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 %MAGIC MANIPULATIVE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL SPIRIT MEAN 910101

     People who desire to be in control may look to  magic
as  a technical  means  to  gain control of others  or  to
gain control  over  spiritual aspects of life about  which
they  are  insecure.   For them the mystery of magic is  a
sign  of  the  possibility of power which  they  have  not
controlled  in  other   ways,   and they see  magic  as  a
possible  fix   to   be used where other  fixes  have  not
brought satisfaction.

     The  uses  of  magic are paradoxical in that some  of
the fascination  with  magic comes from the way  in  which
it  affirms  the  mysterious  aspects of life  over  which
we cannot  have control;  yet,  in attempting to use magic
to  gain  control there is a denial of the value  of  that
which is essentially mysterious and which gives meaning to
life.   That which is essentially mysterious cannot be the
essence  of a technology to exercise control.   If we  are
not  clear about  the difference between magic and mystery
we may  be tragically mislead.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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