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   Aunty Kreist to Pertial   
   Re: "Practical magick" is a contradictio   
   02 Mar 05 15:51:39   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.wicca, alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.writing   
   XPost: alt.magick   
   From: Aunty_Kreist@satanickittens.net   
      
   "Pertial"  wrote in message   
   news:4225f7bf$1_2@127.0.0.1...   
   >   
   > "Shez"  wrote in message   
   news:uT9H5sAx1eJCFw$F@oldcity.f2s.com...   
   > > In article <4225e7cc$1_1@127.0.0.1>, Pertial  > real.net> writes   
   > >>   
   > >>"Pip"  wrote in message   
   news:n7kVd.13119$ha.769013@twister.sout   
   > >>heast.rr.com...   
   > >>>   
   > >>> "Dale Houstman"  wrote in message   
   > >>> news:42232390.4070905@skypoint.com...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Rhyanon wrote:   
   > >>>> > Ooh, grammar lames, a sign of having no wit with which to do   
   battle.   
   > >>>> >   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Ooh, magick, a sign of having no ability to deal with the world as it   
   is.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Well, you forget that the "world" is not the same as it was only 50   
   years   
   > >>> ago.  Much less 300 years ago.  And the world that you tidily inhabit   
   now,   
   > >>> will not be the same one 50 years from now, much less 300 years from   
   now.   
   > >>> So expand your thinking.   
   > >>   
   > >>Yes, but:   
   > >>   
   > >>Name one magician whose magic is responsible for ANY   
   > >>change in the world at all.   
   > >>   
   > >>Embarassing, isn't it?   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > > Jesus by all accounts ;)   
   >   
   > If that's it, I claim a total win.   
   >   
   > Jesus wasn't a magician by any yardstick that you measure on.   
   >   
   > Still embarassed, eh?   
   >   
   > P   
      
   IMO, Jesus was a healer and a mage. The acts he performed are considered   
   "magical", for those that do not believe he was "Godly". Just saying... :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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