That is the believable part, since it's what people can see. What is harder to believe -- aside from my being open-minded to the idea that you can have sex with someone's wife/husband so long as you keep it to strictly sex and no emotional attachment -- is that in a previous life, I was a half-elf half-dwarf named N'haris'h'khal'fang'aea (Chaotic Fang of the Cursed Order) who dabbled in the mystic arts. I may have had other lives I haven't been able to recall fully, but this is what I know is truest to me.
Just to keep it short, you can refer to me as Lawrence, Nharish, or even just Ling (for "Sapling").
The first question that may pop in your mind would be, of course, if I am actually sane, since there is no scientific proof for the existence of invisible folk like elves, dwarves, centaurs, and what not. Perhaps they are intangible and cannot be brought into the laboratory for testing like your typical creatures, but if you are open to the concept that no matter how good our sensors and equipment are, we are still limited to our five basic senses, all of which only perceive
* energy
* matter
and all factors related to them, maybe you would then be more open to the concept that there may be things that go beyond these two that science would, at best, only be explained through theories, which are the scientific equivalent of educated guesses based on what can be perceived. Although trying to explain an apple to someone who only knows bananas without being able to show the apple is just as difficult to go about as trying to explain the existence of beings that cannot undergo physical scrutiny.
Are they real? Definitely. One may argue that the mere fact that they've been prevalent in every society and every level of every society throughout the centuries -- even if it's all myth and creations of imagination -- gives some credit to their existence, even if their existence is "just in the mind" (scientific and medical studies has yet to fully unlock the purpose of 90% of human brain matter, because if we use only 10% to live, why do we still have the "unused" 90% retained, and even increasing in proportion to the increase in our brain masses? Typically parts of the body and the mind that aren't used simply break down and weaken by nature's "use it or lose it" method of maintaining efficiency of one's body). And for those who have sensory perceptions beyond the typical -- the ones who claim to have paranormal perception, more popularly termed as "third eye" -- it would be easier for them to see these seemingly extraordinary creatures as well as other beings that science would brand as improbable to outright impossible: spirits, ghosts, angels, demons, and what not.
Further discussions we can go about eventually, but this post is an introduction to the blog and the blogger, not a question of the said blogger's sanity nor the existence of paranormal stuff.
What is this blog all about? It is essentially my little spot where I can stash all my notes on a topic that's also in the realm of the paranormal: Magick. I'm taking the liberty of using the spelling of magick with "k" to differentiate myself from the typical street magician or illusionist magics used today (as used by other references regarding the subject), and yes I am a self-proclaimed magician, as in practitioner of the "dark arts" -- although no I do not consider my art to be really dark, since I'm not particularly fond of necromancy. I've had my training in healing magick [similar to pranic healing], and I've recently gained interest in Kabbalah, albeit only to a certain degree. Yes I'm also into hexes, curses, infliction of pain and elemental fury and all that jazz, and frankly the coincidences between my emotional bouts and the change in weather is way too often... but even though I lack the same drive to believe the concept of karma, I'm still simply too nice a guy to bother sending deathspells here and there.
Oh and in spite of my healing magick and my spellcasting abilities, I still believe in the power of modern-day medicine, technology, and factual knowledge.
Why blog about it? For one I tend to run out of paper, at least blogs supply me with millions of pages I could type on. And for another, I'm also on a quest for knowledge myself; if there is anyone out there who is willing to share their views and their own knowledge on the matter, it is all the better for all of us, yes? And finally, it's to be able to leave something behind since the Internet would likely be here even past this earthly body's lifetime; at least someone would have a good read, and if that someone had a tendency to dabble in the arts it might even be a good resource for them be it as a beginner, intermediate, or advanced learner.
What would be my references or credentials? I'm guessing some may say it's off the top of my head -- perhaps a collection and compilation of my memories of past or my readings on magic from non-believable sources like games such as Dungeons & Dragons, since there is no physical verifiable source about the subject -- even if I said I have a vast library in the Astral Planes. Credentials? Well, if this was a sort of Inquisition or what not then I have none to provide since magick is an art that's been buried and thought as lost, hidden within the traditions of families and cultures, mixed into religions including Catholicism and Wicca.
This blog, if taken seriously, is only for those who really wish to read about how *I* do magick. If you have your own style or perception towards magick -- and by that I mean real magick, not David Copperfield magic -- we'll have discussions but the discrimination that some may have towards practitioners of the arts is not to be tolerated. After all, even if it seems fictional or false to you and to the rest of the scientific community, it doesn't mean it's the only way one should look at the world. Science explains emotions as hormonal responses to external stimuli, but how about emotions that come from within, from memories long gone and loves long lost? Science theorizes about the origins of the universe, but all we have are residue of things that may have happened, but not about the origins of those origins and the things that sparked the beginnings of those events.
All in all, welcome to my blogsite, wipe the dust off your feet if you wish to stay and listen, and if you think it's all gibberish, fantasy and stupidity that must be quelled, thank you for passing by, the door is THAT way.
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