Ok, first of all more or less anything can be a belief system, for example “woke leftyism”.
As such, questions of validity or morality are redundant because the belief system relies on its own inherent characteristics removed from outside reality.
But lets get back to subs.
What do we actually know?
The brain picks up messages which circulate around the neutral networks triggering activation and strengthening the networks as they get fired. These strengthened networks then go on to change the persons thoughts and behaviour.
How come so many people sell technical analysis training to make money in the stockmarket?
Well, firstly you sell what people want to buy and since most people are stupid, lazy and poor sell them something that meets all three needs.
They lack money, sell them a means to get it.
They are lazy, buy my course as I have already worked out what to do.
They are stupid because why are the people with this great method of making money not simply getting on with err… actually making money?
So ask yourself this, do the practitioners of magic have wonderful lives?
Which is a longwinded way of asking “where are the customers yachts”?
But lets come back to belief systems.
They can be all encompassing and have a way of taking over to the detriment of an individuals life. I have seen this a lot in politics for example. People do what they “perceive” to be in their own best interests yet do not start fro a position of having the full facts whilst groping for a certainty in life and something to believe in.
So what happens to the political nerd? They may well end up being able to point out the intricacies of different voting systems and how small changes to economic systems mean for their cherished theories.
But nobody in power pays them any attention. They never feel the warm embrace of a loving sexual partner or enjoy the warmth of a loving family. They never get to enjoy the finer things in life that money can buy.
A surprisingly large number have a personal hygeine problem.
Don’t become the magickal equivalent to a politics nerd.