From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Speed is Life (Is it?) (fwd)
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 1995 13:50:57 +0100

> > MAKING the circle costs nothing but time, and materials. What materials you
> > use depends on how permanent you want it. You can inscribe a circle in the
> > dust of a thousand year old tomb, if you want to (and if you could find
> > one... :), or use the chalk you carry around to play hopscotch on the
> > sidewalk with. Or even neon-pink spray paint (use a fine nozzle, though).
>
> Could you draw a ritual circle with just your finger on a clean concrete
> floor? I mean, you won't see anything that looks like a circle but you
> have gone through the motions to draw one...

Naaa, you need the ritual materials to draw the circle. I agree
that a mage would have to pay some sort of upkeep to keep the
circle operational, but he doesnt have to pay the full price over and
over again.

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"In my mind I see the matrix, and in the matrix is held the power. The lock
to the matrix is my will, and in the matrix my will becomes the power."