May 15th: The Magician’s Companion

This week, Sorcerix Helios recommends The Magician’s Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism by Bill Whitcomb. Give it a couple of minutes to download; it is a whole encyclopedia!

Helios requests that we read the “What is Magic” section, pages 3-38,

AND then choose at least two of the Magical Models between pages 57-317. A further note from our friend: “I recommend that, in order to get the best sense of how useful and limited this reference text is, readers choose one magical model that they know very well and one magical model they would like to explore.”

April 10th: Frightful Howls

This week, we hear again from contemporary practitioner Sfinga – the one who goaded us into full tilt Egg-Mania last September – and her sapient brethren, Salt and Key. This time it’s an audio adventure: “So You Think You Can Ward.” The three magi discuss ways of judging whether one’s magic is working. They talk a lot about the experience of doing magic, enmeshed as it is in Weird Causation. They show themselves earnest and ambitious, and they describe an interesting spectrum of methods, in your Grangle’s humble opinion.

Jot down a few points of interest and a few questions for the group?

May you be abundantly blessed!