power of belief
...etc. Some Scientifics said that the magic is only the power of belief, the power of mind. One case that proves this statement is when one magician was asked for help by a fisherman in a fishing village. The fisherman told the magician that he had been unable to catch any fish for the last six months. “This was especially upsetting since before that time he had been one of the most successful fishermen in the village” (Abram, 513). The fisherman told the magician that he thought that other fishermen learned black magic and did something bad to him. The magician told the fisherman that he has never worked with fish, but anyway the magician told the fisherman that he was going to try to help him and then the magician went trough his way. Five weeks later the magician returned to the fishing village and this is what he said: “I found the fisherman waiting for me with open arms. The magic had been successful” (Abram 521). This example taken from the reading “Making Magic” proves that the power of belief can do anything. Lots of people say they can predict the future: astrologers, psychics, tarot card readers. Yet their predictions, when tested, fail again and again. So why do so many of you give them money? The answer is because those persons do not believe in their selves. An example is when ...