I will give you an example of the Secret Teachings in action—in today’s world.
You will not like the example—but the anger you will feel is called a “teaching moment”.
Fifty years ago virtually nobody identified themselves as “transgender” and the few that did exist were considered very weird and mentally ill.
Today these freaks hold positions of power in Western governments and other institutions.
What happened?
That is an example of Magic.
Something was created from Nothing.
The human mind manifested an Idea (a really crazy one) and made it real in human institutions.
This was a Top Down operation.
A relatively few people drove the craziness.
They proved they had so much power they could manifest something insane in the real world.
That is the Secret.
Welcome to the Masons.
;-)
No. True magic lies in an awareness, it’s not a manipulation.
Silly or weak-minded people can be convinced to believe anything, especially when their societal stability is disintegrating and threatening - and there are always evil people willing to manipulate that. That isn’t magic.
(I guess you think that deluded people playing with so-called ‘Wiccan’ rituals are practicing ‘magic’; or that I can just ‘decide’ to hit the lottery and have it come true.)