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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1, No. 3 May 1941. Page 11. MAGIC Continued. by David G. Miller. Hence the insistence of correct recital lest the magic be rendered of no avail. Reference to mythical and mythological events are frequent. In most cases the spells are worded in archaic and cryptic language so as to bewilder those not versed in this type of lore. Accompanying the spell is a set of magical actions, the rite. Its primary function is to convey ((convoy!)) the spell to the object which is to be affected. Like the spell, the rite has a definite prescribed form, and is often distinctly connected with the words uttered. Since magic is such a powerful thing, the condition of the performer is of the utmost importance. He must observe certain taboos, abstaining from certain foods, acts, not touching various things, etc. Magic is divided into three main types or branches, these are: divination, lycanthropy, and cult magic. Divination is the process of obtaining knowledge of secrets or of things-yet-to-come by means of oracles, omens, astrology, divine beings, etc. The information is supposed to come from superior, or non-human sources. However, divination retains but a travesty of its former influence on man; in the past much stress was laid on it, for instance the days when men kept professional soothsayers to guide them in all their affairs. Lycanthropy is the magic of turning men, and often women too, into various animals or demons, chiefly wolves. Some scientists and pathologists say that there is really something to this. It is a known fact that many people have a state of mind such that they think, at times, that they are animals; also others can be hypnotized into thinking themselves so. Cult magic is the phase in which magic takes on a spiritual or religious meaning; consisting of beliefs in a god, or an animal, and sometimes even a human being. This deity, always called the devil by Christian Recorders of the early trials, appears to his worshippers in animal form. In the British Isles the form was usually the bull, the cat, or the dog; in America it was the goat. Te assemblies or Sabbaths for the Cult worship took place 4 times in a year: February second, Candlemas; on May Eve, Roodmas; on August first, Lammas; and on November Eve, All-Hallow E'en. From this short analysis it can easily be seen that the very widespread idea of magic is not completely preposterous, as is usually thought; of course much of it is bunk, but some . . . . . .. ############# FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION by Donn Burtom. Beauty may be, Quite frequently, Of Fantasy The worthy goal desired; But Science Fiction Has this restriction-- Each rash prediction By true Fact must be sired. JOIN THE NFFF WASHINGTON IN 1942
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FAN-ATIC, Vol 1, No. 3 May 1941. Page 11. MAGIC Continued. by David G. Miller. Hence the insistence of correct recital lest the magic be rendered of no avail. Reference to mythical and mythological events are frequent. In most cases the spells are worded in archaic and cryptic language so as to bewilder those not versed in this type of lore. Accompanying the spell is a set of magical actions, the rite. Its primary function is to convey ((convoy!)) the spell to the object which is to be affected. Like the spell, the rite has a definite prescribed form, and is often distinctly connected with the words uttered. Since magic is such a powerful thing, the condition of the performer is of the utmost importance. He must observe certain taboos, abstaining from certain foods, acts, not touching various things, etc. Magic is divided into three main types or branches, these are: divination, lycanthropy, and cult magic. Divination is the process of obtaining knowledge of secrets or of things-yet-to-come by means of oracles, omens, astrology, divine beings, etc. The information is supposed to come from superior, or non-human sources. However, divination retains but a travesty of its former influence on man; in the past much stress was laid on it, for instance the days when men kept professional soothsayers to guide them in all their affairs. Lycanthropy is the magic of turning men, and often women too, into various animals or demons, chiefly wolves. Some scientists and pathologists say that there is really something to this. It is a known fact that many people have a state of mind such that they think, at times, that they are animals; also others can be hypnotized into thinking themselves so. Cult magic is the phase in which magic takes on a spiritual or religious meaning; consisting of beliefs in a god, or an animal, and sometimes even a human being. This deity, always called the devil by Christian Recorders of the early trials, appears to his worshippers in animal form. In the British Isles the form was usually the bull, the cat, or the dog; in America it was the goat. Te assemblies or Sabbaths for the Cult worship took place 4 times in a year: February second, Candlemas; on May Eve, Roodmas; on August first, Lammas; and on November Eve, All-Hallow E'en. From this short analysis it can easily be seen that the very widespread idea of magic is not completely preposterous, as is usually thought; of course much of it is bunk, but some . . . . . .. ############# FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION by Donn Burtom. Beauty may be, Quite frequently, Of Fantasy The worthy goal desired; But Science Fiction Has this restriction-- Each rash prediction By true Fact must be sired. JOIN THE NFFF WASHINGTON IN 1942
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