I want some objections to sharpen my own thinking about occult stuff. Assuming "magic" is using personal directed will to affect reality external to your body, give me your best questions or objections for why it can't work. Example: Why don't very smart people believe in it?
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Yeah, this matches my line of thinking about sliding into insanity via self-delusion which is why you always hear about insanity being a risk of magical practice Mucking with your own sense of belief is dangerous
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I am guessing that there are traditional lineages that have ways of addressing this, but are largely inaccessible to people from WEIRD cultures, or only accessible with immense personal sacrifice/distancing from the modern world.
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