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50020630 VII om

"Patti Ryon" <pattigirl@columbus.rr.com>:
>I go for a simpler and wider definition.  Magick is the use of 
>energy to produce an effect.  

plasma gun is magic? neutron bomb?

>Otherworldy beings are not necessarily involved.  Change
>is not always the desired effect.

wonderful point regarding change/stasis. why not magic for
consolidation or preservation of the status quo?

>Different opinions/definitions for those who care to define magick as
>something other than delusion?

symbolic acts intended to influence reality.

nagasiva