Path: typhoon.sonic.net!remarQ-easT!remarQ.com!supernews.com!feeder.qis.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!not-for-mail From: nguyen Newsgroups: alt.christnet.demonology,alt.necronomicon,alt.magick,alt.magick.goetia,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan.magick Subject: Re: Necronomicon Sigils Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:58:13 -0600 Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Lines: 45 Message-ID: <38A485F4.615D91A5@yahoo.com> References: <38a21963.3704304@cnews.newsguy.com> <87v7p9$dfg@bolt.sonic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gwp350-11.physics.iastate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.christnet.demonology:10112 alt.necronomicon:10220 alt.magick:179001 alt.magick.goetia:183 alt.magick.tyagi:21194 alt.pagan.magick:21419 nagasiva yronwode wrote: >Why not get copies of real magick books, > > how do YOU discern the "realm magick books" from the "fake" ones? > One way would be to reconstruct the original operational procedure, take into account varying conditions between the original and the present, and implement it. If you can obtain the same results with a robust degree of reliability, then it's for "real". > > >learn how sigils are actually constructed, > > what principles are required for sigil construction, by your > assessment? what qualities are evidence of "false constructs"? > By the principle of names, it ought to be clearly and uniquely identifiable. By the principle of similarity, it ought to have assocciations with the subject of the sigil. By the principle of contagion, it ought to partake of the essential nature of the subject. Otherwise, it should incorporate the elements self-consistently and elegantly with an eye toward minimalism, and promote clarity and ease of use. > > you know, I'm getting tired of your stupid little song. I may > construct a parody of it which purports that you are fictional > if you keep posting it to this newsgroup. > > blessed beast! > nagasiva > -- Ah, well any sort of repetitive text paste repeats are bound to become tiresome. nguyen