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- From: hes@unity.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer)
- Newsgroups: alt.magic
- Subject: Re: You prefer white or black magic?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.024647.28400@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 02:46:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.164321.10058@netcom.com> <JJAS.93Jan23153826@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu>
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- In article <JJAS.93Jan23153826@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu> jjas@acs.nntp-read.bu.edu (Jason Stephenson) writes:
- >Personally and professionally I feel that coloring magic black or
- >white bears no relevance to actual philosophical and mystical
- >practice. Classifying magic as "Black" or "White" is the stuff of
- >fairy tales and religious superstition. (My 1/50 of a dollar. B-D)
-
- Not only that, but it is disconcerting to see hearts and diamonds
- printed in black ink on the cards. (It's even worse if they are
- printed in white ink!) Jacks, Queens and Kings look bad if
- printed in black and white. So in addition to philosophy and
- mysticism, one also has to consider human factors.
-
- --henry schaffer
-