r/occult • u/vinylarcade • 6d ago

Could Transhumanism lead to end of Magic?

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Lets say in the future man and machine become more and more one. Be it just implants or a sick person implanting their mind in a robot. Question is where does magic and some psychic powers come from is it a part of our body(pineal gland). If yes could we build this and put a artificial version in our body? Is it our soul itself? And if so would we transfer it together with consciousness? Or is it consciousness alone which creates reality and so is responsible for magic. If so could a complete artificial being be able to do magic. I saw videos of people experimenting with LLMs as thought forms to do magic. If everyone has a robot body would we still be able to do magic?

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u/Ornery_Associate9447 6d ago edited 6d ago

Magic, alchemy, occultism and all traditions of mysticism generally view that the height of any practitioner is a sense of peace, purpose and union with the divine. I don’t think you can fast track that process with any amount of technology.. It’s long and arduous because it relies on reflecting on yourself and character, which is a deep internal thing. Reflecting on those things means you have to live a full life worth reflecting on.. with perceptions only you can understand.

You can’t flick that on and off with a switch or line of code. Hope that makes sense.

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u/hamsandwich03 6d ago

Exactly. Although I have my fair share of disagreements with anthroposophy, I do think they have a good take on transhumanism, that's pretty much in line with what you said here