"Magical thinking is a term used in anthropology and psychology, denoting the fallacious attribution of causal relationships between actions and events,"

How honest of an answer do you want. =) I don't have a lot of experience with the material, and none with the books, only the movie(s).

It's not for me, but there's nothing wrong with fantasy entertainment or anything, if that's sort of where you were going with that. I do enjoy the Lord of the Rings.

I think what Alex and I are both getting at is the whole "getting a sign from the universe thing." Anytime you think you are getting a "sign", you are probably just interpreting something the way you want subconsciously in an ex-post-facto manner.

Unless you really are a prophet...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking

Note this is distinctly different from "positive" thinking which the proverbial you uses to motivate yourself before a goal is achieved. There is rational causation there.