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The same goes for talismans and words. It also has the same connection with calligraphy. Therefore, calligraphy such as Wang Xizhi's can give you a flowing, elegant and beautiful feeling. But do music, calligraphy, spells, etc. really give you feelings that you can express? Some music may not express something clearly to you, but sometimes it is indescribable, but it will have some impact on you. This is basically the same principle for spells. Although the feeling it brings you is difficult to describe in words, it must enter your brain and have some kind of influence. We might as well say it has an influence on the subconscious mind.

So the conclusion is: humans are symbolic animals. Symbols, or solid abstract objects such as images, words, concepts, etc., enter human consciousness and have an impact on consciousness. Human thinking is based on symbols. Without symbols, there would be no thinking. Human emotions are also affected by symbols. Emotion and reason are not opposed to each other. They have the same basis.

People don’t necessarily know what they are thinking, so it is not unusual for spells to have an impact on people. The role of psychology cannot be underestimated.

On the surface, the inheritance of spell drawing, talisman recitation, and incantation is just the teaching of a ritual or method. However, in this process, there is another operation of energy information, which is the operation of 'spirit'. Transmit and confirm. When you need to get a spell passed down, you also need to get it from your spell master. In this way, it is passed down from master to master, from generation to generation, from the teaching of the Dharma, to practicing according to the Dharma, until it is confirmed and approved by the master. This is a very rigorous and cautious process, and it is almost ineffective if a person only relies on self-study without a teacher or guidance from a master. Of course, it is not ruled out that there are people with extraordinary talents who are recognized by the ancestors of the upper world.

As for what you said about drawing amulets and chanting a spell to cure fish bone stuck in the throat, this is a kind of Zhuyoushu, a very miraculous spell therapy