Magics End

Download or read book Magic's End written by Michael Miller and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-16 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A magical portal opened inside my mind and conducted me into an astonishing world. [...] So audacious did my mind become..." - Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco, concerning the source of his harum-scarum motivation to suddenly translate the entire French dictionary to Greek. Let me tell you how one opens a portal through the Vaults of Lore (The Five Commandments). 1. Bravery amidst the void. You must not fear unfamiliar spaces. Anything can be real or imagined. Best if you don''t even know the difference between the two. You risk adventure and misadventure. You must be ready to never look back. Do not be like salty mothers and unworthy farmers with unsure hands at the plow. Put away fear of death and love of life and trust the mechanisms of totality. They are like the works of a Great Miller who designed gears that now go round for the bread of the many worlds. 2. Listen as a whole being. Listen for the striking of the planar seconds. Wake to them in the night and forsake your own opinion in the day, if you have the gift. Do not observe reality for then you may break the first rule and believe something is real or imagined. Even if you imagine fear, that may be enough to think fear is real. Instead, let the eye ponder and the mind blink. Give every ounce of flesh a new vocation. Every wall or ceiling is everything or nothing. Wonderment is not the completion of an observation and it leaves every possibility unbound without resorting to chaos. 3. Visualize two crossings. All too often, humanity is prone to imagine a portal in a circle or an oval. Perhaps you too believe this shape is more natural and would be more likely to occur, but I disagree. Circles are too infinite and can spiral on and on if you don''t have clear perceptions of points on that circle. A good portal is not a chaotic rift that spreads out like paint dropped on to a canvas. It is a gate that frames the way and a series of straight lines within more straight lines and from points A through Z to points Ѧ through Ϫ. This is where two universes or two points within the same realm cross. It is a crossing upon a crossing, a square on the grid that no longer conforms. These two crosses form the window of the portal, through which your mind, soul, individuality and (hopefully) your body will travel to the next destination. 4. Peer beyond what you see. Hold the portal open. Peel it back first in thought and then push those thoughts outward. You will not realize it was your own doing if you have done it right. Sometimes our will to carry this out is weak and our expectations are too adapted at balancing out the equations of what should be real in our heads. That is why you need a crutch, a staff, a cane, training wheels for the soul, chained firmly to your eyes. Something visual and simple is easy to translate to the ineffable. 5. Move without doubts, without certainties. When the window is prepared, find the seams of this portal and peel it open completely! Moving aside what you perceived as a wall, a floor, a ceiling, or even empty air framed only by this one wake in the sleepy patterns of brick or panel. Then, do not let go. Keep going forward! When you see a marvelous luminescence of stars pitted against a blue glassy glaze then you are ready. Step through this divide and merely "be" on the other side. Do not lose yourself in the reflections of whatever possibilities and realities or dreams you may see around you. Just pick one. Pick the one that calls to you if you cannot choose. I have found that even in the most certain of times, answering this call is the best choice. Did you see it?! Were you scared? Did doubt anchor you here? Truly, truly I tell you, that this portal is real and humans, especially, can open them. But for those still seeking to awaken the Vaults of Lore or lacking agicalic powers, I wrote you this book. A poor substitute or a rich teacher, depending on how it is applied.

