But magical thinking underlies a vast, often unseen universe of small rituals that accompany people through every waking hour of a day.

So mote it be, saith the witch.

By age 8, and sometimes earlier, they have mostly pruned away these beliefs, and the line between magic and reality is about as clear to them as it is for adults.

And how sad is this. Anybody ever hear of mind over matter, or Quantum Theory?? Just imagine what we could accomplish with our minds if our innate knowledge of magick wasn't washed out of us by the illusion of a static reality.

Just imagine what we could accomplish with our minds if our innate knowledge of magick wasn't washed out of us by the illusion of a static reality.

Yes. We'd all live in a world where everybody believes in magic but nobody can do any (except the charlatans who fool the fools like they do now -- you know -- the psychics, the church, etc..).

Dark Ages all over again.

Having a great imagination is a good thing. But not knowing the difference between the real world and the hallucination we create in our own minds is not (a good thing).