Please note that it is only stongly involved with the associative method. Nothing I have said here should surprise anyone. In fact, it is not that original at all. The cult of the one correct answer directly reflects state and empirical need for one inflexible response to a given situation, either from authorities or subjects. It upholds the need for an expert for every detail, diminishing the power of the individual among the masses who is not in that lofty elite.
Patriarchal governments seem to have little use for multiple answers.
Comparisons generated by the associative method can move off in any direction. Personally, I believe that any time I chose to look carefully, the Universe is ready to show me something wonderful that no one else has seen before. Yes, this idea is metaphysical too, but I have a choice of flavor as well as what I feel is a friendlier relationship with the Universe. I could, like many other people I know and respect, go on for pages about the exact merits of each of the possibilities for magick working. But consider that perhaps the three are all responsible, in differing degrees for different situations, and all the wonderful implications that spin out from there.