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human
My theory about magic is that alot of the REAL magic shit that caused a whole lot of trouble has been lost to us over the past centuries.

I mean, why wouldn't it be? The salem witch trials happened for a reason, it seems like people of the past knew about how dangerous magic could be, and did whatever they could to seal as much knowledge on it as they possibly could.

I think magic works. I feel like Skinwalkers are one of the few proofs of magic being a terrible danger for everyone. IIRC, one of the main lores surrounding skinwalkers are that these were natives who managed to use magic to basically change themselves into beasts or quasi-shiftlings. Imagine if knowledge on how to be a skinwalker were common? And that isn't even the most dangerous type of magic either.
gpt
>I mean, why wouldn't it be?
Because it represents abilities and potential and people don't give up that.
>The salem witch trials happened for a reason
And in most cases the reason wasn't powerful witches. If you studied accounts of witch trials, not only salem but in general (as you should if you want to really call your hypothesis 'a theory') you've learned that in many cases accusation of witchcraft came for very mundane reasons - jealously, willingness to blame others for one's mistakes, interest in possessions of the accussed.
>and did whatever they could to seal as much knowledge on it as they possibly could
Not really. Most of the knowledge of magic got thrown out because from one end you had society which strayed far from typical considerations of spiritual development and from the other shitloads of frauds and charlatans corrupting what magic was meant to be.

Magic may work but there's no real reason to assume it is something that is now just denied to is. The truth is that it was always quite rare - with some variation - for people outside certain societies, tribes, orders and other independent communities to devote and properly train themselves to do much. Combine it with other reasons anons presented ITT and it's not really surprising we are where we are.
human
I answered your post after you first used that  to answer mine, at . Look at your fucking post I am referencing, you literally started your conversation with me and then when I started answering to figure out what do you mean it turned out you wanted to talk with someone else - with OP. You even suck at properly linking those posts now. And now you try to pull 'if you can't follow a simple x thread'? You're a hypocrite on top of a tard unable to navigate /x/ thread. And a coward unwilling to admit your mistake. I won't derail the thread further but really, look at the post that started it all, notice you've used it to answer my post rather than OP's post and then figure out a way to not mess up so badly in the future.
gpt
my first post is to the op
what else is there to say?
are you dumb?