11/9/2012 Philosophy of Magic: Chaos, Ceremony, and Practicality

by Ashley Hartzler 

(on behalf of herself and the other SPIRALS members to lead this discussion)

Our talk focuses on the approach of magicians through out the various schools of magic, the differences between those schools, and the thought behind their methods. We'll start by focusing on the major laws of magic and how they apply to the various schools. We'll then analyze ceremonial magic by using an evocation ritual as an example and see how the laws apply to it. Using ceremonial magic as a base, we will compare practical and chaos magic to it and hold discussion through out the entirety of the talk.

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A video of the meeting on 11/9/2012 can be found here.