Pagan Coffee Talk

Horses, Zebras, and Magic


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The age-old medical adage "don't look for zebras when you should be looking for horses" serves as the perfect metaphor for navigating the intersection of logical thinking and spiritual practice. When something goes bump in the night, is it really a ghost—or just those old pipes making noise again?

Our natural human tendency to center ourselves leads us to seek out the special, the magical, and the extraordinary. Yet this impulse often leads us down rabbit holes of catastrophizing and magical thinking when simpler explanations would suffice. A foundation problem becomes a house about to collapse, the misplaced keys become evidence of fairies, and the streak of bad luck transforms into a full-blown curse.

What's fascinating is how easily we can identify this pattern in others while remaining blind to it in ourselves. This is why we need "logic rocks"—trusted individuals who provide grounded perspectives. Responsible practitioners must navigate helping people without feeding potentially harmful beliefs, even when that means saying "I don't believe what you're experiencing is spiritual in nature."

Remember: you can always find a zebra if you're looking hard enough for one, but sometimes it's just a horse wearing stripes.

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