Ok, autists.
this is for you.
magick might look silly, with its rituals and symbols.
but it has a basis in reality.
math is the key
there are some very simple 4d polytypes. The simplex and the tesseract.
nearly all esoteric symbols, including the jewish merkabah, are projections of these 4d objects onto a 2d plane.
Ritual focus on these symbols builds a pattern through time, which produces a stretching of consciousness over time.
By learning to visualise hyperdimensional objects, cutting out all the mystical crap, you can literally expand your consciousness into non-human realms, meet aliens and gods.
Fucking do it.
The politics we see becomes another beast entirely, a battle between hyperdimensional entities, played out through their intersections with human reality. revelations.