From:	Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject:	Re: RM Tarot Mage in SR
Date:	Wed, 13 May 1998 18:26:14 -0500

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> From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>

> > How do you know so much about "real" magic? I've always wondered
this,
> > because I doubt FASA pays you enough to simply "become" a magic
scholar.
> > Do you practice Wicca or something? (I doubt seriously I phrased
that
> > properly) You seem to have a knowledge about "real" magic traditions
above
> > and beyond that of most mere mortals.
> >
> I am going to answer this for Steve, but not directly. THIS TOPIC got
way out
> of hand as I recall a year or so ago. There are many beliefs running
around,
> that much is certain.

Ummm, K? As much as I dislike disagreeing with you, I think he was just
wondering where Steve was coming from, not trying to start any debates on
the reality behind magic. After all, if Steve is writing from a
fundamentalist Baptist viewpoint, we're going to have a much different
supplement than if he were a Thelemic magician, Druid, Native American
shaman, new-age crystal-waver, or professed skeptic. After all, take a
look at Palladium. In terms of real-world magical traditions, Kevin
Siembieda has, at best, an armchair magician's knowledge. He's not a
practitioner, doesn't believe in it, and actively discourages it in the
front of all his books. That leads to a substantially different magic
system than Shadowrun, which was (IIRC), partially conceived by a couple
of Thelemic magicians.

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