Magic World Journey

Author: Tian
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This magical book helps you understand the wonders of magic, opening a wonderful window to the magical world! This magical book helps you understand the wonders of magic, opening a wonderful window to the magical world! Magic, alchemy, astrology, prophecy, and other phenomena are all called mysterious phenomena, and are sometimes referred to as supernatural phenomena. Countless people are fascinated by the misty "magical world." Whether these phenomena are called magic or science, they all include the efforts of humans using their wisdom to challenge the mysteries and wonders of nature, and are also the product of the combination of human rational thinking and imagination. This book is a magical journey through the body, where you can learn about the magic of Jewish mysticism, the secrets of tarot cards, the mysteries of numbers, rituals related to the moon, alchemy, the various tricks of psychedelic magicians, the list of world deities, and the monsters in the magical world. It will become a magical book that helps you understand the magical world, opening a window to the mysterious magical world!
I. Journey to the Magical World
I. Journey to the Magical World
1. Magic and Science
So-called magic is the ability to use supernatural powers to change our daily lives. Its history can even be traced back to the cave paintings of the Old Stone Age. In some cave paintings, scenes of rituals held to wish people success in hunting are depicted. Curses and witchcraft were an important part of life for primitive people. The origin of the English word "Magic" comes from the Greek words "megus" (great) and "magein" (religion and scholarship related to fire worship), meaning mysterious and great wisdom. When magicians immerse themselves in the study of the essence of things, they often discover some amazing phenomena, which would certainly be considered miracles by ordinary people. This is a sentence from a magic textbook from the 16th century, but it is indeed consistent with what we consider science. Magic and science are like twins, and magic was recognized first, of course, which is related to our terminology. The most understandable is the "curse" type of magic. This type of "curse" includes piercing a scarecrow with needles and roasting a wax effigy over a fire. In this way, the scarecrow and the wax effigy, which represent real people, will also feel pain and even death at the same time. Such curses have not disappeared until modern times, and their basis lies in a belief. That is, similar substances have the power to produce the same effect, and substances that have come into contact with each other remain connected even after being far apart. Therefore, based on this belief, when performing a curse, hair or nails, etc., of the person being cursed are often used. In modern times, the photograph of the person being cursed can also play a certain role. Scholars who study human culture call this type of "curse" "sympathetic magic." James G. Frazer, the British man hailed as the founder of anthropology, gave an example. In primitive times, when people were injured by swords, guns, or arrows, applying ointment to the weapons that caused the injury would heal the wounds. Moreover, when a chief of a primitive tribe heard rumors that a sorcerer in an enemy tribe was cursing him, he immediately fell ill and died. Both of the examples mentioned earlier can be considered as coincidences or psychological influences.