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Rereading the Young Wizards series and thinking about sorting fictional magic systems by how left hemisphere / right hemisphere they are. LH: explicit laws, fixed effects, magic a kind of physics / engineering. RH: implicit, unpredictable, magic an art, a living thing.
One way to get at the distinction: is magic something you use (LH), or is it something you relate to (RH)? In Young Wizards (RH), magic often uses the heroes. It has intentionality, and also a moral component. Compare to e.g. Harry Potter, esp. HPMoR (very LH).
In Young Wizards things often happen because 1) magic wants them to, and/or 2) someone made a promise which is being fulfilled. The heroes are not in control, nor are they trying to be (RH). Meanwhile in HPMoR Harry is trying to control everything (LH).
Books with RH magic are crypto-spiritual guides. Narnia is maybe the most explicit example of this. In Young Wizards, magic involves open awareness (RH) - the heroes often make progress by noticing e.g. subtle hints about others' emotional states. Also they fight the Devil!
RH magic captures something vital that spiritually starved modern people badly want - the feeling of being able to trust and take refuge in something bigger than themselves. Meanwhile LH magic is science fiction with a sparkly coat of paint.
Been increasingly feeling this fantasy-as-crypto-spirituality thing lately. It feels like some authors only express their full spirituality through their fiction. I mostly didn't pick up on this before but it's getting clearer now.
For more context, @Malcolm_Ocean's thread of threads about hemisphere stuff:https://twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1128389775134687234 …
Also @mykola's thread about magic and stories:https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1102009585328631808 …
Q for @Malcolm_Ocean & @QiaochuYuan who talk about this particular LH/RH version: Do you personally feel like you are lateralized this way, in your body somehow? When/how can you tell? Does your personal lateralization differ at all from that proposed by this framework?
Since Malcolm started talking to me about this I've been paying attention to differences in how the left vs. right side of my body feels, and it consistently seems to be the case that the left (RH) side of my body feels more numb.
Consider Pratchett's Discworld magic, which has two separate systems correlated (but not absolutely...) with gender of practitioner. However, although completely different from each other, witches' magic and wizards' magic each have some elements from both of your descriptions.
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