A lot of fiction, especially fantasy, has a strong wish fulfillment element in it. I wonder whether the potential wish fulfillment and escapist aspects are what wrecks a lot of attempts with fictional symbolism. If the pull of the astral on the mage is stronger than the mage's pull towards manifestation, then its no wonder that no power got down to Earth.
Granted that, and most authors aren't mages, but I digress.
Re: Fiction and magic
A lot of fiction, especially fantasy, has a strong wish fulfillment element in it. I wonder whether the potential wish fulfillment and escapist aspects are what wrecks a lot of attempts with fictional symbolism. If the pull of the astral on the mage is stronger than the mage's pull towards manifestation, then its no wonder that no power got down to Earth.
Granted that, and most authors aren't mages, but I digress.