From: Alex Ferguson (abf@yeats.ucc.ie)
Date: Wed 28 Apr 1999 - 15:37:15 EEST
Trotsky:
> Actually, orthodox mystics would say that magic is indeed just an illusion,
> the use of which will entrap you further in the world. >>
> Yes, but they say that of almost *everything*
Yes. Your point? ;-) Well, mystics may or may not say reality, magic,
gods, etc are Illusions, per se. Your Mystic May Vary. But they all
say something to the effect that they are dangers/temptations/etc
that one must not fall into -- that sorta thing. But magic is a
_particular_ danger. Robin at Convulsion described the Mystics viewing
The Other Side as the Garden of Temptations. Worshipping a god, or
casting a magic spell, are much surer ways of getting yourself mired
in the Transient than are having a bowl of cornflakes of a morning.
> They believe its real in so far as they believe the physical world
> is real (or so I understand) which is good enough for me.
Let me phrase it like this: magic and gods are areas in which it
is most likely, and most hazardous, that one will Incorrectly
Perceive the true nature of things.
An old MotM dealt with the Mashunasan view of this, didn't it?
Cheers,
Alex.
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