Ok guys, I've seen this question asked a lot, and I've asked myself the question a lot, and I've asked you. Lets face it, we all have asked it at some point, and/or seen someone ask it. And we ALL know it's a fair question, and anyone that tries to reason their way out of answering the question deep down knows that they simply just don't know how to answer the question.
We all know what question I'm talking about.
Is there any proof that occult magick exists?
I'm sure a great deal of you are familiar with occultforums.
A member of the site posted this as his answer.
It's true, but backwards.
Every now and then people come onto these forums and ask for proof that magic exists and that it works. Alright, I was thinking about this yesterday and I finally figured out the answer. Yes, I can now reveal that not only does magic exists but that science has known about it for a long time and that it can even be scientifically proved.
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It is the placebo effect. Think about it, every time a new medicine is tested they give a control group neutral tablets that do nothing. Yet this control groups always has increased benefits over those who are not given anything at all, placebo or not. This is true even of drugs that send cancer into remission so we're not talking about being confident making you think symptoms are alleivating, in some cases they actually are.
Magic is the ONLY explanation for this, they are willing themselves better because they have faith in their placebo.
So there you go, magic exists and medical science proved it years ago. They just didn't call it magic. ===
Now, the better way to look at this is that the placebo effect is not magick, but rather magic is the placebo effect.
There is nothing occult about it, and the word has kept it's ancient meaning before anyone could comprehend the placebo effect. That doesn't mean the placebo effect didn't work back then.
Magick is simply devoting your soul and mind into truly convincing yourself that something will happen, and if you're good at it, you can make it happen.
Anyone who tries to loop 'Magick' in with paranormal or occult forces, is confirmed role-playing plebosaurus rex.
Google 'the secret' if you're not familiar with it already. Look for a note with a red wax stamp. Look into that. This could arguably be called magick, and it works, trust me, I tried it. But it isn't. It's a simple law of the universe.
I can not speak for certain discussions that people in the occult culture likes to talk about, such as astral projection, etc. But as far as the general subject goes, this is the closest thing to proof you will ever get.
/////I AM NOT POSTING THIS FOR ANYONE WHO PRACTICES MAGICK, I AM POSTING THIS FOR YOUR BENEFIT IN THE SENSE THAT IT MIGHT, JUST MAYYYYYBE, KEEP EVEN JUST ONE PERSON FROM ASKING YOU ALL THIS QUESTION AGAIN.///////
also, I'm not saying that magick in itself doesn't exist, and that it's just the placebo effect, I'm saying that magick does in fact exist, and it puts the placebo effect to shame.
The placebo effect can be completed by any unaware person and have mild results.
Magick is basically the art of trying to MASTER the placebo effect and control it at will, thus giving significantly higher results.