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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.pagan.magick,alt.thelema From: "Agua Girl"Subject: Re: Magic and Magick: Superset and Subset Respectively Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 19:46:48 GMT "Tom" wrote in message news:M9zy9.571$ul3.47900@news.uswest.net... > > "Roxy" wrote in message > news:bcwy9.53751$CJ5.11174036@news3.news.adelphia.net... > > > > What about unexpected results? If the intent is seemingly specific > > but the results manifest themselves in a way not anticipated. > > ie.. the workings are for money and the next day you discover > > a way to save $300. Did you "get" $300 or do those results > > not count because the money did not come in the form of cash > > as expected? I am never sure if I am bending the results to fit > > the intent. One wouldn't normally try and force where the results > > come from ie.. "win the lottery".. .but without being that > > specific it is difficult to gauge the results. > > The less specificity you demand for your result, the more often you can > claim success because the possibility of *something* happening that you > could interpret as a "success" increases. Think of it this way: If you > want to convince yourself that you can predict the roll of a die, make sure > your prediction is that you will roll a number between one and five. Then > you can show that you can predict the roll of a die five times out of six, > on the average, which is pretty good. If you predict only one number, > though, you will find that you can only predict it one time out of six, on > the average, which doesn't look nearly as good. > > So, if it's important to convince yourself that you have magical powers or > that some particular spell works, be sure to leave your expectations as > ambiguous as you can. It maximizes the chances that your real result, the > confirmation of your beliefs, will occur. > > You don't want to "force" things by being specific because the odds in > favor of getting that particular result by chance are far worse than if you > leave it broad and undefined. > > Also, it helps considerably if you ignore failures to achieve a result. > Focus exclusively on the occasions when the spell seemed to work. If you > must think about failures, be sure you have some explanation other than > that the spell doesn't work. Maybe the Universe (in its profound wisdom) > had something else in store for you just then, or your intentions weren't > pure enough, or something like that. > :-) Better yet, apply the same explanations to anything that appears to be a success..ie.. coincidence. That way you can continue to convince yourself that you have no more control over your life or your fate than you have control over the weather. Roxy
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