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Your Brain on Magick: 15 Year Magick-Versary Event

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Your Brain on Magick: 15 Year Magick-Versary Event

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We invite your BRAINS to ponder how magick has been part of SD Brain Club's past 15 year run and what magick may appear and take root over the next 15 years?

BRAIN CLUB MEMBERS GET PRIORITY SPOTS FOR RSVP. Guests permitted only if space available.

Begin to think of how your attendance (whether recent or seasoned) has shaped your own life? We may just pick the magick nuggets from your brain and ask you to share with the group?

What is magick?

https://www.learnreligions.com/magic-and-magick-95856

Is magick ritual?

https://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/jschroeder/Publications/Hobson%20et%20al%20Psychology%20of%20Rituals.pdf?

Some might call them magickal practices, others term them manifestation and those who understand the reticulating activating system all understand how these rituals can influence the brain, highlighting concepts such as neuroplasticity and neurogenesis. It explores the idea that engaging in magickal rituals can lead to changes in neural pathways, thereby altering one's perception of reality.

Magick" (with a K) draws from esoteric traditions, personal transformation, intention-setting, and often includes ritual and symbolic action—an excellent frame to explore intersections with neuroscience

Can magick change your brain? If so, how?

https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/print.php?id=2248&srsltid=AfmBOoqStsQq2_vLiPddKLoP9cJn7mFSfZs17iRNfY6Bj6_SyVylxwhh

Does all magic/magick exploit or expand powerful cognitive changes in the human brain?

https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/what-magic-has-taught-us-about-how-the-brain-works

What role does magick and practicing rituals play in the release of oxytocin and building trust?

https://youtu.be/7fNQ3Pvw3OU?si=nSM25AxaIwOgfQs8 3 minute listen

For any HARRY POTTER fans out there, though fictional, what can OCCLUMENCY do to ease anxiety?

https://getoutofyourhead.com/occlumency-manage-anxiety-like-a-wizard/

Why do so many cultures use protective talisman?

https://mntl.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-cultures-invent-protection

Be sure to add a neuron of magick to your months by RSVPing and discover the intersection of magick and neuroscience, providing insights into how intentional ritual practices can serve as tools for cognitive and psychological transformation.

The brain is like a quantum computer, so what is the Magic State in Quantum Computing and is it relevant to our brains and how they operate?

https://www.quera.com/glossary/magic-state

The Role of Magic in computational power-- a bit dense but our resident physicist recommended... Just goes to show--MAGIC is EVERYWHERE if you look carefully.

https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-reveal-the-role-of-magic-in-quantum-computational-power/

Contribute MORE magic $$ and be entered in Anniversary Raffle prize.

### Rituals as Tools for Mental Health and Focus

Rituals, including those in magick, can play a role in mental health:

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