Download or read book The End of Magic written by Mark Stay and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two powerful mages. One steeped in privilege, the other bound by a moral code. Their world is thrown into chaos by the end of magic. Rosheen Katell is a wandering mage and, with Anzu her griffin, she’s worked hard to build a reputation as a trustworthy truth seer. She never lies, never kills. Sander Bree is a royal mage. He lives an easy life advising the king on matters of court and politics, but dreams of an apocalypse are giving him massive anxiety attacks. Very soon, their magic will be gone. A cataclysmic event will change their lives and world forever. Sander must keep a promise to save the life of a young girl that would have been difficult enough with magic, but is a suicide mission without it. Rosheen is forced to side with a murderous warlord, and her once-solid principles are tested and found wanting. Both will be set against one another in a war unlike anything the world has seen before, in this sweeping fantasy of magic’s ending. A stand alone fantasy novel for readers of Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch ** "The sort of book you give to people who say “prove to me why I should read fantasy”... A simply terrific read." – James Barclay, author of the Legends of the Raven series "Mark Stay paints his world and characters with deft, confident and dark strokes." – RJ Barker, author of the Wounded Kingdom Trilogy "The sort of book you give to people who say “prove to me why I should read fantasy”... A simply terrific read." – James Barclay, author of the Legends of the Raven series "Takes the tropes of high fantasy and uses them to wield an original, compelling and intricately plotted story... exactly the kind of fantasy that we need more of." – Gavin G. Smith, author of the Veteran series "Stay does for George RR Martin what Pratchett did for Tolkien." - Julian Barr, author of The Way Home "The End of Magic has one of the most compelling narratives as well as a strong authorial voice." ★★★★★ Amazon UK Reviewer "Like Game of Thrones without the boobs!" ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "This was a blast, hints of Joe Abercrombie’s books and his dark humour, but presented in a world in chaos." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "The most fun I've had reading a fantasy novel since Red Country by Joe Abercrombie." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "This book grabbed me in the first couple of pages... Couldn’t stop. Really want more!" ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "I may never forgive the author for that (spoiler) death scene... *When you read it you’ll understand* Rarely have I shed tears so early on in a book." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "A fun and intense read." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "A fresh take on the perennial story of the golden catastrophe/age. The author has created a completely authentic fantasy world." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "Normal fantasy conventions are distorted, magic is not dependable and there are evil, bloodthirsty villains at work." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "The humour in the writing offset the blood and gore that featured throughout." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "The author effortlessly creates a world that is both wonderfully fantastical and at the same time strangely real." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer "Gripping and entertaining." ★★★★★ - Amazon UK Reviewer

Download or read book Root Magic written by Eden Royce and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!”—Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It’s 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won’t stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven— and their uncle, Doc, tells them he’s going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations—especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs…and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through. Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!

Download or read book The End of Magic written by Amber Benson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third in the “spellbinding” (Seanan McGuire) series from the author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels, magic has been loosed upon the world—and the consequences could destroy all of humanity, magical and non-magical alike... Lyse MacAllister used to be like everyone else—blissfully ignorant of magic, of the dire battles being fought in shadows and secrecy. But that was before her great-aunt Eleanora died, leaving her in control of the Echo Park coven; before she found herself in the middle of the witches’ clash with the anti-magic zealots known as The Flood; before her blood sisters lost their faith in her. As The Flood begins turning humans across the globe against the witches, Lyse must find a way to regain the trust of her former magical family and once again unify them. Because the final battle between good and evil is looming—and if the witches don’t stand together, all of humankind could be lost...

Download or read book Ship of Magic written by Robin Hobb and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia. For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the Vivacia, the ship is a life sentence. But the fate of the ship—and the Vestrits—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will. Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY

Download or read book The End of Magic written by Ariel Glucklich and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, magic has been as widely and passionately practiced as religion. But while religion continues to flourish, magic stumbles towards extinction. What is magic? What does it do? Why do people believe in magic? Ariel Glucklich finds the answers to these questions in the streets of Banaras, India's most sacred city, where hundreds of magicians still practice ancient traditions, treating thousands of Hindu and Muslim patients of every caste and sect. Through study and interpretation of the Banarsi magical rites and those who partake in them, the author presents fascinating living examples of magical practice, and contrasts his findings with the major theories that have explained (or explained away) magic over the last century. These theories, he argues, ignore an essential sensory phenomenon which he calls "magical experience": an extraordinary, though perfectly natural, state of awareness through which magicians and their clients perceive the effects of magic rituals.

Download or read book Libriomancer written by Jim C. Hines and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of a secret society founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. As such, he is gifted with the magical ability to reach into books and draw forth objects. But when Gutenberg vanishes without a trace, Isaac finds himself pitted against everything from vampires to a sinister, nameless foe who is bent on revealing magic to the world at large... and at any cost.