Why I Believe in Magick | Lauren Bowker | TEDxUCLWomen

Material alchemist Lauren Bowker believes in Magick and applies this to her work every day. In this talk, Lauren discusses the career she’s built on this premise and explores the uses of her Magick in everyday life.
Lauren graduated from the Manchester School of Art with the award winning pollution-sensing compound PdCl2, Lauren went on to study printed textiles at the Royal College of Art London, her graduate collection was shot by Tim Walker and modeled by Kate Moss. Over ten years Lauren created several additional colour-change compounds responsive to various invisible elements while consulting in material innovation and user experience for automotive, aeronautics, technology, healthcare, retail, textiles and couture.
Lauren is a material alchemist and founder of T H E U N S E E N, an innovation, product development and technology licensing company comprised of talent across design, science and technology.
Having graduated from the Manchester School of Art with the award winning pollution-sensing compound PdCl2, Lauren went on to study printed textiles at the Royal College of Art London, her graduate collection was shot by Tim Walker and modeled by Kate Moss. Over ten years Lauren created several additional colour-change compounds responsive to various invisible elements while consulting in material innovation and user experience for automotive, aeronautics, technology, healthcare, retail, textiles and couture. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@thaliabloom5916]

I came for magick, but was pleased to learn about eco-fashion. Your creations are stunning. You’re right, ‘Magick is science we don’t yet understand.’ What fascinating work.

[@katiearbuckle9017]

People also seemed to forget the Shamrock she kept all those years.

[@thaliabloom5916]

@@katiearbuckle9017 great call! Impressive that one was found and even more so that it was kept. I imagine Lauren would've been a gift of a daughter.

[@LPempty]

These all have scientific explanations. They just take cool phenomena in science and creatively use it to sell a cool product. She ended it on a sweet note but the statement is ridiculous considering what she was presenting

[@cxaxukluth5407]

@@LPempty The actual science behind magic is quantum theory and thats something Einstein wanted to disprove - relativity and quantum mechanics dont mesh well when it comes to rules. well quantum entanglement has since been proven. The witches and the shamans know about this stuff but not in the scientific way western ideas are understood. It is very interesting research (and practice) if you have the dedication for it.

[@LPempty]

@@cxaxukluth5407 lmao you’re talking nonsense none of this is true. Not to mention what she is talking about isn’t magic. The title is misleading. It’s just science. No magic. It’s like saying a mood ring actually detects your mood.

[@nicoreeve9744]

Seeing the unseen - occultism literally means "hidden knowledge"

[@normalbuerger]

Knowledge will not save us

[@robadams8939]

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[@barloscambron4394]

@@robadams8939 what is this?

[@jindrichsander9555]

@@normalbuerger what makes you say that? maybe knowledge and practise of that knowledge together but it still will save us

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[@SabrinaMBowen]

I really enjoyed this talk. And, as a long time Witch and Pagan, I get the frustration that many are expressing over the title. But I think while the wording is off, the idea that she has been inspired by magick, or at least her perception of it, is present here from beginning to end. Witchcraft is about creating change through channeled energy. Alchemy is the practice of using the energy locked within physical nature and natural substances to create change. Alchemy is not witchcraft, bug both witchcraft and alchemy ARE forms of magick. She makes no claim to being a witch, instead she calls herself an alchemist. And her talk is about alchemical magick. So while you, and I, may have read the title and made an assumption about the type of magick she would be discussing, the issue is not her talk or the title, but our presumption that our views, practices, or beliefs are the only valid ones to use the term magick.

[@creepy.cookie3187]

this is an amazing and well-worded comment. As someone who is also a practicing witch, I came for the magik and stayed for the alchemy

[@joanne1dreams]

Well said sabrina 👏

[@emilyroseayres84]

I feel you sister. I have found more than than 30 four leaf clovers, about 10 five leaf clovers and 2 six leaf clovers. I almost feel like I'm betraying Spirit by sharing this because each time I spot one it's been at a time when I've been thinking about something very personal/profound. I've had many truly profound experiences within nature (too many to post in a YT comment) that I haven't even shared with my beloved family members. Magic is real! Spirit is real!

