Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

by Dean Radin

Hermeticism may sound like a dualistic concept, with the One Mind and the One Thing being starkly different from each other. But that’s only because [C] is beyond human comprehension, so it’s just described in two forms that are easier to grok.31 That is, the One Mind only has the appearance of being different from the One Thing. Similarly, personal consciousness, [c], is not separate from the physical world. In other words, from the Hermetic perspective reality is not just physical, it’s psychophysical. This interaction is commonly studied in the form of mind-body connections within the mainstream scientific disciplines of psychoneuroimmunology, psychophysiology, and the neurosciences. It’s also the basis of psychosomatic medicine and the placebo effect. But when [c] influences the physical world outside of the body, which it can do because [c] has properties similar to [C], then that’s called magic.