What is Magic

[ZGROPIUS]

I recently experienced a Taoist ritual. In the Taoist system, after reincarnation, memories are erased, and the soul is reborn as a human or animal. A person’s life is preordained, and things like the Eight Characters (Ba Zi) and the I Ching can precisely predict what will happen in a person’s life, including the future. The fate is meant. The life is a prison.

The life of a man is meant to go through enlightenment and cultivation, with the goal of becoming immortal. In the Taoist system, there are countless gods who assist their disciples with magic and help the mortal world. Statues and deities people worship, such as the Three Pure Ones, the God of Wealth, and the Earth God, are real gods. If a disciple achieves immortality, they too will help other disciples. This cycle continues endlessly.

 

I spent 3 years enduring intense physical suffering, seeking countless psychologists of post-modernism. Believing in love and practicing Qigong, but it was all in vain. It wasn’t until a Taoist removed the evil spells on me and killed the demon that had possessed me—within 10 minutes, and after a night’s sleep—my symptoms, which had lasted for 3 years, completely dissapeared.

I started to question what is discussed on Actualized.org about the devil and god. Is it merely a philosophical metaphor, or is it the same worldview as the exorcism I experienced? In reality, an evil sorcerer can control demons to cast spells on people, cultivating demon servants, and commanding demons to possess others, causing illness and misfortune. One can kill demons, use magic to bring good luck, health, and wealth. How should these ideas be understood in the context of the teachings of Actualized.org?

 

[Ziran]

On 3/7/2026 at 3:08 PM, ZGROPIUS said:

How should these ideas be understood in the context of the teachings of Actualized.org?

The teachings of Actualized.org is closer to nei-dan, inner-alchemy.  Daoist exorcism is in a completely different category.

[cetus]

On 3/7/2026 at 6:08 PM, ZGROPIUS said:

How should these ideas be understood in the context of the teachings of Actualized.org?

Thought = reality. If you believe it, then that's your reality.

[ZGROPIUS]

1 hour ago, cetus said:

Thought = reality. If you believe it, then that's your reality.

Can you make a chest pain go away by thought, hope and the feeling of love? In my experience thought don’t change reality. 

I used to believe that my bodily symptoms were caused by something wrong with my language system and my thought. In lacanian POV subjective projects reality by language structure. For years, I worked honestly on my thoughts and psychology. But the reality and the physical somatization didn’t change. When I lost hope, I performed a random magic ritual, which I had no knowledge and concept about. and the symptoms disappeared.

Edited 9 hours ago by ZGROPIUS

[Ziran]

5 hours ago, ZGROPIUS said:

Can you make a chest pain go away by thought, hope and the feeling of love? 

Pain can be diminished, remapped, nullified.  Not just through love, but through any pure motive.  It's not magic.  It's making oneself into a "zealot".