I feel like magic isn’t only about mind and will

I heard a lot of ppl on this sub saying that magic is only about your will/mind and that the purpose of ritual is to concentrate will or mind. I think that this point of view is very modern and it was popularised by Eliphas levi (not sure about that) and aleister crowley but when I read ancient/old text I saw the completely opposite opinion. I might be wrong about it but
Renaissance model of magic was based on idea of occult properties which I interpret as meaning or symbolism of things. I am not a specialist here but Plotinus used sympathy as an explanation in his attack on gnostics which was also mentioned in Asclepius (I might be wrong here). And the phrase as above so below so below seems to me as a way to express harmony between things and how everything reflects everything not as a way to say as within so without. I know it’s about interpretation but still. I remember there was a similar phrase in Zohar (it’s probably out of context though). I think that these phrases were about how world is symbolical and that everything is symbol. Every ritual seems to be an action based on meanings of things which works because of pre existing harmony between everything not because it concentrates one’s will. I am definitely not a professional and only a beginner so I am probably wrong about it and I would be glad if u correct me