<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Language can act like a spell because words... > Language can act like a spell because words organize expectation and coordinated behavior. The mature lesson is to study the mechanism by which a phrase recruits attention, identity, and action rather than to mistake metaphor for physical law. **Source:** [[livestreams/Opening Your Genius — Language, Abstraction, and Advanced Manifesting - Workbook|Opening Your Genius — Language, Abstraction, and Advanced Manifesting]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Language can act like a spell because words organize expectation and coordinated behavior. The mature lesson is to study the mechanism by which a phrase recruits attention, identity, and action rather than to mistake metaphor for physical law.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-language-act-spell-metaphor-physical-law ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->