We all live in our own stories, and it is central to magickal practice that where we put our energy helps manifest out lives. How we see ourselves and our actions becomes a script, a thought pattern that influences our lives. Sometimes these stories are beneficial. They give us inspiration and a goals to achieve. Other times, thought patterns of failure or helplessness can hold us back.
Often, the source of these thought patterns comes from literature, film, and pop culture. Characters from story provide something to compare our lives to. Witness the multiple quizzes that circulate social media promising to tell us which Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Game of Thrones character we “really are.” Users eat these quizzes up, perhaps showing some internal need to identify with someone else’s story.
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