[@isiscruz1327]

Magick, science, alchemy...a very modern and refreshed view on the unseen. So happy to hear such a young, wise and very intelligent lady share her dream and vision. Believe in yourself and anything is possible🌹💜🌹 Also a huge Alexander Mcqueen fan✨

[@spirittreeyoga]

You are such an inspiration Laura!! Thank you for sharing your honesty, your imagination and work. You embody what it means to be a "witch"! Brilliantly feminine, inspiring and nature focused. Your works should be every where!!

[@lightloveandawake3114]

I like it, “Magic is just science, we don’t understand, yet” 💗😊💕

[@worldfamoustarot8443]

I like to think I can connect with my cards through the neurons in my brain and heart. There’s no delay because time or distance isn’t a factor when it’s filled with faith. And basically just trust my intuition to speak. It’s the quantum physics behind it. Makes things like a conscious universe or God seem very possible.

[@lightloveandawake3114]

@@worldfamoustarot8443 EXACTLY! Isn’t it amazing how in different areas...people connect to the divine? My aunt does Tarot cards, too. The religious pray and they call it having “blind faith”. I do my connect through dreams/intuition/meditation. Our lives are so much more enriched when we know and trust that our guides/universe/God/angels/or whatever you want to call them. They are guiding us down our correct path. Also knowing that not everything is going to be good/pleasant or easy....we still have challenges, just like we truly want and need it to be. Thank you so much for explaining how the cards work for you....I always wondered....it’s great to get an understandable explanation put into words....See! everything does get revealed to us, sometimes we have to wait for answers to come at the right time. 💕💗😊Much LOVE to YOU😊💗💕

[@danielstark7096]

*magick

[@nibzuofnibiru9975]

I appreciate her inventions, they are quite beautiful.

[@wildearthling]

Influencing how other people feel in any way/communication medium is moving energy with intention which is magick.

[@Timeforcommonsense]

No, it's called manipulation!

[@Skeed]

*Wishing well to all Chaos Magicians and Witches out there, may your practice be fruitful and you are well protected from the programmed* ☯

[@TheAlchemist1089]

​@@ggggggggggggggggggggggg8653as within, so without 😉

[@brightwitch]

This was so different than what I was anticipating from the title, and I'm so glad I watched it! This was truly awe-inspiring!

[@zamoth22]

still waiting where she actually talks about magick

[@wyattguilliams9472]

She said she was an alchemist That's basically what magic originally was among other things Myths and legends come from somewhere

[@lorenasdiscoveries]

@@wyattguilliams9472 That's right!

[@wyattguilliams9472]

@@gustavmahler1466 No evidence for what? Ritualized CHEMISTRY

[@wyattguilliams9472]

@@gustavmahler1466 I'm seriously asking No evidence for what?

[@DamianSzajnowski]

@@gustavmahler1466 take care :)

[@mogmuffmunch]

Spoken from the soul. I have so much love and respect for this real woman.

[@dbenv]

Wrong title for this - very misleading

[@alexmarques5542]

Explain why this was titled wrong? It's titled "Why I believe in Magick" she then proceeded to explain exactly why she believes in it. Now she may have gone off on short tangents but they weren't entirely unrelated to the subject. I'm just not sure how this is titled wrongly.

[@jameslaverghetta]

Alex Marques she never actually talks about magick. she talks about science and art, but she never said anything about magick or clearly explained her reason for believing in magick.

