Fighting Cognitive Dissonance in the Occult
Why modern magicians defend their illusions more fiercely than their gods
Occultism often presents itself as a living frontier of thought, but most magicians behave more like museum guards than explorers. New ideas are met not with excitement but suspicion, as if progress itself were a heresy. The real enemy of magical growth is cognitive dissonance, which is the mind’s instinct to protect its comfort even when confronted by …
