I've travelled far and wideSeen many, many things
Sometimes good, often bad
But as a wiser soul
I realise all which I've found exists within me
somewhere
--Matthew James
An Apocalyptic Cyclopaedia of Advanced Magical Arts & Alternative Meanings
Introduction: "Everywhere we can see now how the trappings of M/magic(k) are strewn around with such mindless and perfunctory abandon that it's obvious to everyone that the morning of barbarism is well advanced. Moreover, the so-called "New Age" (which is anything but) has produced already so much over- merchandised junk and shadow without substance, that it's clear no mere grain of salt, appearing alongside that sea of sugar, can expect much attention. In only the most ordinary sense are we "already" magicians. It's true that only deliberate action which produces a visible ripple over the surface of reality is a magical act. Nature itself endlessly engages in creatively magical acts every moment. But what we are painfully learning for the first time is that magic comes out of our connectedness to the world and is in no way whatsoever the wielding of some mystical power over things from "outside" them"
This is a tiny resource when compared what is out there to be learned -- however it is useful and informative. I've known about this little crevice within the bedrock of the world wide web for a while now. It is time I shared it with others ...
