Magic for Priests, #10

Introspection – Having done the above work, provide detail of your understanding of why self-knowledge and introspection are critical for working with magic and how you intend to pursue your own course of self-understanding. (min. 350 words) Self-knowledge and introspection are important when working with magic because the types of energies and outside influences you […]

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Magic 1 for Priests, #5

Discuss three key magical techniques or symbols from one Indo-European culture. (minimum 100 words each) Three magical techniques or symbols that I’ve discovered from the Northern Lore are galdur, seidh(r), and of course to reiterate the runic alphabet and its magical connotations. With the rune lore, you have 24 set symbols that each have a […]

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Magic 1 For Priests, Citations

Mallory, J. P. In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. Print. Winn, Shan M. M. Heaven, Heroes, and Happiness: The Indo-European Roots of Western Ideology. Lanham: University of America, 1995. Print. Graf, Fritz. Magic in the Ancient World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1997. Print. Thorsson, Edred. Futhark, a […]

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Magic 1 for Priests, #4

Discuss the place of alphabetic symbolism as part of the symbolism of magical practice within one Indo-European culture. (minimum 150 words) One of the most well known forms of magical alphabetic symbolism is the runic alphabet of Northern Lore.  This was an alphabetic that started out as magical in origin, but was developed into a […]

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Magic 1 for Priests, #2

Identify the terms used within one Indo-European language to identify ‘magic’ and ‘magician’ examining what these terms indicate about the position of the magician in that society and the practice of his or her art. (minimum 100 words) Magic is the art of the “Magus”, which is a Persian term that means a specialist in […]

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