Credulity

[fuzzyjayling]

It's a personal belief of mine that an important aspect of magic is belief. (Everything I say, really, is a personal belief unless I've stated otherwise, so... Just keep that in mind. :)

The universe is a living, breathing thing. Humans are a collection of cells making up organs, making up you. Humans are also cells in countries, and the planet itself. The planet itself is an organism that is a living, changing, breathing thing that exchanges gases and magnetic fields with larger structures, and so on. This is our universe, and it has two levels.

One is akin to a person's reflexes: tap here, the leg jerks. Touch with something hot, the limb pulls away without thought. Then there are the emergent processes in a human, the mind, the ability to think, and so on. These are not so predictable as the reflexes: you can make the same input many times, and get a different response each time. For me, analogously on the universe level, this is magic.

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[fuzzyjayling]

Just an FYI, I've set the group to allow comments from all registered DW users for now. We're getting more subscribers than members, so this should help everyone be able to comment. :) Also I've set the syndication level to full text, so if you want to read by RSS reader, that should work properly now.

Also clarifying the group statement: You do not have to identify as such if you are interested or want to discuss the topic on here; all constructive conversation is welcome.