First, let's discuss “magic” and “magick”.
Magic is a term that brings to mind classic stage tricks like pulling a rabbit from a hat, right up to the mind boggling illusions of David Copperfield and the death defying escapes of Harry Houdini. Magic is primarily a form of entertainment. When the word is given its archaic spelling, it produces a more visceral reaction and evokes ideas of things much older and untamed. This is magick.
Simply put, magick is the art and science of changing the universe by an act of will. Now, before you snort derisively and turn away, let me ask a question and I want you to really think about it: Why is that so hard to believe?
Famous Sci-Fi writer Arthur C. Clarke said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Imagine going back in time a couple hundred years and telling tales of people flying through the air and walking on the moon. You'd probably end up in an asylum as people of the time would think you completely mad believing in all these impossible things!
Now go back 5 centuries or so with your iPod in hand listening to your favourite music. Like as not, you'll be arrested for consorting with demons, tortured and killed.
Go back even further, thousands of years ago, when life depended on creating and controlling fire. Strike a match or flick your Bic and you may be worshipped as a god.
Consider then, is magick really impossible? Or is it just something that is not yet understood?
In recent times, the scientific community has done a fair amount of research into the theory that our thoughts can have an effect in the physical world. You can read about the quantum double slit experiment, the teleportation physics study, the global consciousness experiment with random number generators, Emoto's water experiment and others that have actually produced positive results for this theory.
If you've ever read Dan Brown's book, The Lost Symbol, you may have heard of Noetic science. This branch of science is dedicated to researching subjects that have thus far been relegated to the supernatural realm. While it is still considered “fringe” by many in the scientific world, it is gaining credibility and has published findings that may very well change the way we perceive reality.
So, other branches of science have investigated IF our thoughts affect the physical, Noetics is trying to explain HOW it works. I don't pretend to understand all the science behind it, but this is what I've gleaned from what I've read so far.
Relativistic physics proposes that all forms of energy have a corresponding inertial mass. A thought is the result of a series of electrical impulses, which are a form of energy and therefore has mass. Anything that has mass has a gravitational field, however miniscule. Anything with a gravitational field will affect the matter surrounding it. And therefore, our thoughts have an effect on our environment. We could go even further into it with a look at the quantum entanglement theory, which has proven that an action performed on certain particles will also affect their twin particles no matter how much distance between the two.
But for those of you who are getting a headache trying to sort this all out (like me!), let's just say....it's magick!
Magic is a term that brings to mind classic stage tricks like pulling a rabbit from a hat, right up to the mind boggling illusions of David Copperfield and the death defying escapes of Harry Houdini. Magic is primarily a form of entertainment. When the word is given its archaic spelling, it produces a more visceral reaction and evokes ideas of things much older and untamed. This is magick.
Simply put, magick is the art and science of changing the universe by an act of will. Now, before you snort derisively and turn away, let me ask a question and I want you to really think about it: Why is that so hard to believe?
Famous Sci-Fi writer Arthur C. Clarke said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Imagine going back in time a couple hundred years and telling tales of people flying through the air and walking on the moon. You'd probably end up in an asylum as people of the time would think you completely mad believing in all these impossible things!
Now go back 5 centuries or so with your iPod in hand listening to your favourite music. Like as not, you'll be arrested for consorting with demons, tortured and killed.
Go back even further, thousands of years ago, when life depended on creating and controlling fire. Strike a match or flick your Bic and you may be worshipped as a god.
Consider then, is magick really impossible? Or is it just something that is not yet understood?
In recent times, the scientific community has done a fair amount of research into the theory that our thoughts can have an effect in the physical world. You can read about the quantum double slit experiment, the teleportation physics study, the global consciousness experiment with random number generators, Emoto's water experiment and others that have actually produced positive results for this theory.
If you've ever read Dan Brown's book, The Lost Symbol, you may have heard of Noetic science. This branch of science is dedicated to researching subjects that have thus far been relegated to the supernatural realm. While it is still considered “fringe” by many in the scientific world, it is gaining credibility and has published findings that may very well change the way we perceive reality.
So, other branches of science have investigated IF our thoughts affect the physical, Noetics is trying to explain HOW it works. I don't pretend to understand all the science behind it, but this is what I've gleaned from what I've read so far.
Relativistic physics proposes that all forms of energy have a corresponding inertial mass. A thought is the result of a series of electrical impulses, which are a form of energy and therefore has mass. Anything that has mass has a gravitational field, however miniscule. Anything with a gravitational field will affect the matter surrounding it. And therefore, our thoughts have an effect on our environment. We could go even further into it with a look at the quantum entanglement theory, which has proven that an action performed on certain particles will also affect their twin particles no matter how much distance between the two.
But for those of you who are getting a headache trying to sort this all out (like me!), let's just say....it's magick!