the practice and goal of magic is the building (rediscovery?) of metaphoric pan-dimensional sense organs that allow you to perceive and participate in a much larger world: A world you gradually come to consider home. A world of wonders. A ‘true’ magic circle is the growing of ears to hear the stars and voices to speak the language of the dead. It is building nerve endings that let you caress the spines of demons. It is opening eyes that can see angels dancing between subatomic particles. It is having a portable research lab and postal address in this world and the next. Divination,
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