I understand your point. I think if you want to live forever, you should. I'm not saying I couldn't, I just wonder after maybe 500 years I might get bored. OR maybe not.

I agree that the birth rate would drop dramatically. Personally, I feel that ageing was not originally a natural human cycle. I'm sure there's a lot of scientific evidence to counter that point, probably, but if my understanding of reality is correct, that evidence means little more than nothing.

I do however wonder that your need to extend your life manifests from a place of fear, a fear of death specifically?

You misunderstood, I was not labelling anything. I was just curious.

In essence, I view time as a part of freedom. The more time you have, the more freedom you have. I hate the feeling of being rushed and I am more of a person who would like to live in the moment, in the now instead of having to plan ahead. So yes, If I lived forever there would be no need to plan ahead.

But I guess I wont have to.

Kabbalists do believe in immortality. I know that if one takes care of one's health, and performs magick headed towards protection and health, it would definitely extend their life span or prevent it from getting shorter.

I also read people are too death conscious, and it's one of the reasons why people die. I read people basically tell themselves they're gonna die and it sends a negative message to all cells of their body. Make of that what you will...

nice topic.
Immortality in physical body is something that many dream of, just because they're scared of death, lol.
My opinion is that death was just programmed onto our genes, and since everybody goes with the flow of life and believe they will die, then there we go, hitting the bucket. Thing is that the programming is made on  a subconscious level so unless you become much more aware, you can't do much about it, even with all the good auto-suggestions.
From what i experienced lately, i realized 3 states of being. The so called normal state, the dream state and recently a new state of awareness when i felt much more alive, very light like the body was no more (even though i could see it), vibrating with energy, fully aware and yet not thinking. I just knew that i am there. The moment the thinking came back, the vibrating feeling grew weaker and weaker. In that awareness state there are no concepts, there is no fear, no death, just a deep peace and ease which i fully felt, without needing to think about it. So probably that is what happens after one dies, goes beyond form and thought form :p
So, if you can reach that state more often (like ... every moment of this earthly existence), probably then you will realize there's no actual death except the dissolving of the physical body and of the regular mind.
Between the normal state and that awareness state, i would always go for the second, even though my mind doesn't quite like the idea :p

Hello,

May be not due to magic exactly, but rather spiritual, occult practices could make one immortal.

If you read the Bible, and Sitchin, the idea of immortality comes from the fact that in the past Man lived differently than today - and also 800 + years of life in Biblical times is almost immortal today

Yaga practice and meditation, ascetic life, could make you immortal in a way of falling into slumber for long periods of time, the spirit/soul lives the body, living it in hibernation for hundreds of years at a time, the spirit returns at will.

Occultlly speaking if the disciple is living according to the law and is developing along the path, and is following the initiations in order, his/her life is extended for longer periods of time, for with high spirits comes perfect health, although the disciple him/herself is prone to various common health problems, depending on the ray he/she is on at any particular incarnation and as a soul etc.   

If the writings of Toth the Atlantian are take into account then, immortality of the body is very much possible, though daily meditation, in orientation to the N/S axis.

Merkaba teachings not only via Toth, but understanding of the light body as a whole, means,that at one point a person could, materialize and dematerialize his/her body to be able to move from one plane of existence to another, which automatically gives immortality.

The move light coming down to a soul, the further along the path it is, the younger the person looks, than to his/her age.