I did a fair bit of exploring hypnosis (stage, guided, and self), I Ching and Tarot, etc. in my youth. I never found any action I couldn’t explain psychologically.
These all seem like mechanisms for enhancing placebo effects—not direct action, but change of frame or expectation. This can have actual results as it brings forth knowledge or behavior that isn’t expected otherwise, and they can have very large observation bias effects, in noticing things that support the occult theory and disregarding things with mundane explanations.
So, mostly #1, and in a few cases #1 can seem strong enough to look a bit (if you squint) like #5.
I did a fair bit of exploring hypnosis (stage, guided, and self), I Ching and Tarot, etc. in my youth. I never found any action I couldn’t explain psychologically.
These all seem like mechanisms for enhancing placebo effects—not direct action, but change of frame or expectation. This can have actual results as it brings forth knowledge or behavior that isn’t expected otherwise, and they can have very large observation bias effects, in noticing things that support the occult theory and disregarding things with mundane explanations.
So, mostly #1, and in a few cases #1 can seem strong enough to look a bit (if you squint) like #5.