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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.pagan.magick,alt.magic,alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic,alt.lucky.w From: nagasivaSubject: Magic Tricks and Spells Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:05:44 GMT 50030124 VII note followup set to occult groups. Joseph writes: >Sun Wu-K'ung wrote: >> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAGICK AND MAGIC? >> Magic is the art and practise of prestidigitation, >> stage magic, sleight of hand and so on. Magick is >> the manipulation of reality. a discernment made futile through brevity. >i would suggest a clarification here, Magic and >Magick can be used interchangeably, not every one >accepts the addition of a "k" resulting in an >archaic spelling of the term as necessary, its >popularization for the very reasons stated above >by aleister Crowley try again. Crowley didn't make this distinction, it was one made by cybernauts short of admit defeat at the hands of the stage mages that created alt.magic. ;> I think this is already covered in the alt.magick newsgroup FAQ: http://www.luckymojo.com/altmagickfaq/ >while a generally accepted application of the term >and usage of the letter "k" added to it, there is >still the idea that stage magic has usurped a term >with traditional meanings and the onus should be >on the stage magician to qualify their usage of >the term, which the addition of "stage" seems to >cover (hardly necessary except in a post such as >this and the faq it refers to) not the magician to >differentiate their attempts at a manipulation of >reality from card tricks or staged illusions. usually the alternative to stage magic is close-up magic. the idea is that these are performances, though a good number of magicians know of overlaps between performance and shamanism and prestidigitation, extending even to the occasional mysticism and implied arcane mystery. nagasiva
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