![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To me, then, it remains to raise the Alf Laylah wa Laylah into its proper place once more. I am not concerned to deny the objective reality of all ' magical' phenomena if they are illusions, they are at least as real as many unquestioned facts of daily life and, if we follow Herbert Spencer, they are at least evidence of some cause. What is the cause of my illusion of seeing a spirit in the triangle of Art?Įvery smatterer, every expert in psychology, will answer: 'That cause lies in your brain.'Įnglish children ( pace the Education Act) are taught that the Universe lies in infinite Space Hindu children, in the Akasa, which is the same thing. Those Europeans who go a little deeper learn from Fichte, that the phenomenal Universe is the creation of the Ego Hindus, or Europeans studying under Hindu Gurus, are told, that by Akasa is meant the Chitakasa. The Chitakasa is situated in the 'Third Eye,' i.e., in the brain. This being true for the ordinary Universe, that all sense-impressions are dependent on changes in the brain, 2 we must include illusions, which are after all sense-impressions as much as 'realities' are, in the class of 'phenomena dependent on brain-changes.' By assuming higher dimensions of space, we can assimilate this fact to Realism but we have no need to take so much trouble. Magical phenomena, however, come under a special sub-class, since they are willed, and their cause is the series of 'real' phenomena, called the operations of ceremonial Magic. The circle, square, triangle, vessels, lamps, robes, implements, etc. The combination of all these and reflection on their significance. ![]() These unusual impressions (1-5) produce unusual brain-changes hence their summary (6) is of unusual kind. ![]()
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