Cate Tollison - Witchcraft Blog

           In the 1960s, a movement emerged based on the principles of enlightenment and spiritual fulfillment. It rejected the religious and traditional concepts set in place at the time and embraced more non-Westernized ideas. These people believed that a new age of peace and harmony was on the rise and it is still being practiced to day with as many as 60 million followers (Lipscomb 284). It takes on an attitude of a life-long journey of finding the highest version of yourself spiritually and emotionally. A lot of its belief stem from the beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism. In New Age beliefs, there is more than one single truth and truths to every religion, which is why they are pantheistic. They also believe in the rise of a matriarchal society that will end create a more pure and innocent world.      In attainting the highest version of themselves, New Agers believe that we as a human race are all united as one, and that we have a spiritu...

     You will find a street performer in pretty much any big city. Some are playing instruments, some dancing, and some are doing so-called magic tricks. I have never believed in any such magic. In fact, there was a couple tricks I learned as a kid from my peers and had a lot of fun presenting my magic to my friends. The thing that I always knew was that there was some trick or reasonable explanation behind all of it. There was no "magic", but rather usually an optical illusion or something that mathematics could explain instead of something magical. Sometimes when I see performers on the streets doing their cool tricks, I wonder what exactly they are doing to execute such a performance, and if there is any training that goes behind it. Some people are so adamant that what they are doing is magical, that they convince others to believe it as well.       From my readings, I have discovered that magic tricks did not just come about recently, but ins...