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Old 06-15-2005, 04:23 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by lindil
THe real stuff in my experience comes from 3 things: 1> other beings [angels - the fallen variety - I do not subscribe to the white magic from good angels theory as does the Golden Dawn for example], 2> training what are called psychic powers, this is for most people long boring repetitious work almost identical in it's own way to weight training, and just as one-sided. 3> Borrowed or 'stolen' from other things-beings [gems, plants, animals, their blood etc] and meshed w// one's own intent and/or energy.
What can I say - except been there, done that. I was just attempting - probably not very successfully, to draw a distinction in terms of the way magic is seen in the different stories.

As an aside, I find Sam's understanding of wizards & their powers quite interesting. He clearly has a belief that Gandalf could 'turn him into something 'unnatural' - like a spotted toad, & then fill the garden with grass snakes. I wonder if he (at least at the beginning of the story) would have been on favour of banning HP type books from the Shire
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