Why do people never seem to believe in magic? I mean I want to know why...?

Question

I just don't know why that when we get older we seem to not have an imagination. I just don't get it.

Answer 1

It's one thing to have an imagination, and another altogether to not have the sanity to know the difference between fantasy and reality.

Answer 2

Bimma B, Jews DO believe in magic. We believe that magic used to exist but not today and was called up from the forces of Tumah(impurity) and was used a long time ago because since the Jewish people were on a higher level, the non-Jews were too, so they were able to use magic, but now anyone who claims to do magic is lying, because the Jews are on a lower level now. And there's also kabbalah, or mysticism, which is like a form of magic.

Answer 3

Once the magic flowed around us in eddies of sparkeling wonder. These were the days we were visited by faeries and ancient dragons. We talked to the trees and ran with the winds. We listened to the wisdom of the earth and let it all be part of us. We swam in the magic of the world and were open to it.

Then, as we grew older, we listened to the adults who told us we were foolish for believing such nonsense. Either out loud or by their actions they told us. So, we slowly stopped talking to the trees and turned away our faery visitors. We stopped listening to the wisdom of the earth and we pulled ourselves out of the current of magic, dried ourselves with the towels of "reality" and "logic", then we went along our way leaving what was a wonderful understanding behind us.

It is not that we have no imaginations, it's that we no longer care to believe. We are no longer open to that beauty and magic around us because it makes no sense and because if few others see it then it must not be real. Some of us never stopped believing. There are a few of us that are still visited by faeries and see dragons. We still talk to trees and seek the wisdom of the earth. We dance with the wind and when the time comes we swim in the magic that is around us.

The magic is real whether we believe in it or not.

Answer 4

Magick is the inexplicable. Some magick becomes science. Some Magick is called Miracles. Some Magick will never be understood.

Example: (On a grand scale) There is no answer as to why galaxy whirl like carousels. Some say it takes place because of gravity, but no one has ever explained gravity. They only say it is a natural force or a natural attraction.
Example of Magick becoming science: Healers and midwives of many years ago would dip cloth into a cauldron of boiling water with various herbs before wiping a cut or wound to cleanse it. Physicians and clergy called this witchcraft. Now, it's called sanitary, not Magick .

Answer 5

I believe in 'magic' ... but then I was 'taught' to develop my imagination when I was very young ... my grandfather actually 'taught me' how to 'imagine' things when I was three and he was tucking me into bed at night. I think that there are actually MANY who 'believe in magic' but it may not be the 'kind of magic' you are thinking of. Anyone who 'believes in God' has some belief in magic ... although we call it 'mysticism' as opposed to 'just believing because we are told to believe.' Others are writers ... could J.K. Rowling have written the Harry Potter series if she DIDN'T believe in magic? Could Stephen King write his books without some belief in magic? What you 'seem to be asking' is about 'magic' ... the idea that people can 'cast spells' and turn lead into gold (which is actually alchemy, not magic) ... and I think that while most of us 'don't believe' when we have our 'adult faces' on in public, that most of actually 'do believe' (or at least HOPE) that 'real magic' does exist 'somewhere' ... on the 'other side of the Wall' in what we call 'Faerie-land.'

Answer 6

Magic is really a very relative concept. Many common devices of today would have been viewed as magical in ages past, such as airplanes, televisions, microwaves, radios, even such things as open heart surgery. Most people who would say they don't believe in magic, DO believe in science and technology. Magic is very much around us, but it has taken on different forms and meanings. The adult world is still full of great minds and great imaginations.

Answer 7

I have taken mind control courses.am totally psychic
I dream the future and know the future.as my dear mother did. i know palmistry. astrology.numerology tarot.i ching.and studied most all the religions and can lay my hand on people for severe pain with Faith.and it leaves them immediately.and have seen miracles happen because of Faith so i know that what is called magic is a reality .theirs a lot going on out there.most people don't have any idea about.when you lose your imagination you then grow old.and die.Faith is the most emportant thing to have. i have found out.It allows a free flow of the spirit within.
Peace

Answer 8

I'm 50 and I live a magic witchy life filled with all sorts of magical things. So don't blame it on getting older.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

When you live a life protected by your parents, its easy to live in a fantasy world. When you are on your own and have to provide for yourself then reality sets in. Fantasy can only be a small part of your life or else you won't survive real life.