Grey School Newspaper 19

CONTENTSFrom the Editor ............................................ 3The Only Two Numbers ................................. 4Letters to WGM .......................................... 5GSW Desk Updates ...................................... 6A Study in Deanship ..................................... 7From Zero to Hero ....................................... 9 The Age of Flying Carpets .............................. 10Magical Links ............................................. 12Rolling Stones ............................................. 13The Star of Bethlehem ................................ 14Opinions -- Can We Still Have One? ................. 15The Shapes of Infinity .................................. 16When Stories Were a Problem ...................... 17Guest Writer: Magical Connections ................ 1923 Ways of Looking at a Snowflake ............ 20Ancient Runes Today: Add It Up ............... 22Numerology & the Tarot ............................ 23

REVIEWSDonald in Mathmagic Land ............................ 24Knowing .................................................... 25PI ............................................................. 25

StaffEDITOR in CHIEF: Laneth

FACULTY ADVISORS: Moonwriter & Jymi X/0

PUBLISHER: Jymi Assistant Publishers: Laneth, the Zombie Horde

COPY EDITOR: silverlocke

GSW DESK Editor: Starwynd Panther

NEWS DESK Editor: Belenus Staff Writers: Sapphire Soleil, Silverlocke

WIZARDING DESK Editor: Laneth (temp) -- next issue, welcome Pratus!Staff Writers: Jymi X/0, Areeya

OPINIONS DESK Editor: Sapphire Soleil Staff Writers: Areeya

SCIENCE DESK Editor: Jymi X/0Staff Writers: Moonwriter, AshenStar, Pratus

ARTS & CULTURE DESK: Editor: Artermis Gryphon Snowhawk Staff Writers: Artemis Gryphon Snowhawk, AshenStar, Xyaida

ART DESK Editor: Areeya Staff Artists: Jymi X/0, Starwynd Panther, TreeOtter

COMMUNITY RELATIONS Editor: Laneth

ADVERTISING DESK Editor: Xyaida

FLOATING STAFF:Skye

NEW STAFF: Calyxa Omphalos

The Cover was drawn by Areeya.

CONTRIBUTORS:Calyxa Omphalos, Tralfeyn

WGM Office Janitor : Laneth

WHISPERING GREY MATTERS 2 YULE 2008

Whispering Grey MattersISSUE 19 YULE 2008

Whispering Grey Matters is a quarterly newsletter produced by and for the students and faculty of The Grey School of Wizardry (www.greyschool.com). All contents herein are © 2008 Grey School, except where oth-erwise noted. Copyrights revert to original authors and artists upon publication.

Whispering Grey MattersProudly published by:Jymi X/0 - Grimagixhttp://www.grimagix.com/

Whispering Grey Matters is a play on words and is the combination of two students’ suggestions back in 2005:Whiskerwind: Whispering WizardsandLucifera Ursanti: Grey MattersAll puns intended - thanks guys!

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Greetings everyone and “Welcome!” as it says above! For those who might not be familiar with the ‘1’s and ‘0’s above, that is the digital

language of computers, called “Binary”.

This is just one of the many different things that ye’ll find out about in this, our current issue of Whispering Grey Matters.

I’d firstly like to thank ye all for settling down to read another of our issues, and if this is your first, welcome!

Our theme for this issue is “Mathemagicks” and we explore some fantastic uses of mathematics within the realm of mathe-magicks and the rest of our world.

There’s some exciting articles that explore the possibilties of time travel and flying carpets, the seeming coincidences that can occur in ‘random’ places and times and there’s even an article that deals with an ancient stone circle moving house!

In the spirit of Mathemagicks, here’s a number trick for ye:(Do this in your head - don’t write it down or use a calculator!)Take 1000 and add 40 to it.Add another 1000. Now add 30.Another 1000. Add 20. Add one more 1000, then add 10.

What’s your total?If ye got 5000, why not try a calculator - ye’ll be surprised when ye see 4100! Blessings!

Disclaimer: Without preju-dice. Every care has been taken to provide our readers with accurate, inspiring and thought provoking information. The publishers do not take any responsibility for accu-racy of information and views expressed by advertisers and contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the pub-lishers or WGM team.

Advertising:We are approaching the final stages of our planned launch outside the Grey School of Wizardry. Due to this fact, we will have limited advertising space available within our pages, in selected spots.

Please keep your eyes pealed for the next issue, in which we shall have more information regarding who can advertise, sizes available, costs etc.

Alternatively, please contact Laneth, or our Advertising Officer, Xyaida: [email protected]

Laneth sitting on one of the “waves” from a public art sculpture called “Forward Surge” in Melbourne,

Australia.

Photo taken in 2003© Laneth Sffarlenn 2003, 2008


Magic, as a noun, refers to an act of will upon one’s reality, or the result of such an act. Magic, as a quality (of a magical act or of an object imbued with magical energy), could be defined as a state of super-nor-malcy: while not unnatural, it’s also not the “normal” state of things. If something is magic, it has traits or abilities beyond the standard or expected.

This, though, begs the question: what is “normal?” I believe the answer is, literally, “Nothing.”

Several years ago, I was enjoying a debate (one of many) with an Atheist friend regarding the nature of existence. His position was that “real” reality would have to pass the Occam’s Razor test -- only the sim-plest condition could be true, thus negating any ex-tra frills like souls, deities, magic, and other dimen-sions. I realized that he was right -- the elegance of simplicity is almost always the best way to go -- but that he’d failed to follow his own argument to its logi-cal conclusion.

