Hi Jake,
>>Caroline's statement that N Hemisphere magicians don't have to think on
these lines is only true in the limited and negative sense, that a literary
tradition is not a Living one<<
I can't remember who I actually mentioned in my post regarding adaptation or
lack thereof, but I didn't mean "magicians" per se, I had in mind
pop-Paganism from Llewellyn books. Yes, I think there is a lot of
non-thinking in pop-Paganism.
~Caroline.
>>One of the things I admire about them is their adaptation to said 'New
World' - acquiring substitutes for African plants, trees and other
requisites, a most extensive and comprehensive adaptation. By contrast I
have encountered very few 'Western' magicians in the US or Oz who had found
substitutes for - say - the trees traditionally supplying wands in the
original environment. This is a case of virtual fossilisation rather than
adaptation; Caroline's statement that N Hemisphere magicians don't have to
think on these lines is only true in the limited and negative sense, that a
literary tradition is not a Living one.<<
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