[@alexmarques5542]

She believes in Magick is science we don't understand yet. In other words, she believes in magic because of science. I'm of a similar belief. when science proved that my magic worked, is when I believed in magic. I don't believe everything described in magic is possible, but I believe magic is possible. I believe you can send intent, but that doesn't mean that something *will* happen every time. For instance a horoscope is about as good of a reflection of a person as an internet personality test.Sometimes it hits just right, sometimes it makes not a lick of sense. Magick is the same way. I believe in Magick because it *does* line up for the laws of nature. Nothing it couldn't allow, is allowable in nature. So if I was going to discuss my belief in Magick, I would start by talking about Science.

[@ThePlutonian]

Her Magus is misleading and we don't need talks en masse about the occult. EZ Betelgeuse -_-

[@dbenv]

Nothing she spoke about pertained to "magick". I didn't post my opinion to argue, I posted because I felt the video had nothing to do with the title. You are free to disagree, but I digress.

[@yohbahmerci786]

I believe this consultation help me stop all attacks coming from passed relations places I passed through before........... Thank you so much for this opportunity it's a pleasure.

[@jaysantos966]

Sometimes magick isn't as practical as some might think magick is more than items and spell magick changed her life in powerful strong way she's fantastic ..blessed be🌚🖤

[@albarainbow]

This girl is out of this world. Such an immensely creative and curious mind is needed to make the changes and developments she did. BRAVO!

[@felinayjonny]

“Magic is just science that we don’t understand yet.” Lauren Bowker. I agree.

[@dianabolton3388]

Super cool inventions!! But I don't agree with her statement that "Magic is science we don't understand yet," bit, which suggests that once we understand it it is no longer magic (or that magic is illegitimate compared to science). I read something recently which said the act of discovery by a technical and empirical process by observation is the essence of science; whereas, the act of discovery by mystical means which is intuitive and participatory, but it is still experimental, is magic.

[@maddymiller6199]

I wasnt sure what i was getting into by clicking this video but i truly enjoyed this and learning about everything she has came up with (:

[@TheMurray1922]

Wow- what an amazing, great person! And what a Dad--- to see that independent thinker and believer, and to not squash it. Fantastic

[@willowsullivan6121]

So I pretty much just sat through her fashion line, and she was a spirited child in the beginning.

[@Indi_Waffle_Girl]

How have I not heard about these incredible fashion pieces?!

[@kingpuppet5881]

Wow, amazing talk and an inspirational woman. She is so humble and really cares about the planet and nature.

[@sianaibi6349]

For everyone knocking this video for being mistitled, She's literally bringing the unseen into the seen world and that EXACTLY is magic. She is working with elements in an alchemical way to transform reality.

[@shaynenbock3473]

WOW! Ms. Bowker should receive a award and more....

[@carbon1479]

It's like Paul Foster Case often said, and more recently Alan Moore, that you go within to find novel concepts and ideas and apply initiative to bring them to the world around you. Fascinating stuff, hopefully these fashion and chemistry ideas will increasingly find a home context!

[@carmelliea1772]

Beautiful, innovative and inspired. To me that's magical. I'm very impressed.

[@danastidham7344]

This is incredible and Im so blown away by every bit of it. Talk about a beautiful mind...

[@AJManol]

Fascinating topic, but HOLY cow, take a breath! ❤️🙏🏻

[@suncat5160]

None of this talk had anything to do with applying Magick to every day life or anything like that. Cheap gimmicks to get people to watch. sick shirt though

[@alexmarques5542]

What does any of those things have to do with what the talk was supposed to be about? It's titled "Why I believe in Magick" she then proceeded to explain exactly why she believes in it. Now she may have gone off on short tangents but they weren't entirely unrelated to the subject. I'm just not sure how this could be a cheap gimmick.

[@GrimmSmile23]

Well now I’m gonna watch for the shirt

[@WhatEver-xn5sn]

No, she then proceeded to brag about all her accomplishments which were achieved with Science. That's great, but that has zero to do with Magick.

