Why did you make this thread, out of curiosity? Did you wanna learn something new or just debate people?
I really don't think this person wants to learn. Magic is made up by people but so is money, and money isn't going away anytime soon.
There is a difference between sweeping your steps and a Buddhist monk sweeping their steps. Until you learn that difference you won't understand anything that magic has to offer. What matters is not what is done. What matters is the process of doing.
I don't really understand why anyone would be on an astrology forum of all places if they don't want to encounter occult things. I think it's wonderful to learn something new even if it's strange or downright impossible. If reality made sense, we wouldn't have invented politics.
Do you know what magic really is? It's the suspension of disbelief. That's all it is. It's liberating. It breaks down walls. It's irrational, and it's fun. It is a psychological experience. When you shut off the internal censor that tells you you can't do something, you can do a lot. Maybe not what you intended to do, but a lot.
You want something that is literally magic. There is no literal magic. Magic is not literal. Magic is the domain of the not literal. It is non-literalness itself. If you are taking it literally of course it will be stupid. It would be like taking poetry literally. It would be like taking a Surrealist painting literally.