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MEDIEVAL MAGIC - 3/14/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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MEDIEVAL MAGIC: 3/11/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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MEDIEVAL MAGIC: 3/10/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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READING LIST UPDATE:

With John Dee proving to be significantly denser than previously thought, I've done some digging and come up with two texts I'm going to power through:

"John Dee and the Empire of Angels" by Jason Louv

"Enochian Vision Magic" by Lon Milo Duquette

MORE TO FOLLOW

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NOTES ON MEDIEVAL MAGIC

TAKING SHAPE, NEARLY THERE

SCHOLASTIC ANALYSIS OF MAGIC

Scholasticism and the Church

  • Magic has almost universally been banned by the church
  • Yet magic thrives in the medieval world
  • Thats the Clerical Necromantic Underground Babey
  • “Rodger Bacon: ...

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NOTES ON MEDIEVAL MAGIC - 3/4/2022

SCHOLASTIC ANALYSIS OF MAGIC

Scholasticism and the Church

  • Magic has almost universally been banned by the church
  • Yet magic thrives in the medieval world
  • Thats the Clerical Necromantic Underground Babey
  • “Rodger Bacon: “Christianity had two major com...

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Medieval Magic: Draft - 2/28/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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Medieval Magic: Draft - 2/23/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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Medieval Magic Draft: 2/22/2022

The medieval world saw the emergence of a new paradigm for magic. What was once only a loose conglomerate of legends and folk traditions was now a loose conglomerate of legends, folk traditions, and meticulously systemized knowledge. And like most important things in the medieval era, this new pa...

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More Notes on Medieval Magic: 2/19/2022

SCHOLASTIC ANALYSIS OF MAGIC

Scholasticism and the Church

  • Magic has almost universally been banned by the church
  • Yet magic thrives in the medieval world
  • Thats the Clerical Necromantic Underground Babey
  • “Rodger Bacon: “Christianity had two major com...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - MEDIEVAL MAGIC - NOTES - 2/16/2022

What is the medieval era?

  • Rise of the church and scolasticism.
  • We’ve got this new thing called scholasticism (Scholars!)
    Whats Scholasticism?
    Commitment to Catholicism
    Dialectical Reasoning
    Rigorous Conceptual analysis
    Careful drawing of distincti...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK: EXCERPT - MEDIEVAL MAGIC - 2/15/2022

THIS SECTION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ENTIRELY RE-WRITTEN

The year is 410. The Western Roman Empire has fallen. The Renaissance is a long way off, now is the time of the medievals. Magic in the medieval world is characterized by two things: The Past, and The Church. An increasingly powerful ...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK: MEDIEVAL MAGIC AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD - 2/10/2022

The day is full of work and song. The night is deep and cold. Every sunday sit under the effigy of a man in agony. A priest incants words in an ancient language you do not speak or understand. He says the words are holy and you believe him. How else could flesh and blood taste of bread and wine? ...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK: EXCERPT - 2/4/2022

MEDIEVAL MAGIC

The day is full of work and song. The night is deep and cold. Every sunday sit under the effigy of a man in agony. A priest incants words in an ancient language you do not speak or understand. He says the words are holy and you believe him. How else could flesh and blood tast...

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Untitled Magic Book - Draft Outline

(The structure of the book is taking shape!)

FORWARD

  • Heres what this book is

PART 1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO MAGIC

DISCUSSION OF TERMS

  • Define magic
  • Hows it different from religion?
  • Discuss the triple helix briefly
  • ...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK (excerpt) - 1/28/2022

DEFINING TERMS

Better minds than I have attempted to define magic, with little success. The only scholarly consensus around a definition of magic seems to be that magic cannot be concretely defined. The nature of magic changes depending on the culture it exists in. One man’s religion is a...

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Untitled Magic Book - 1/27/2022

OUTLINE

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Magic: A History - C

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Untitled Magic Book:

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Magic: A History - C

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Untitled Magic Book: 1/25/2022

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK: 1/18/2022

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Some additional restructuring and

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 1/13/2022

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 1/12/2022

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Magic: A History - C

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Untitled Magic Book - 1/10/2022

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK: NOTES ON RESEARCH

THE INITIAL TEXT WAS GETTING LONG SO I WILL BE POSTING UPDATES LIKE THIS

THE FIVE STAGES OF UNDERSTANDING

LEARNING

The first gate that keeps many people from research is the difficulty of knowing where to start. It can be a daunting task. The modern world is a rolling sea of inf...

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 12/30/2021

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 12/29/2021

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Magic: A History - C

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 12/21/21

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Magic: A History - C

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Preliminary Notes on Esoteric Lexicography

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UNTITLED MAGIC BOOK - 12/8/2021

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Magic: A History - C

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