[@suncat5160]

Its in the description @Alex Marques "Material alchemist Lauren Bowker believes in Magick and applies this to her work every day. In this talk, Lauren discusses the career she’s built on this premise and explores the uses of her Magick in everyday life." How is it not a cheap gimmick? Using spirituality as click bait for something that has nothing to do with it. Its an occult aesthetic put on in order to get peoples attention. None of it had anything to do with Magick at all.

[@alexmarques5542]

Uh, MATERIAL ALCHEMIST, NOT WICCAN. The types of Magic are entirely different. A Material Alchemist would be more scientifically minded, they pursue magic through science. I don't understand why a different type of spiritually is discredited just because it is not a common one. Before denouncing a spiritual path, learn about it.

[@richardwatkins1676]

Excellent take, echoes of Arthur C.Clarke. 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'. God does play dice with the universe, but so can we, if we accept that we are an integral part of the universe and not separated from it.

[@twoponderingpagans]

Amazing. I too came here for magick, as I believe. You show such a beautiful way to interpret a piece of magick I never experienced before. Thank you.

[@Jess-xl1wd]

Wow absolutely incredible what a amazing woman.

[@ruth540]

Everyone's saying that this title is misleading, and it is to some degree, but I'd say that science *is* magic. We can just look at "magic" in a more logical way nowadays.

[@LoversInsight]

I have to say, I really love her work. Very inspirational stuff.

[@shadowmoses5347]

the occult are the ancient teachings and ways magick works and is beautiful

[@thebullet9798]

she is using magical symbols in her art. But the real question is how much magick is used in the fashion industry.

[@gangstamum]

I LOVED my Spirograph!!!!

[@juless3568]

The patterns you design with spirograph can make you understand the many superpattens that you may notice in nature and the infinite universe.

[@_VISION.]

I am legitimately amazed

[@madnessintomagic]

Wow. Can’t even. This is amazing.

[@jameslipke354]

I LOVE Spirographic still!!! In fact, so much so that we gave our 9 year old granddaughter a Spirograph for Christmas when she was 7 - and SHE LOVES IT TOO!!! How wonderful!!! Magic/Magick is all around us every day. As we grow up, we forget to remember to see it every day in the world around us; but it is there. I liken some aspects of Magic/Magick to "The Force" as it was written about in the first book, which I read when I was twelve after my Dad had finished reading it. Learn something new every single day. Learn how to be a student of the universe, the world in which we live. Ah, yes...Glamour Magick. Have you ever noticed how VIBRANT the leaves on the trees, grass flowers, etc. are, not after it rains, BUT when it is raining? Did you know when you see a "rainbow" it's actually a complete circle not an arc at all? It looks appears the way we see it because we can only see to the horizon. NASA has some beautiful pictures of a full "rainbow". Magick and science are very old, very close friends. I learned to use color in place of the numerical scale for pain going through EMT training years ago and I use it to this very day. The color scale for pain is far more accurate then the 1-10 numerical pain scale in every way, in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing this Lauren! This has been both Amazing and Magickal!❤ I now have your company bookmarked. 😉 “I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt" ~ APRIL LIPKE

[@sarahsh777]

Beautiful! ✨

[@Gabiluchita]

this woman is out of this world!

[@joycekoch5746]

Waste of time- wrong title for topic. Should have known TED Talks would not cover such a topic.

[@gyniest]

Yes, it shouldn't be titled magic with a "k". That said, TED stands for technology, education, and design, so it's entirely relevant to that.

[@Fluffadoodle]

gyniest I don't quite understand, friend.

[@ritualproductions4730]

Yeah for real i was waiting for her to talk about some occult stuff

[@wyattguilliams9472]

If you guys knew anything about alchemy I mean real genuine alchemy you would understand that she did cover the topic

[@wyattguilliams9472]

If you guys knew anything about alchemy I mean real genuine alchemy you would understand that she did cover the topic

[@eci0]

That Is beautiful! Astonishing even! I never found something remotely interesting about fashion but this video radically changed my point of view. I'm not even talking about the dismissal of the false dicotomy science vs magic that also Is fresh and beautiful

[@mattbutler8880]

Excellent ideas- true magic I think

[@deonwhite201]

Very interesting video topic and thank you for teaching me something new

[@anjalijha5014]

Wow wow wow! She truly is an amazing super intelligent lady! It's not at all easy to do!

