Philosophical analysis of the Magic of Illusion

When spoken of, magic is usually blow off as a joke of sorts, that magic doesn't really exist. Well this is something I do not completely agree with, I think that magic comes in many more shapes and sizes than meets the untrained eye. The form of which takes the most simple disguise is that of Illusion.

The art of illusion works in a cryptic way depending on how it is being presented to the intended target. The magic itself is standing dangerously on the line between good and evil, for it is in key a magic of tricking the senses into believing something that they are not intended to.

Now back to the part where I mention that illusion is not commonly seen as magic. The use of illusion to simply trick the eyes of another human is quite literally that: a simple trick, so simple in fact that we usually enjoy the fun of trying to figure out what it is exactly that the magician is doing. However, there are much more complicated forms of this art that can be manipulated in an artistic and devious way. I refer to this style of illusion as dream weaving, for the artist is taking the skills of language and persuasion to weave an alternate reality for the listener. There are many forms of this, and all of which are distinctly different in their effect on the mind.


Dream Weaving within Lying

This is a skill that requires the user to issue another being constant belief in something that is not real. The more skilled the liar at remembering everything that has been altered from real existence, the more realistic the illusion becomes. There are two results of this, the beneficial outcome for the magician is that they have taken control of someone else's thoughts, and have the capability to alter reality in their favor when necessary. However, the unfortunate outcome to this use of alteration is that the magician is plagued with the memory of both realities, and these are more dangerous than one would anticipate. When the magician is weighed down to much by the pressure and stress of the brain on memories, it consumes them, and stress will lead to infinite outcomes of punishment to the user.


Dream Weaving within Fear

This is a more horrific skill. Those who become talented in the art of creating fear are truly using the capacity of dream weaving to its darkest purpose. The skill to create the illusion of true fear takes some of its own unique skills. As would be required, the user must have control over their intended target. Once this is established, the user takes that control and finds all of its weaknesses; the more talented the magician, the more things they can find to manipulate another. Then the most dangerous part, the user must give up their feeling of remorse towards any other person, for that remorse will lead to the failing of their illusion. At long last, this person is then prepared to do whatever is available to disturb their intended target. The benefit to this magician is that they have control over the person targeted, and all of their relations. However, the downside to the magician in this case is that they have nothing left to tie them down to reality, they are alone in the world and have forfeited their trust to their talent.