Magic as the Power of Creation of One’s Self & Reality through Story
“Any intentional act is a magical act” - Crowley
“Magic is a spontaneously emergent principle of the universe, nature, and human beings. It’s how reality manifests, almost spontaneously. For humans, magic is the meaning-making faculty. It’s how we attribute meaning to our subjective experiences, the world, history, and the universe. The universe is infinite, but humans are meaning-making animals. We are time-binding creatures. A snail builds a shell, a spider weaves a web—humans create meaning and stories about their experiences. Sometimes, these stories are so elaborate, convincing, and appealing that others, even entire cultures, adopt them for thousands of years. This is how culture forms, emerging from spontaneous human reactions to their experiences. Unfortunately, most people—let's say 99.9 percent—don't realize everything is a story. They believe the stories told by media, religion, government, family, or local groups represent reality itself. They haven't grasped that these are just narratives someone created, whether about the progress of civilization, a religion, or events in America in 2018. A "magician" is someone who, through spontaneous insight, life experience, or hard lessons, realizes that everything is a story and nothing is objectively true. All is subjective meaning projected onto what might be objective truths, perceivable through mathematics or science. A magician not only recognizes this but also begins to write their own story for their life.” - Jason Louv, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI7uRj7QjIo