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So, about a year ago I was having a conversation with my friend Christopher and a host of others, and we were talking about something very interesting he had heard about.

It's called "the wizard's game."  It's a sort of trick old Pagans and occultists play on each other.  I may have mentioned it in my previous blog posts, but here's a simple recap: a new person enters into a conversation on a subject she or he are very new to and enthusiastic about.  However, this person, we'll refer to the person as "he" for the rest of this analogy, is a bit of a showoff or a know-it-all, or is perhaps espousing some sort of shallow theory as fact.

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  • BethZamiEl Closas
    BethZamiEl Closas says #
    Indeed we find our way in our own time, you guys are very lucky since you have all the literature and teachers you can find. At le
  • Sophie Gale
    Sophie Gale says #
    You would like "Re-Thinking the Watchtowers or 13 Reasons Air Should Be In The North" by Mike Nichols. http://www.witchessabbats.
  • S. Rune Emerson
    S. Rune Emerson says #
    *nods* I've read it, actually. I do like it, although I don't personally practice elemental magic in this manner. It's a well
  • Henry Buchy
    Henry Buchy says #
    I was taught in 'the customary manner'. it's also how I teach, which is the 'wizard's game'. It involves all the tricks you mentio
  • S. Rune Emerson
    S. Rune Emerson says #
    *nodding* That was the message I took away from the "wizard's game" too- that the magicians of the old school were benignly incli

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