Wish I had some decent food. Ah, well. No chicken breast for the wicked...
9 yrs ago
A Virus has me. Need Mucinex, Honey and Tea.
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9 yrs ago
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Necromancy is of sufficient importance to demand a section to itself.
It is justifiable in some exceptional cases. Suppose the magician fail to obtain access to living Teachers, or should he need some especial piece of knowledge which he has reason to believe died with some teacher of the past, it may be useful to evoke the "shade" of such a one, or read the "Akasic record" of his mind.
The only minds likely to be useful to the Magician belong to Adepts sworn to suffer reincarnation at short intervals, and the best elements of such minds are bound up in the "Unconscious Self" of the Adept, not left to wander idly about the Astral Plane. It will thus be more profitable to try to get into touch with the "Dead Teacher" in his present avatar. Moreover, Adepts are at pains to record their teaching in books, monuments, or pictures, and to appoint spiritual guardians to preserve such heirlooms throughout the generations. Whenever these are destroyed or lost, the reason usually is that the Adept himself judges that their usefulness is over, and withdraws the forces which protected them. The student is therefore advised to acquiesce; the sources of information available for him are probably selected by the Wardens of Mankind with a view to his real necessities. One must learn to trust one's Holy Guardian Angel to shape one's circumstances with skill. If one be but absorbed in the ardour of one's aspiration toward Him, short indeed is the time before Experience instils the certain conviction that His works and His ways are infinitely apt to one's needs.
If this be done it must be done properly very much on the lines of the evocation of Apollonius of Tyana, which Eliphas Levi performed.
See Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie; Rituel, ch. XIII.
The utmost care must be taken to prevent personation of the "shade". It is of course easy, but can rarely be advisable, to evoke the shade of a suicide, or of one violently slain or suddenly dead. Of what use is such an operation, save to gratify curiosity or vanity?
"I mean what is the point of being on the this Earth if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and avoid trouble?" - Nathaniel Demarest
General
Name: Nathaniel Demarest Nick-Names: Blue Jeans, Jeans, Blue Fairy Tale Character Base: The Genie of the Lamp Place of Origin: Chicago, Illinois, U.S Birth Date: July 21 Age: 20 Gender: Male Dorm Room Floor: 14 Dorm Room Number: 1405
Appearance
Appearance- Piercings, Scars or Tattoos: He has a very demonic and intimidating fire elemental tattooed on his upper back, just behind his right shoulder.
Relationship
Relationship Status: Single Sexuality: Heterosexual Sexually Active: Yes Family: None at the school. Other: No pets. And it's his first year, so he has to make friends and meet people now.
Background
Personality: Blue Jeans seems like a bit of a basket case at first glance, but he's got a strange sort of method to his apparent madness. He doesn't like to take things seriously, and often hides his stresses and negatives behind a facade of jokes and smiles. He's got pride. Maybe too much pride. And he has some weird ideas and feelings about the world and the way people are. Also, he often seems to be a bit of a pyromaniac. He likes to talk about and be around fire.
Skills: Academics (Particularly smart and well read in History, Mythology, Literature and Philosophy, but also familiar with strange and unusual facts froms the sciences and quite good at math.)
Languages. (Refining and perfecting English by writing creative and abstract poetry. Speaking French and Arabic. Learning Latin. Dabbling in Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Ancient Egyptian and Cuneiform)
Singing. (Best in a rock context, but also fair with blues, jazz and funk. Not so good with folk or country)
Performing in front of large groups. (Both song and spoken word)
Dabbling in the athletics, but never managing to stick with any one sport for very long.
Driving.
Daydreaming.
Being late.
Causing others to be late.
Biography: Nathaniel was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was often bullied in his youth, having attended public school while actually wanting to learn. It didn't help that his father had left his mother before he was born. He was a quiet and shy child who did not come out of his shell until he became involved with his high school poetry club. He found a way to vent his anger and frustration here, as well as to explore his love of folklore and mythology.
After his mother married a new boyfriend, any excuse to not be at home was welcome. He started attending local events with open mic time. In the 10th grade he attended his first poetry slam. A few months later he performed at one. By the time he was in the 11th grade he was living in a different world. He was using school as a sounding board and an inspiration factory. His grades were dropping, but they were still respectable.
By the time he graduated, he knew he wanted to be a poet. He was ready to stop school altogether, but his mom and his stepdad constantly got on his case about going to college. Some of the arguments got very heated. And he got into two or three fist fights with his stepdad over it. Finally they told him that he had a year to find a decent college to go to because he couldn't stay at the house anymore after that. It was then that the brochure for Midnight Private Academy showed up...
