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The Occult | Period 1 | Tuesday
It was time to get back to a regular class. Even with the end of the semester approaching, Paige still had a few things she wanted to cover before things tied up in a neat little bow.
"Morning everyone," she greeted easily. "Today we're going to take a look at thaumaturgy. Basically, thaumaturgy is capability of a magician or a saint to work magic or miracles. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a thaumaturge, thaumaturgist or miracle-worker. Pretty simple, right? So, who believes single people actually have the power and ability to work miracles? Who thinks that when all the science and technology in the world fail, we could bring in one single person and save a dying person or a dying race? Plausible?"
They were open ended questions so Paige didn't answer them. She had a little more lecture to finish up. "In Islam, a thaumaturgists is a saint miraculously teleporting, or "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet." In translations, these miracles have been described as thaumaturgical. Christianity calls them wonderworker which is a saint through whom God works miracles, not just occasionally, but as a matter of course. In the Hermetic Qabalah mystical tradition, a person titled a magician has the power to make subtle changes in higher realms, which in turn produce physical results. So, with that background, you see that most thaumaturgists seem to be chosen by some deity but there is no word on if said person has to be a specific type of person. Do they have to be exceptionally pious? Seniority? High ranking? It's all very, very general. Simple discussion question today: do you believe in miracles? If yes, how do you think they happen? If no, why not?"
And that was the end of Paige's lecture for today.
"Morning everyone," she greeted easily. "Today we're going to take a look at thaumaturgy. Basically, thaumaturgy is capability of a magician or a saint to work magic or miracles. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a thaumaturge, thaumaturgist or miracle-worker. Pretty simple, right? So, who believes single people actually have the power and ability to work miracles? Who thinks that when all the science and technology in the world fail, we could bring in one single person and save a dying person or a dying race? Plausible?"
They were open ended questions so Paige didn't answer them. She had a little more lecture to finish up. "In Islam, a thaumaturgists is a saint miraculously teleporting, or "moving by the earth being displaced under one's feet." In translations, these miracles have been described as thaumaturgical. Christianity calls them wonderworker which is a saint through whom God works miracles, not just occasionally, but as a matter of course. In the Hermetic Qabalah mystical tradition, a person titled a magician has the power to make subtle changes in higher realms, which in turn produce physical results. So, with that background, you see that most thaumaturgists seem to be chosen by some deity but there is no word on if said person has to be a specific type of person. Do they have to be exceptionally pious? Seniority? High ranking? It's all very, very general. Simple discussion question today: do you believe in miracles? If yes, how do you think they happen? If no, why not?"
And that was the end of Paige's lecture for today.
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