[Opinion] Is supersitition as powerful as magick?

[OberonFromTheHills]

We all know the power of the will and magick acts to influence or life : we choose de create/use thoughtforms/egregores to triggers changes, bless/curse someone.... But always by WILL.

But what happened when it comes to superstition ?!? Can we actually become affected (for the best and the worse) by the same thoughtforms/egregores if we believe so much in them.

One example is people who think black cats are bad omens or someone in the village cast evil eye (when the person knows nothing about magick but rumors has it....) and you think he looked you in a wrong way, suddenly everything falls apart around you.

 

[Pyrokar]

Is supersitition as powerful as magick?​

Yes.

The placebo is a mainstay of magick since the dawn of civilization.
the intersection of superstition and magick is so thin that the two sides have been feeding off eachother
turning superstitions into ritual elements and magick into urban legends

The general discourse around new ageism and the similar "be happy" movements like to take cover behind
this little plot of no man's land, so what if you're a scammer if the people whose fortune you pretended to read walked away with helpful life advice. If the healing treatments that hold zero weight in either medicinal or occult circles seem to be working for individuals

if we believe so much in them.

anything you believe strong enough is bound to have effects
just as anything you consume in large enough doses can be a poison.

 

[beardedeldridge]

As powerful as actual magick done effectively? No.

Can superstitions still be powerful? Yes.

Crap ton of overlap between the two (and tbh in many ways can be considered the same thing)? Also Yes.

-Eld

 

[HoldAll]

The most debilitating superstition must surely be that Asian

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, i.e. the fear of the number four because how many times you encounter four in the course of a day? I think the most effective superstitions are the 'negative' ones (breaking a mirror, a black cat from the left, etc.). Carrying your lucky charm when sitting for an exam for which you have barely studied won't help but forgetting that charm at home will most likely haunt you the whole time you squirm under those questions.

'Positive' superstitions generally don't work unless its by way of the placebo effect, and then it could be argued it's a form of magic and not a superstition anymore. Conversely, sloppily or incorrectly performed magical workings could be termed mere superstition, esp. when you don't believe in their success yourself. So whatever you do, don't think of the number four!!!!!!

 

[Golden Dune]

Superstition only affects the sorcerer if you believe it will.
Regarding to what others think, go with the flow and pretend. If the masses think you're lucky you might become lucky and etc.

 

[Djnenas]

We all know the power of the will and magick acts to influence or life : we choose de create/use thoughtforms/egregores to triggers changes, bless/curse someone.... But always by WILL.

But what happened when it comes to superstition ?!? Can we actually become affected (for the best and the worse) by the same thoughtforms/egregores if we believe so much in them.

One example is people who think black cats are bad omens or someone in the village cast evil eye (when the person knows nothing about magick but rumors has it....) and you think he looked you in a wrong way, suddenly everything falls apart around you.

Of course!! A superstition is...afterall... a BELIEF. It can affect you most definitely for good or bad, depending what that superstition is. See for example Friday 13th... just because of a movie it became a common belief that friday's 13 are bad luck. I never subscribe to that idea, on the contrary.. i decided that Friday 13th is a lucky day for me. And you wanna know what happened some years ago??? I've never been a frequent lotto player but the first time i ever won anything worth more than $2, was on a friday 13th!!!! I won $3,500. You see??? Your mind is the one deciding what it'll be according to your own beliefs. Hope this helps

 

[OberonFromTheHills]

Of course!! A superstition is...afterall... a BELIEF. It can affect you most definitely for good or bad, depending what that superstition is. See for example Friday 13th... just because of a movie it became a common belief that friday's 13 are bad luck. I never subscribe to that idea, on the contrary.. i decided that Friday 13th is a lucky day for me. And you wanna know what happened some years ago??? I've never been a frequent lotto player but the first time i ever won anything worth more than $2, was on a friday 13th!!!! I won $3,500. You see??? Your mind is the one deciding what it'll be according to your own beliefs. Hope this helps

I totally agree with that.

I see a lot of people in the magick community who are scared of superstitions like "mirrors holding on bad things." I always wonder, why don't they decide/consacre the mirror to reflect solar energy or else....

But i always wonder if the "thought forms" linked to supersitition can be as powerful as the way you create/attract through magick?!?

 

[Djnenas]

Definiely!!! They Can and ARE more powerful for a simple reason.... Lots of people believe in superstitions for ages so all that energy being directed at the same idea, eventually becomes an egregoric entity that has lots of power.