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How Medieval People Thought Magic Worked

Started by RPGPundit, Today at 10:03:22 AM

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Today at 10:03:22 AM
Based on a question asked to me by a subscriber, in this video I tried to give explanations as to how medieval people actually believed magic worked.


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Today at 01:44:01 PM Last Edit: Today at 01:45:42 PM by Socratic-DM
A distinction I have found fascinating to no end is; Supernatural as suspension of reality. Vs. Supernatural as opaque/hidden laws of reality.

Certainly a theme I like to play with, given it's a good way of making a firm distinction between Miracles and Magick. or other such forces.

There is a whole rant I could go on about scientific models and how older models are still perfectly good at predicting outcomes despite being objectively wrong about what they are describing. A good quote from Peter Watts' Blindsight I think sums up my thoughts on this

Quote"Not talking about case studies. Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. If self-deception promotes fitness, the brain lies. Stops noticing— irrelevant things. Truth never matters. Only fitness. By now you don't experience the world as it exists at all. You experience a simulation built from assumptions. Shortcuts. Lies. Whole species is agnosiac by default."
"Every intrusion of the spirit that says, "I'm as good as you" into our personal and spiritual life is to be resisted just as jealously as every intrusion of bureaucracy or privilege into our politics."
- C.S Lewis.
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