Dear Nagasiva
thankyou for your introduction
firstly, since this is the first we have ever heard of you, please do not
portray yours as any kind of affiliated organistaion to SASM or the JSM,
since we are resolutely independent.
You appear to be simply selling books, what are you actually *doing*
academically? While we do have some commercial organisations and individuals
as members of this list, we insist that they particiapte in discussions
instead of simply advertising their wares; which they do
thanks
Dave Evans
co-founder JSM and SASM
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From: "nagasiva yronwode, YIPPIE Director" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:00:15 -0700
Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Introduction
> Greetings,
>
> I am nagasiva yronwode, Director for YIPPIE*, a sister organization
> to the Society for the Academic Study of Magic. We've recently begun
> to jump the hurdles of American nonprofitship, constructed a Board
> of Directors, set media projects underway, created an Amazon
> bookshop, manifested a Yahoogroup for discussion of folk and other varieties
> of magic, and fleshed out a website for our institution, and i'm
> finally taking a breather to announce to the world that we exist
> and how happy we are that you do too! ;)
>
> The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic is what drew my attention
> to this group and to your efforts generally. Marvellous! As an arcane
> student of many years and cyber-networker, I was very pleased to know
> that you exist, are doing so well at what you're doing, and making
> important cultural inroads from which many of us will surely
> benefit. Cudos!
>
> Thanks for letting me join your group. I'll do my best to contribute
> meaningfully to your threads here, will *definitely* let others know
> about your beautiful work, and occasionally try to send something
> or someone new your direction. I'm now in the midst of examining
> your archives for gems to marvel over and puzzles to solve.
>
> With great admiration and enthusiasm,
>
> nagasiva yronwode ([log in to unmask]), Director
> YIPPIE*! -- http://www.yronwode.org/
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> *Yronwode Institution for the Preservation
> and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology
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