Showing posts with label ability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ability. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2013

Magic... is Power

So in part 1, we discussed the human sense of wonder as an aspect of our attraction to “magic”.  Today we will discuss something else universally attractive to humans: power!

Power is simply the ability to act. The desire for it is so obvious and universal that those who encourage us to act morally warn us against seeking it (for itself, for the wrong reasons, etc.) apparently without ever even considering that it might not be attractive. They do this with good reason, because it is attractive, and important, and dangerous.

What do these arcane runes mean?(1)
Consider every possession of yours and everything you've ever learned. I’m confident that most (if not ALL) of those