Michael Rufman

December, 26, 1958 - Berlin
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The difference the magical worldview

The picture of the world appears in consciousness as a result of attempts to give continuity to fragmented energies. In accordance with this, the closedness of the description means the closedness of the world in which consciousness operates, and therefore its protection from uncontrolled influences

The effectiveness of the work of consciousness directly depends on the degree of orderliness of the world with which it works: consciousness cannot extract energy from chaos, and the higher the orderliness, the higher the controllability of what is happening

This ordering ability is a manifestation of the world Element of Reason - the element of differentiation and classification

In the normal state, mind and consciousness are inseparable; everything that embraces consciousness, and that constitutes the relative world inherent in it, is cognized by it exclusively in the mind

However, the difference between the magical worldview lies precisely in the fact that the descriptions created by the mind of the magician are easily discarded by him when the need for them no longer exists. But in such a situation, the magician cannot simply “throw away” an explanation that has become unusable; he must replace it with another, more suitable one
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