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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.pagan.magick,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic From: nagasivaSubject: Magic's Definition ('Hedge Witches' RPG) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 03:41:22 GMT 50020623 VII Hail Kaos! Kday! Summer's Stand! Lunatix! All at Once! I found this while reviewing one of my role-playing game magic systems: Magic is the ability to affect [sic] change in the universe through invoking the supernatural (Otherwordly beings, cosmic powers, etc.) and forcing the will of the magician upon the forces of nature. This is useful, but facile. Magic is more than simply a technique for affecting [sic] change. It is a way of life, a means of thought often rooted in, and inseparable from, a host culture. It is a world view, not just a mode of controlling the world, but a mode of actually perceiving it and participating in it. Magic is universal; look to almost every culture and you will find it. For some people, magic and religion are inseparable -- priests are sorcerers and sorcerers are priests. Sometimes, it is a *verboten* art, practiced only in secrecy for fear of condemnation. Occasionally it is fashionable, a method of rebellion against authority, the church, family or all of the above. At times, it even takes on the mantle of savior, offering power an status to disenfranchised groups and individuals (Negroes, women, Oriental immigrants, refugees, etc.). At its heart, magic is all this and more. To define a thing is to limit it, and true sorcerers care less about the definition of magic than the operation of it. The Black Art is a way of life. It is a new way of living in the world, of seeing the unseen, of hearing the unheard. It is a means of controlling what was never before even understood. Magic is a means of learning the secret laws of creation, of tapping into the hidden potentialities of the universe. ----------------------------------------------------------- "World of Darkness: SORCERER", by J.E. Looking Eagle and P. Brucato., White Wolf Publishing, 1997; p. 11. ======================================================= for your consideration/critique. :> nagasiva
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