perhaps only from my perspective, but it seems like magic is really restrained.
why do you think that is?

it feels like there's something blocking the flow or a connection/link is missing..has the really powerful magic been forgotten, is it a lost art now?

im talking about the magic that lets you fly, control the elements, teleport, shapeshift, ressurect the dead, etc.

what happened to it?


or am i just crazy and it never existed in the first place?
i mean there must be a reason why theres so much magic in fantasy..is magic just a made-up concept or was magic real then put into fantasy books by TPTB so that we would think it wasnt real? CONSPIRACY!


no but seriously, i am completely stumped

Originally posted by TheGrandWarlock
perhaps only from my perspective, but it seems like magic is really restrained.
why do you think that is?

Real magic is more subtle than that. It has more to do with controlling potentialities through anticipation and perception than it does with controlling electromagnetism. I think a lot of the stories about people gaining and using super powers were exaggerations designed to get foolish people off the track.

What do you want in life? Anything you want, magic can help you get. The trick, however, is that you have to be able to recognize it when you get it. And by the time you get it, you may not want it anymore.

The problem isn't with the magic. It's with your own expectations.

Originally posted by Blue Shift

Originally posted by TheGrandWarlock
perhaps only from my perspective, but it seems like magic is really restrained.
why do you think that is?

Real magic is more subtle than that. It has more to do with controlling potentialities through anticipation and perception than it does with controlling electromagnetism. I think a lot of the stories about people gaining and using super powers were exaggerations designed to get foolish people off the track.

What do you want in life? Anything you want, magic can help you get. The trick, however, is that you have to be able to recognize it when you get it. And by the time you get it, you may not want it anymore.

The problem isn't with the magic. It's with your own expectations.

well that doesnt sound like my cup of tea. i dont want to anticipate and perceive anything, i want instant realistic results. but thanks for the thought

Originally posted by TheGrandWarlock

im talking about the magic that lets you fly, control the elements, teleport, shapeshift, ressurect the dead, etc.

what happened to it?

edit on 22-5-2012 by TheGrandWarlock because: (no reason given)

Well - if it were that easy everybody would be doing it.

Ok - ponder something with me for a moment.
Think of the people you know. People you know well, people who are acquaintances, people you like, people you don't like. Now think of the people you run into during the course of the day - the people at the grocery store, the people at wal-mart, etc. The seething mass of humanity around us...

Now ask yourself - what would happen if that lady you saw at stop-n-go buying a 12 pack of shlitz and a carton of winstons while yelling at her 8 kids got the power to fly, control the elements, teleport, shapeshift, and ressurect the dead?

Nothing good would happen..

If there is a throttle of sorts on it - maybe its for our own good.

Originally posted by TheGrandWarlock

are you saying i should make a contract with a being,

Yep.

Originally posted by OpinionatedB


nothing is magic, it is called knowledge

Everything is magic.
Nothing is real.

We get into trouble when we think we fully understand anything.

Originally posted by CodyOutlaw

Originally posted by TheGrandWarlock

are you saying i should make a contract with a being,

Yep.

You should know better than such advice.

Originally posted by CodyOutlaw

Originally posted by OpinionatedB


nothing is magic, it is called knowledge

We get into trouble when we think we fully understand anything.

Yes we do..... we should know better, do you not think?