Magic Things - Think Magic

In order to fulfil the need for a more accessible religion, an increasing number of people are looking for new ways of developing their spirituality. In his film Falko Blask shows different disciples of a new spiritual wave, which often involves symbols and rites. He visits followers of healing with precious stones in the southern German Swabian Mountains, and classic Japanese Samurai philosophy students, who have dedicated themselves to the ceremonial art of sword fighting.

In the middle of traffic in the Bavaria city of Munich, a woman wearing black, clutching a broom, turns around in a small circle made of white beans. The well-known magic researcher Luisa Francia is performing a ritual. "Magic is a playful way of expanding space, the ability to communicate with all creatures and things and creations", explains the writer, who picked up a lot of nature religion magical fetishes during her long travels through Africa. Frederico Tolli, Catholic theologian and magician on the other hand, is involved in the tradition of European ritual magic and views modern occultism as the rebirth of an ancient mystery game. He says: "magic is a kind of art, a kind of design, it's about the design of its own metaphysical, religious ideas." The film accompanies Tolli to an occult order and without the unthinking clichés of Satanism, shows the ritual magic ceremony of a Saturn order in Germany. In order to fulfil the need for a more accessible religion, increasing numbers of Germans are looking for new ways of developing their spirituality. The film also shows followers of healing with precious stones in the southern German Swabian Mountains, and the disciples of classic Japanese Samurai philosophy, who have dedicated themselves to the ceremonial art of sword fighting. Sharp swords which sharpen the mind: "I see the sword as a tool on the path to mental development," says a German sword master.