https://greatawakening.win/p/15K6qJvaHX/the-swamp-of-satan-washington-dc/c/
To clarify...
There's three varieties of magic. The first is sleight of hand and fantasy. It's the Hollywood movie magic and party tricks. It's practically useless, outside of stoking the imagination.
Then there's Satanic magics. Satanic magics, dark magic, is about contracts and legal seals binding you to a demon and then severing that bond by taking God's name in vain. It's rape of a spirit and fraud against nature itself. That's not what Agrippa is writing about with this.
The third form of magic, and I hesitate to call it that, is the magic described here by Agrippa. It's a magic of understanding and knowledge of the Natural world. A classification of things and the ability to discern the "virtues" of anything you encounter. It's the ability to look at a tree and see how the grain grows, such that you know exactly what beam that comes from it can best be used to make. It's the ability to look over a man, look at his strengths and weaknesses, and put him where he can shine brightly in glory of God. It's the ability to look at elements and discern how close to purity they are, and to harness such purity in order to find the Substance of God. In short, a philosophical Gnosis -- to become Enlightened and at one with The Creator's Creation.
It's not inherently Satanic, though you can use it for Evil means. Just as a tool becomes a weapon when used for destruction's sake. Again, if you have questions, I'll provide answers. Just give me a link to the page and a quote of the passage and I'll explain it best I can.
Why is this relevant to Q?
Because, believe it or not, this is the origin of the MAP.
This is the magic of words. Of classification. Of the spirit, qualities, and virtues of things. Each of those capitalized words are THINGS. These THINGS have qualities, virtues, understandings, and double meanings. Discernment is required to discover the hidden intent behind their use.
Put the pieces together.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/index.htm
Seeing there is a Three-fold World—Elementary, Celestial and Intellectual—and every inferior is governed by its superior, and receiveth the influence of the virtues thereof, so that the very Original and Chief Worker of all doth by angels, the heavens, stars, elements, animals, plants, metals and stones convey from Himself the virtues of His Omnipotency upon us, for whose service He made and created all these things: Wise men conceive it no way irrational that it should be possible for us to ascend by the same degrees through each World, to the same very original World itself, the Maker of all things and First cause, from whence all things are and proceed; and also to enjoy not only these virtues, which are already in the more excellent kind of things, but also besides these, to draw new virtues from above. Hence it is that they seek after the virtues of the Elementary World, through the help of physic, and natural philosophy in the various mixtions of natural things; then of the Celestial World in the rays, and influences thereof, according to the rules of Astrologers, and the doctrines of mathematicians, joining the Celestial virtues to the former. Moreover, they ratify and confirm all these with the powers of divers Intelligence, through the sacred ceremonies of religions. The order and process of all these I shall endeavor to deliver in these three books: Whereof the first contains Natural Magic, the second Celestial, and the third Ceremonial. But I know not whether it be an unpardonable presumption in me, that I, a man of so little judgment and learning, should in my very youth- so confidently set upon a business so difficult, so hard and intricate as this is. Wherefore, whatsoever things have here already, and shall afterward be said by me, I would not have anyone assent to them, nor shall I myself, any further than they shall be approved of by the universal church and the congregation of the faithful.
Yes, and more.
I believe it's entirely possible the Placebo Effect and the Remote Viewing aspects of Project Looking Glass are the same phenomena.
If you will something enough, it will happen. Faith in your belief is that powerful.
But like all Placebo Effects, the potency dwindles over time. It's the flow of the river righting itself after a disturbance. Eventually, the stream will return to its destined path regardless of your faith.
You may move a mountain by willing it...
...but eventually that mountain will want to go back home.
That's why Remote Viewing is so unreliable. You aren't seeing places far off, but rather believing that you have seen places far off. There is a distinction. The belief forms certainty, and Manifest Destiny is achieved. However, the more you Remote View the same thing, the less reliable the accuracy, just like the Placebo Effect.
Your faith in the procedure, be it Remote Viewing or popping a sugar pill will follow in keeping with the theory of diminishing returns.
There's an impatience factor underlying the dynamic. The more you check on whether or not your food is done in the oven, the more time it has every check to cool off as you let heat out of the oven to check.
Further, your resolve crumbles the more you peer in on others because you weren't satisfied with the results. This may seem paradoxical, but it is a clear indication in wavering faith.
It's a hard concept to grasp, but that's my understanding after reading tons of documents like in the OP. Alchemists and Philosophers of yore understood this.
In modern times, the same dedication is talked about among workout coaches. If you believe you can, then you will, no matter how insane and unlikely the goal may be. The Human Spirit is granted an Authority by God to make the impossible possible. A radical, true random which comes outside of the Universe in a way only afforded to God and beings Like God.
It's the Mantle of a Creator, which was bestowed upon Adam before he cast it off.
Jesus returned it to us, but it's potency is split among the many Movers in the world. Only by coming together again in Communion will we have the potency once wielded by Adam in the Garden to name the Creatures of the World.
Thanks sleepydude! You have expanded my mind once again...blessings to you fren!