Hobbies: Writing and Performing Poetry
Singing
Doing Impressions
Watching Comedy
Trying to Be Good at Sports
Major: Archeology Minor: History
The Supernatural
Powers Taken: Phenomenal cosmic powers. (Essentially, the manipulation of the forces and matter of the physical universe.) Power Weaknesses: He can only use your his powers to fullfil the desires of others. And only when they expressly wish for the desire. Further, he is unable to use his powers to kill anyone, force a person to fall in love or bring anyone fully back from the dead.
It might sound kind of lame, and I will be totally cool if it gets a no, but I was thinking of something like the ghost of a lost pet lingering around it's former human. And when the human is given the sight they kind of get their pet back. Or maybe, in a just as corny fashion, a kind of animal spirit who would have acted as a totem and then becomes more of a companion.
Essentially what I am asking are these two things: Can my character have a spirit pet? And can it be a tarantula/big spider?
[Color=000000][quote=Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice]Necromancy is of sufficient importance to demand a section to itself.
It is justifiable in some exceptional cases. Suppose the magician fail to obtain access to living Teachers, or should he need some especial piece of knowledge which he has reason to believe died with some teacher of the past, it may be useful to evoke the "shade" of such a one, or read the "Akasic record" of his mind.
The only minds likely to be useful to the Magician belong to Adepts sworn to suffer reincarnation at short intervals, and the best elements of such minds are bound up in the "Unconscious Self" of the Adept, not left to wander idly about the Astral Plane. It will thus be more profitable to try to get into touch with the "Dead Teacher" in his present avatar. Moreover, Adepts are at pains to record their teaching in books, monuments, or pictures, and to appoint spiritual guardians to preserve such heirlooms throughout the generations. Whenever these are destroyed or lost, the reason usually is that the Adept himself judges that their usefulness is over, and withdraws the forces which protected them. The student is therefore advised to acquiesce; the sources of information available for him are probably selected by the Wardens of Mankind with a view to his real necessities. One must learn to trust one's Holy Guardian Angel to shape one's circumstances with skill. If one be but absorbed in the ardour of one's aspiration toward Him, short indeed is the time before Experience instils the certain conviction that His works and His ways are infinitely apt to one's needs.
If this be done it must be done properly very much on the lines of the evocation of Apollonius of Tyana, which Eliphas Levi performed.
See Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie; Rituel, ch. XIII.
The utmost care must be taken to prevent personation of the "shade". It is of course easy, but can rarely be advisable, to evoke the shade of a suicide, or of one violently slain or suddenly dead. Of what use is such an operation, save to gratify curiosity or vanity?[/quote][/color]
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><font color="#000000"><blockquote class="bb-quote">Necromancy is of sufficient importance to demand a section to itself.<br><br>It is justifiable in some exceptional cases. Suppose the magician fail to obtain access to living Teachers, or should he need some especial piece of knowledge which he has reason to believe died with some teacher of the past, it may be useful to evoke the "shade" of such a one, or read the "Akasic record" of his mind.<br><br>The only minds likely to be useful to the Magician belong to Adepts sworn to suffer reincarnation at short intervals, and the best elements of such minds are bound up in the "Unconscious Self" of the Adept, not left to wander idly about the Astral Plane. It will thus be more profitable to try to get into touch with the "Dead Teacher" in his present avatar. Moreover, Adepts are at pains to record their teaching in books, monuments, or pictures, and to appoint spiritual guardians to preserve such heirlooms throughout the generations. Whenever these are destroyed or lost, the reason usually is that the Adept himself judges that their usefulness is over, and withdraws the forces which protected them. The student is therefore advised to acquiesce; the sources of information available for him are probably selected by the Wardens of Mankind with a view to his real necessities. One must learn to trust one's Holy Guardian Angel to shape one's circumstances with skill. If one be but absorbed in the ardour of one's aspiration toward Him, short indeed is the time before Experience instils the certain conviction that His works and His ways are infinitely apt to one's needs.<br><br>If this be done it must be done properly very much on the lines of the evocation of Apollonius of Tyana, which Eliphas Levi performed.<br><br>See Rituel et Dogme de la Haute Magie; Rituel, ch. XIII. <br><br>The utmost care must be taken to prevent personation of the "shade". It is of course easy, but can rarely be advisable, to evoke the shade of a suicide, or of one violently slain or suddenly dead. Of what use is such an operation, save to gratify curiosity or vanity?<footer>Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice</footer></blockquote></font></div>
