Yes!! I could write on this for days but I'll try and stay reasonably short. So strap in bitches cause your about to get a fat dose of pure rationality!!
Magic. The word magic has etymological roots that date back to the oldest know written word. When one gazes upon the wonder of the pyramids and the mystery of the strange hieroglyphs of that remain in Egypt to this day, most people are so dazzled by the level of craftsmanship and seemingly impossible to build stone structures covered in these funny ancient symbols that they will usually begin asking questions like "Who were these people and whats the deal with carving shit on everything?".
Lets start with the Who part. In ancient Egypt there were no colleges everywhere and they're was only one kind of science. This science also happened to be their religion and even their government. As a result, they didn't have a bunch of different specialists running around but instead they had one class of doctor/lawyer/priest/scribe/cop/judge and the name of the men were mage's. It was the job of a mage to act as watchdog over the commoners and the only person they answered too was the Pharaoh himself. When a mage wasn't busy with other things he would spend time chipping away at stone as he wrote an account of the times and people of the times and the reason for this was because it was their belief that by etching their lives into granite, they would become immortal and transcend death completely. As a doctor/priest/cop, when someone needed medical help or to receive a citation for immoral behavior the mage would write down his prescription or citation on papyrus by carefully SPELLing out the words before CASTING them onto the intended receiver and whom ever received this SPELLING CASTED on to them would instantly put off what they were doing in order to be compliant to this act of SPELLING.
Alright. Now we see that the Mage often times used a method of CASTING down SPELLING in order to make the people do what he wanted them to do. But what about the immortalization in stone? Well, aren't we thinking about these men this very second? Might that be considered an earthly presence that spanned millennia? I think so.
Fast forward a few hundred years and the name changed as more specialty experts came about. The Mage class became divided and new titles of authority with it. Titles like major, maestro, mister, magnitude, majority, master, magistrate, magister and even Magnus which was the name taken by the infamous Roman ruler Magnus Caligula.
Now lets have a look at some definitions for the word magic. Magic: the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces; the art of causing change to occur in conformity with Will... hmmmmm. Time to start connecting dots.
Lets take one of the titles which name comes from mage, how about Magistrate. So what is a Magistrate? Well a Magistrate is a judge. And what are judges? Judges are men, who have been granted a power to SPELL stuff out on paper and cause other people to act in accordance to this SPELLING... Well that sounds just like the definition for magic!! Robbing men of their own free will by imposing their own. Well it doesn't get much clearer than that. What about a master? Or a Major? Or even a maestro? Hell, a majority can basically be referred to as a coven of sorcerers.
Hungry for more you say!! How about the concept's of conjuring and Talisman. Conjuring: make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic. Talisman: an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck. Consecration:The word consecration literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups.
Alright, so what if one was to Conjure up some spirit and infuse that spirit into the talisman? Well you'd have and object that had been concencarted by a spirit and now it was possible for the talisman to bring good luck or possibly gain control over you is what.
So what about talisman, who cares right? Wrong, it is very likely that you care very much about these talisman. Lets investigate the word itself. Talisman ultimately evolved into a concept called Telos which is a fancy word for Tax and in order to easy pay this tax, citizens were given something called Moneta. The reason it was called Moneta is because it was said that by consecrating the spirit of the Godess Moneta into piece of brass, that brass would be infused with her spirit and this made the brass much more valuable. Eventually both these word's evolved as well. Moneta obviously became money and talisman became tahller which eventually became dollar.
And finally, one last note, lets discuss Congregations. Congregation: a group of people obeying a common religious rule but under less solemn vows than members of the older religious orders.
So what is this. Well, consider a graduation or military ceremony. You may notice a lot of funny costumes, hats, colors, rituals, repetition and an certain sense of belonging and importance. You may even feel an energy emotion that seems to agree with the emotional state of others around you. Loud music and an overall sense of belonging bring happiness as this happens. Neuro chemically, what is happening is that through receptive sound and presentation the circuitry of your brain is attaching strong, reinforced a belief that this is very important and is definitely necessary and in this state one may tend to accept any information shared based on the greatness of the event. This is called operant conditioning and is defined as the learning of a principle in which environmental contingencies—or more specifically, discriminative stimuli (antecedents) influencing its consequences—are controlled and manipulated to change behavior.
Note these conjuring always involve speeches made by different master, majors and maestro's.
So are we starting to see a pattern? The signing of the declaration of independence is a great example of a congregation of a majority and congress too obviously.
So here's the conclusion. Magic is very real and it effects you everyday. If you don't accept that you are under a spell brought forth by invocation of a spirit then I challenge you to go take $200 from the ATM, set it on the ground and light it on fire.
Still think I'm full of shit? Consider a British courtroom. Costumes and regalia galore. Now take a look at this pictures. One is a British magistrate and the other, an ancient Egyptian scribe. Notice anything similar? And for more info, Babylonian sorcery and magic is so badass so look into it.
-------------------- Don't die tonight.
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