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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Counterpoint: lots of people do tarot/astrology/wicca or whatever without becoming psychotic, and this may only be a danger that applies to hardcore self initiates.
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uh yeah it's a real danger for me I'm sure twitter will let me know when I get real crazy tho trying to keep guard rails up and be scientifically curious about things without going off the deep end
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Is WEIRD an acronym here? It's a major real-world risk of venturing into the territory I like to play around in
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Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Developed.
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Or a bit of both, for lineages spawned within WEIRD, like the SubGenius / Discordian / chaos magic lineages.
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