[@AshMcAuliffe]

Incredible!!

[@bestwitch2931]

Ok she’s amazing and this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard of

[@CarolineHRCamus]

Amazing!

[@scottdouglasshieldsnclmtab9950]

Are any of these products available on the States !? Thank you in advance.

[@totteringchatter]

woah this is awesome, its a little bubble of art called digital morphologies and its something that the MIT think tanks indulge in too, another amazing person doing this is Neri Oxman!

[@MercedesChang]

Omg i love this!!!

[@kdcounseling]

Amazing work

[@tristanrocha4004]

Absolutely brilliant. Such an amazing talk!

[@anthonyantro3813]

That was true beauty...your imagination, blossoming into reality with a purpose.. changing the world for the better...

[@Meeeeeeeestery]

I loved this

[@christinelaloba8869]

This lady is amazing

[@TxxT33]

Let me redirect you to a talk that's really about magick: grant Morrison lecture at disinfo con. You're welcome

[@Tracydot3]

I love that speech. I always go back to it every few years.

[@Fluffadoodle]

SuperMegaMetalMan gosh I need to look into all of this!

[@kristinasportal]

Pablo Discobar checking it out now....

[@franzhaas5597]

NOW THAT IS MAGICAL.

[@lemurdream]

That one's def a banger.

[@laurenelizabeth2592]

Wow just wow!

[@harrietharlow9929]

Magick is real. I'm a priest in the Independent Church and every time I consecrate Communion, it is magick. Magick is all around us if we have eyes to see.

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

How do you go about “consecrating” something??

[@walinongsari.5927]

Brilliant! 👏👏⚘

[@tem_anu]

Spiral graphs where the best!

[@scottmcneely2769]

She is awesome

[@eddydejagere3411]

Liked it. Thanks.

[@marz2648]

I think for everyone saying the title is misleading and saying it has nothing to do with magick-- It couldn't be farther from the truth! I've been saying this same thing for so long. Magick is simply science we don't yet understand. All these incredible pieces of functioning, beautiful artwork she helped create are something that someone at one point may have considered to be impossible, something someone would have considered to be magick. Take these examples she gave and put them into many contexts! Without the belief in the magickal and impossible these things and many more to come may never exist.

[@marz2648]

this talk never promised the explanation of magick in every day life. It took me a little while into the discussion to really tie together the message she was trying to bring before just plainly saying it at the end. However once you fully grasp it I think its a really great way to look at the concept of magick, and alchemy.

[@duantorruellas716]

There is 2 types of alchemy , one is of science , and the other is understanding the aspects of consciousness and the soul. As for this young lady , based on what she's said here I consider her a product of the former. But as for magick which has more to do with the latter , I can see how she would have an interest in it but to quote her statement at the end ," magick is just science we don't understand yet ", this is far from the truth. As an occultist myself I feel she has achieved something great by taking her ideas from atzuluth to assiah , and now they exist in the material world . So I can say she has gone down the tree maybe by a different method but the difference is the steps applied and what did you get from the journey. This is the difference between magick and baking a cake using different recipes.And the x factor that the witch understands as well as the reason certain ingredients have to be a certain way in accordance to other factors that will effect the overall outcome. Example the difference between homemade pies with local fruit in season and a pie you get made in a factory that's not fresh and is held together with chemicals and preservatives . The homemade pie is magick , the factory pie is science. And though magick is a science , it is not science. Science like math is a language to understand magick , but magick is the art of working in accordance with the universal order of things. *

[@unicornawesome1739]

amazing

[@sharondownie6008]

Amazing.

