Do you believe in magic?
"Magic is believing in yourself.
If you can do that, you can make anything happen."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Magic in the world
People believe that sometimes it is possible to break the laws of physics. They believe that it is possible to make objects fly and move without touching them, to turn objects and people into different things, to speak with dead people and magical creations thanks to special magical abilities or magical spells. According to them our world is filled with magic that may make all our dreams come true.
Magic has always interested people, and our history knows a lot of facts when people considered some objects or people to have magical abilities. In Ancient World gods were considered to have some magical abilities and that is why people were afraid of them. Mythology tells us about thousands of magical creatures that were able to help people and to harm them. And folklore can boast a great number of magical stories and legends about witches and warlocks that either saved humanity or wanted to destroy it.
All nations have their own idea about magic, magical abilities and creatures. But most of them give similar features to them. There are also similar magical notions in folklore of every nation. Thanks to globalization some magical notions have become famous all over the world.
To my mind, everybody wanted to have some magical abilities and to change their lives and the world thanks to them. Some people believe they are witches or warlocks and practice magic trying to make other people believe in magic.
But people may practice magic not only with good purposes but also to harm people, to revenge their enemies or because they envy their friends, and then they practice black magic. And according to beliefs black magic always has negative consequences for the person who practices it.
Magic is connected with nature, with space and astrology. Stars and Planets influence the magical abilities of people as well as their temper. World-known horoscopes are also the consequence of magical past of nations. They may tell us not only about the temper of people but also about his/her future and his/her predisposition to magic.
Magic may add something unusual to the life of people but at the same time may become very dangerous. A person may become so interested in it that may loose the sense of reality. It may also influence the psyche of a person and he/she may even become mentally unstable.
Nowadays there are a lot of people who claim that they have magical abilities and are able to break the laws of nature. They say that miracles are the results of their magical activities and that magic is connected with physics and that it depends on it a lot.
But physicians and representatives of some religions say that magic is the result of vivid imagination of people and people who believe in it are simply naïve.