regarding magic

From RJ Stewart today on the book list, cropping up in a study of the ballad "Young Tam Lin":

"The world of magic is a world of potentials. As these are potentials, they are not fully realised. That is why there can be several simultaneous potentials in a magical ballad, or in a magical tradition, or in one ritual.

Once the potentials manifest, they become 'limited' to the world in which they have manifested. This does not mean that some make it through and others are discarded or obsolete. Far from it: in the magical multi-world view, they all manifest, but some create variant worlds thereby."

The first paragraph rang really strongly with me, especially that magic is almost defined by being not-quite-manifest-yet, and that once it does, it ceases to be something other than "magic" per se.

regarding magic

From RJ Stewart today on the book list, cropping up in a study of the ballad "Young Tam Lin":

"The world of magic is a world of potentials. As these are potentials, they are not fully realised. That is why there can be several simultaneous potentials in a magical ballad, or in a magical tradition, or in one ritual.

Once the potentials manifest, they become 'limited' to the world in which they have manifested. This does not mean that some make it through and others are discarded or obsolete. Far from it: in the magical multi-world view, they all manifest, but some create variant worlds thereby."

The first paragraph rang really strongly with me, especially that magic is almost defined by being not-quite-manifest-yet, and that once it does, it ceases to be something other than "magic" per se.

typo of the day

webstie n. A website so poorly designed and messily constructed that a stereotypical pig would be pleased to live there.

(yes, I know it's spelled "sty"... Canadian correspondent enotsola remarks that we must make sacrifices for wit.)

typo of the day

webstie n. A website so poorly designed and messily constructed that a stereotypical pig would be pleased to live there.

(yes, I know it's spelled "sty"... Canadian correspondent enotsola remarks that we must make sacrifices for wit.)

first post meme

I was just running backwards through the months of my journal trying to pick out all my typo of the day posts to make a memory category for them. When I hit the very first post in the very first month, I was very amused. This is my first post. What's yours?

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12:09 am April 12th, 2002

Star Trekking across the universe...

Kirstie Alley should NOT be a Vulcan. That is just not right. Wrath of Khan... I've never agreed that this was the best movie.. I dunno which one I prefer, though...well.. First Contact probably, but I mean the first six movies.

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(Yes, this is another lame attempt by me to start a meme, which will probably go nowhere.. but what the hell.)

first post meme

I was just running backwards through the months of my journal trying to pick out all my typo of the day posts to make a memory category for them. When I hit the very first post in the very first month, I was very amused. This is my first post. What's yours?

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12:09 am April 12th, 2002

Star Trekking across the universe...

Kirstie Alley should NOT be a Vulcan. That is just not right. Wrath of Khan... I've never agreed that this was the best movie.. I dunno which one I prefer, though...well.. First Contact probably, but I mean the first six movies.

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(Yes, this is another lame attempt by me to start a meme, which will probably go nowhere.. but what the hell.)

sentence that is totally random by itself

[aim name]: but since the spork didn't exist, i ate the candy

sentence that is totally random by itself

[aim name]: but since the spork didn't exist, i ate the candy