Tag Archives: sourcery

Snow Time Like the Past

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Nathan

Beth suggested writing about the history of snowmen, and a little bit of searching on the Internet brought up a few mentions of a book that sounded interesting, The Illustrated History of the Snowman, by Bob Eckstein. I’ve since bought and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Cartoons, Comics, Discworld, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Jared Davis, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sexuality, Television, Terry Pratchett, Toys, Video Games | Tagged antisemitism, bob eckstein, bodhidharma, boogg, book of hours, citizen kane, daruma, effigy, frost giants, frosty the snowman, frozen, giants, grampa in oz, hans christian andersen, icetown, isa poso, jotun, marvel comics, michelangelo buonarroti, ozcon international, paul coker jr., piero di medici, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, ruth burman, snowmen, snowy the traveling snowman, sourcery, ted eshbaugh, the hidden valley of oz, the illustrated history of the snowman, ymir, yukidaruma | Leave a comment

Magic Genes

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Nathan

I mentioned in my last post how the manifestation of the Force through midichlorians in Jedi blood, thereby giving a biological component to magical and spiritual power, was sort of elitist. That got me thinking about the connection between magic … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Discworld, Families, Genetics, Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Star Wars, Terry Pratchett | Tagged anakin skywalker, archchancellor mustrum ridcully, death, equal rites, fairies, glinda, granny weatherwax, hermione granger, j.k. rowling, lily weatherwax, midichlorians, moving pictures, muggles, nanny ogg, octarine, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, rincewind, salazar slytherin, sith, sourcery, squibs, the colour of magic, the light fantastic, unseen university, victor tugelbend, voldemort, witches, wizard of oz, wizards | 5 Comments

The Patrician Puzzle

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Nathan

Ever since the beginning of the Discworld series, Terry Pratchett has been consistent in saying that the city of Ankh-Morpork is led by a Patrician, an autocrat who lacks the trappings of royalty. The plot of The Truth suggests that … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Terry Pratchett | Tagged ankh-morpork, equal rites, havelock vetinari, jeremy irons, mad lord snapcase, mort, night watch, Patrician, samuel vimes, sourcery, the colour of magic, the truth, thief of time, wuffles | Leave a comment

Conjury Through Copulation

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Nathan

My wife was recently looking up stuff about Devil worship and the occult, and came across the Wikipedia article on sex magic. In addition to being the hind part of a Red Hot Chili Peppers album title, it’s apparently a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Discworld, Magic, Religion, Terry Pratchett | Tagged aleister crowley, aphrodite, bible, celibacy, earthsea, enkidu, epic of gilgamesh, herodotus, homosexuality, inanna, ishtar, nanny ogg, sacred prostitution, sex, sex magic, sourcery, tantrism, ursula leguin, witches, wizards | 1 Comment

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