Kevin Simler

You're affected by the superstitions of your social environment, regardless of belief ->

professed disbelief provides some defence, but monkey brain can still be affected, and still vulnerable to other's beliefs

makes sense! what's an example of a particularly powerful superstition (or magick-type thing)?

personifying a bad habit as a demon in order to do rituals and communicate with it and ultimately banish,

sigils for changing thought patterns/habits. Think trigger thought -> sigil pops into mind -> engage in preprogrammed behaviour

cool. this is a fully materialist model, right? by convention, superstition; in reality, atoms and the void.

This explanation, yes. The magickal theory itself, no, but pluralism and mutual explanation can make them compatible...

the magickal theory itself can have auras and non-material planes, demons, etc