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Note: stage magicians, and not occult practitioners.

That would be an interesting study though. For true occult practitioners I think you’re likely to see even less mental disorders since (if they are true students of the occult) they would understand that the mind (and indeed EVERY aspect of 3D reality) is simply a construct of belief systems.

There's some I've ran across that are much worse than average. The 2 I've seen are:

1. Magusitis: thinking you're some grandaster bla-de-bla, and that you can do anything. Basically, self destructive going to your head.

2. Divination paralysis : becoming so hesitant to live life, and instead doing tarot/pendulums/etc for any question, no matter how trivial. Those types do nothing out of FOMO, and therefore make the fear that they missed out, causing more of it.

Are True Occult Practitioners related to True Scotsmen?

If you work with the occult, then you're an occult practitioner.

Where you are on that journey is your business alone.

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