Wizardry

Wizards were the keepers of stories. They had mastery of words. The ancient wizards found words for things and could appear to bring things into reality, because by their description they gave other people a way of looking at or understanding something that they might just ignore or avoid. They had what seemed like a mysterious ability to anticipate outcomes of events. They could even seem to be able to read people’s minds just based on things they said and didn’t say, as well as on how exactly they sounded when they said it. We engage in what are called neologisms even today. The creation of new words. But wizards both worked with the most primal languages and sought out new words and songs in that deep realm of consciousness that many are out of touch with today.

Today, we have a modern wizardry. Science got its origin from the practices of ancient wizardry. Discovery is a good thing, so is invention, but there is something missing, something vital. The thing that is missing from the scientific community as a consensus, though not from all students of science, is the simple willingness to remain grounded in human experience to explore the question of why. Would a science informed by metaphysical thought really derail itself? Would all progress really honestly cease?

“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” J.R.R. Tolkien (English Writer and Author of The Lord of the Rings, 1892-1973)

“In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.” Billy Joel