Sci-Friday 11.
“That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.” -Charles de Lint.
Silk Cuts, Sting, and in the real world.
Neil Gaiman and Hellblazer.
Alexandra David-Néel and tulpas.
Necromancy and Occlumency.
And, of course, alchemy.
“Magic Man” and Use Your Illusion.
And, of course, GOB!
Dr. Strange and Dr. Fate.
St. Leon by William Godwin.
The seventh son of a seventh son.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy and Grant Morrison talking about pop magic at DisinfoCon.
Chaos magic and black magic.
Gandalf The Grey and Enoch The Red.
Thelema, sex magic, and the wickedest man in the world.
John Dee and Edward Kelley.
Prospero and Melmoth The Wanderer.
Enochian magic and the Book of Thoth.
The Prestige by Christopher Priest and The Prestige.
The cult of the Ku.
James Murrell and the cunning men of Essex.
