does anyone believe in magic?

Question

i just want to know that is all

Answer 1

Nope. Why resort to magic?

Answer 2

Yes The Whole World Is Magic Look Around And You Will See Magic Everyday

Answer 3

All depends what we mean by magic. The word means different things to different people.
I'm open to correction here but I think it was Asimov who said, 'any technology sufficiently complex will have the appearance of magic.'
I think much of what we at present understand as magic is just the application of natural laws and forces that we as yet do not understand well.
I'm sorry to say I have just about as much knowledge of the underlying principles of the Internet as your average cave woman. So yeah heap big magic spirits take um my words and show all over um World must go knock um rocks together make fire.
To even the most intelligent ancient Greek or Roman what I am doing now would certainly be magic of an amazing order and power.

Answer 4

I'm not entirely sure. I know stage magic, of course - it's all illusion and misdirection. No special powers there.

While I do believe, sort of, in some supernatural elements, I'm not entirely convinced on the idea of being able to change things through force of will. Excepting, of course, in the terms that Tawaen described - personal change through self-actualization. Zen monks do that sort of thing all the time.
Throwing fireballs down Main Street or flying on broomsticks, however, is right out.

And the guy that said Harry Potter & sorcerers are real should seek professional help. Pseudo-Latin and special effects do not affect reality. If waving a stick and shouting fake words was magic, my nephew would have levitated the dog by now. And the 'ex-witch' you reference is a known fraud. Please do some research, and come back to reality.

Answer 5

I believe in it only to the extent that I believe some people have learned to use parts of their minds that others can't. Most of the magical religions involve ceremonies that amount to a concentration of consciousness. If someone gets really good at it, it can look like magic.


And you have to define what you mean by magic. In Australia, aborigines could all suddenly turn without a word and begin running to a place where it was raining 20 miles away. And a firewalker taken back to Britain for scientific study once turned to an experimenter who had verbalized a desire to do it himself and said, "Here. Take my hand." He and the experimenter both walked across the 400 degree plus floor unscathed.

Magic or the ability to affect someone else's reality?

Answer 6

Not as the usual definition of supernatural, no.

But I believe in magic as a phenomenon of change, which is often inspired and powerful. Internal change, since I'm Pagan, is what I would call magic. Being able to control and change yourself, through psychology, self-hypnosis, positive re-inforcement and symbolism.

Answer 7

I don't believe in magic as in casting spells and calling spirits. I do believe in the magic that exists in the universe that some refer to as coincidence. Life is incredible and can only be described as "magic"

Answer 8

Yes, I believe there are plenty of people out there who believe in magic.

On a personal note, I do not. I have come to know a power that supercedes all magic and the likes-- which is the love and power of God.

Ultimately, He has fulfilled and taken me to a sphere where magic is irrelavent.

God bless you!

Answer 9

Absolutely.
What's not to believe?
Today's science and tomorrow's dreams are both proof of yesterday's magic. Why toss that out the window?

Answer 10

Do you mean, do I believe there is a such thing as 'magic' and 'magicians' and 'magic acts' that are purely entertainment? or do you mean do I believe 'magic' is a real thing, a real process by which certain things normally outside the laws of physics can happen? two different things.

Answer 11

Yes, i do,i believe that exists both ''good'' and black magic..I believe that the word magic includes so many things, that some of them do surely exist..