usual social circle and turn to people who are able to understand his experiences.
Step 3
Modern theorists of magic distinguish three types of it. The first is based on a person's personal strength. He builds it up - and carries it with him to the next incarnations. This person is a mercenary by nature, who understands that he has nowhere to wait for retirement, and can be killed at any moment. The second type implies that a person entrusts himself to some force that directs his path. For example, this is the magic of reiki. To put it bluntly, it's like joining a public organization. She will first protect and help, and then ask to repay the debt. For example, offer to distribute flyers to invite new followers. The third type is magical tools and operations that force an invisible entity to help the magician. Ceremonial magic implies tough self-discipline and serious intellectual abilities, because you will have to pronounce spells in different languages, read works on the history of the issue and keep in memory a lot of abstract things.
Step 4
Dedication and training of a beginner to an experienced master is very important. A self-taught genius is able to fall under the power of his unconscious, get carried away by a state of altered consciousness and completely fly out of reality. But at the same time, any beginner can fall prey to a pseudo guru. People who are related to magic, even if they are charlatans pretending to be wizards, as a rule, have the skills of hypnosis, introducing into a trance, and know how to persuade. And their intentions are far from spiritual. Perhaps, before the temptation arises to go to a seminar on opening the third eye, a beginner should talk to a competent psychologist or an employee of the department of anthropology or folklore. Scientists will be able to find literate literature, for example, they will acquaint with the classic work on magic - Fraser's twelve-volume "Golden Bough". Or talk about what the New Age is and why advertisements for magic schools are actually a front for other, more pragmatic organizations.