[@KeithMakank3]

This is epic, deep learning will spur this on greatly. Good work folks!

[@fluxstandard8364]

Thanks for the comment left before the ad finished

[@leecoates]

shes really great! ill bet her dad is super proud :)

[@MettleHurlant]

Okay this witch just blew my mind!

[@yqafree]

Other than the environmentalism about carbon as another pagan this resonated with me in ways. I wish I could cite instances of magic to her myself as I'm aware of a lot of them myself. - YQA

[@tattootiff274]

Wow, her work is amazing! The way she couples art and science 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@sagechmielewska8323]

It’s not about magicK as witchcraft for someone who waits for that, it’s about ‘the miracles can happen’ kind of magic story, the dreams come through, and about Fashion Design...not occult, not craft. Can be misleading, but it’s hard to expect from TEDx Talks to hear the occult talks...I am too pessimistic to see the beauty in everything, and sprinkle fairy dust over everything , life kicked me too hard, it just hurts for way too long, but good for the ‘ enthusiasts’, if you are able to then keep going with it.

[@TheSpiritWitch]

WOW! That's all I can say.

[@tefiti8273]

14:44 is the only second she is actually telling you whats up. (Number is no coincidence)

[@harmony331000]

That was very intriguing, I’d like to meet her!

[@leonard9636]

I like the way she's dressed

[@ThrifterPickerShipper]

Brilliant

[@Overbelaste_Belastingbetaler]

Misleading title

[@diethylamid]

ideas worth spreading....

[@piggybrain4702]

Lol

[@adrielgomez9164]

The demon alloces gave me the ability to easily read others emotions

[@STR4nG3boy]

I see what you did there :) great work

[@mrtaylorishere]

It has nothing to do with magick.

[@DrengrMike]

Neither do you

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@DrengrMike your test deficiency is clouding your judgment, Michelle

[@OMGmyFACE]

By "magick," I think you meant to say fashion.

[@suncat5160]

Challah Bread no. Not even close

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@suncat5160 then why don't you explain to us where she discussed magic, big man

[@suncat5160]

@@lockandloadlikehell lol I was agreeing... big man

[@doradombovari2680]

come on really? Please take off the magick title !!!

[@emilyroseayres84]

Omg... hypercolour t-shirts. I'd completely forgotten about the hypercolour t-shirt which was given to me for Christmas when I was 10 (1994).

[@PrissyHippie]

I was hoping this was going to teach me about Magick... the spiritual higher power magick. Still interesting but not what I was hoping for.

[@gyniest]

I'd suggest Israel Regardie's One Year Manual: 12 Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment.

[@tefiti8273]

They would never talk about the real deal here. This would be too powerful for the masses. Go to the tiny authentic channels.

[@carlosjohnson8625]

@@tefiti8273 Of course they wouldn't talk about the occult or esoteric,the open minded and elite definitely know about it. I'm a Taoist who has seen the unique and unexplainable. Magick is very real.

[@DrengrMike]

Science is the highest power magick that exists.

[@gringostrongarm6774]

Glad to see Leanne Deetz is doing well.

[@teslagoth9401]

Lydia?

[@kevinhaines6642]

Vague but ya on to something that will be truly MAGICAL 😋

[@kevintanudjaja8893]

Is those fashion sold worldwide?

[@Guitar_Romantic_L.A.M.F]

Do you believe in Magick ? In a young girls heart...

[@mattbutler8880]

Spirograph was great

[@antoniobalagot6698]

Ted talks need to shape up on their titles smh

[@jacobturnage]

Woooo!

[@michaelmolarsky8524]

People,People,People! Have you no imagination? This is True Magick. The ability to conjoin the sacred feminine intuition with the Physical/Elemental building blocks of Nature. Pure Alchemy! 🌜🔥🍀🌊