Centred in Florence, the Renaissance was a time of great achievement in art, music and architecture. Intertwined with these world-changing achievements; and of equal or greater significance; the city was also the epicentre of one of the biggest leaps forward in Western magic. Picture the scene. It’s night time in Florence in 1461. A...
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You know those weeks where it seems like 109.3% of the people you know has a birthday? Yeah well, I just lived through one of them. And because I am the ‘optimal’ combination between lazy and opportunistic, I bowled over all the gift shopping in one evening: The British Museum had a ‘members only’...
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So I have been putting some strategy documents together for a British Lord this week. It’s been that kinda time. This means I’m one post behind -which really annoys me because it means until tomorrow two WWTM will show up at the same time on the homepage. They’re like never-ending telltale hearts. Except much...
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Definitely a bit of a a show and tell theme this week. Clearly some interesting things happened around the world that brush up beside Terra Magica. And check it out! I finally found a female wizard image for WWTM. The absence of one irked me on sexist grounds. Now, however, I’m not sure if...
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This is definitely a flying carpet wizard week. I just don’t see any other way to move this many links. Down to it, then. Get your necromancy fix on the go Veles points out a new podcast for those of a spooky disposition. Definitely something to make the tube more enjoyable of a morning....
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What a week! What a learning-filled, tumultuous, exciting week in these internetz. It’s like some kind of wacky, Aladdo-punk magic carpet ride. I think I have an image/app for that. Yep. I do. Now down to business. Talking Christianity was certainly the prevailing theme. In particular Evangelism… Which is a subject I genuinely learned...
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There’s a lot of tangential material in this WWTM. Just been one of those weeks where the pickings have been good out there on the wider internets. Let’s start with the future and work backwards. 40 Things about the next 40 years Thanks to the Smithsonian by way of the always-brilliant Technoccult. It’s not...
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Like the new wizard? Thought I might go global for a bit. Especially as today brings us a total solar eclipse. It won’t be visible in London but these funny shaped heads should totally get a good view. Blasted eclipse. Blasted absolutely-spot-on-freakish monthly horoscope. (Looks like the stars are going to win it again...
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Firstly, happy July 4 to my lovely Americans. Does it strike you as weird that a number of Brits I know are using it as an excuse to have a Sunday BBQ/party? You know, given what the holiday actually commemorates? That’s a bit weird, right? Maybe I just know too many achingly trendy hipsters....
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I’m still trying to work out what, if anything, is left of a magician if you remove the actual practice of magic. This is that ‘integration’ thing I have been looking at. Because, however many energy exercises you do on the tube or however many daily sigils you launch, you are still spending most...
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