The simplest state of existence would be for there to be: Nothing at all. A homogeneous, consistent void. A non-expanse.

Obviously, we’re sitting here talking about it, so there’s got to be more to reality than “Nothing.” Con-sider how extremes work: the idea of “hottest” has no meaning if there isn’t a “coldest” to which it can be compared. “Lowest” implies “highest;” “fastest,” “slowest;” etc. Almost every school of magic recog-nizes the tendency of extremes to occur as a bal-anced pair of opposites: black-white, right-left, posi-tive-negative. Balance is the natural overall state of things.

The compliment of “Nothing” is “Everything.” All of it: the infinity of ideas, energies, expe-riences, stories, objects, sounds...an endless number of realities throughout all the infinite possible dimensions. This is the only condition that can provide an equal balance to the abso-lute nothingness of the Void (and vice-versa).

If “Nothing” is normal, then “Everything” is magic.

The universe is binary, flipping back and forth between the “Zero state” (Nothing) and the “Unity State” (Everything), each invoked by, and invoking, its equal opposite by the simple, if paradoxical, fact of both being true.As “All” and “Nothing” trade places in their endless back-and-forth, the conditions never

change: both are, by their natures, consistent and complete: each cycle is the same cycle, neither knows time, and there is no growth or decay in this perfect equilibrium.

So where do we come in?

From the limited Human perspective, Everything-At-Once is just as illogical as Nothing-At-All. We experi-ence the Omniverse in that in-between stage called “Something” in which each of the infinite possibili-ties are manifesting, each on their own dimension according to their own frequency. From moment to moment, each mind selects just one of those end-less possibilities, like one point on an infinite number line, and calls it “reality.”

Recall the definition of magic: an act of will which influences the acting being’s reality. But “reality” as we know it is an illusion -- we can move from one to another. With practice and knowledge, we can even adjust our perceptions to that of a reality that may seem impossible from the “now” point at which we currently stand.

Then again, if “Everything” is magic, then magic is the norm, and therefore, by definition, Nothing is magic, and I’m going to have to start all over again.

The Only Two Numbersby Jymi X/0

See, that’s “x”, like a variable, and it’s divided by zero, and any-thing divided by zero equals infin-ity, and so if one variable divided by zero is infinity, and another variable divided by zero is also in-finity, then the two variables must be the same number, even when they’re not, according to the tran-sitive property, so that shows that all numbers are the same number, and that’s why they’d just rather call it undefined...oh, whatever. It’s not “hugs and kisses,” ok?

“Form is no different from emptiness, Emptiness is no different from form.Form is precisely emptiness,Emptiness is precisely form.”

-- Buddhism, The Heart Sutra


Dear Whispering Grey Matters,

I wanted to take a bit of time off from my busy schedule to write to you and let you know how much I appreciate Whispering Grey Matters and all the work that goes into creating it. I enjoy getting the emails containing the newest issue for upload and, in a somewhat selfish way, I always read through the paper first before I actually upload it. Each issue keeps getting better and better!!

As a matter of fact, for St. Louis Pagan Picnic 2007 I printed a couple of copies off so I could display them along with the Course Catalog and numerous flyers advertising Grey School. This year, the odds of Grey School actually having their own booth at STL Pagan Picnic are greater and you can bet there are going to be more copies of WGM for people to look through and (if I can work it out) to actually keep!!

So....cheers!!! Huzzah!!! Hurray!!! And keep up the great and extremely professional work!!! You guys are fantastic!!!

PS -- Tinker wanted me to be sure to let everyone know that he was waving and saying hi! Matter of fact, he stood here jumping up and down and tugging on my pants leg to make sure I said something about him. He's been quite a handful ever since his inter-view because now he thinks he's famous ;)

TralfeynTechno-Mage, Grey School of Wizardry

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New Faculty:Professor Rainmaker has taken on the mantle of Dean of Studies after Professor Ysabet vacated this position after four years. We thank Ysabet for all she has done, and wish Rainmaker the best.

Xyaida has joined the GSW Staff as the Magick Alley Coordinator and is working around the clock to rede-velop and improve the old Magick Alley store.

Captain/House/Lodge Updates:All's quiet on the western front, but there's a storm a-brewin'...something magickal is going to come out of this Scabbard!

Club Updates:DADA - Since the last edition of WGM, the Defense Against the Dark Arts club has continued to experi-ence steady growth in membership. DADA members have also participated in club challenges, and there have been club forum discussions on a slate of issues relevant to defense against the dark arts.In addition, the DADA has established a thread for general discussion to give club members an opportunity to socialize and get to know each other. Entitled the ‘Dark Arts Chat Dungeon’, this thread has received posts from club members ever since its inception.

New Classes:

U.S. National Parks 101: Yellowstone Teacher: Uta “Rainmaker” Stelson Department: Nature Studies Level: 1 Credits: 2 Estimated time for completion: 2-3 weeksDescription: In this first class of a course on various National Parks within the United States, you will learn about the first ever National Park, Yellowstone, and its many and varied geothermal and non-geo-thermal features. You will also learn about the park’s geological and human history, as well as the wildlife that inhabits it and the recreational opportunities it offers.

GSW Society Announcements:Ms. Jymi X/0 and Mr. Corvin Blacke are delighted to announce their engagement as of Samhain, 2008. They plan to marry on Walpurgisnacht, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. We wish them every happiness.

GSW Desk Update

Note from the Editor-in-Chief:The regular GSW Pages will return next issue - the school has been relatively quiet since our last edition came out just under two months ago. This issue snuck up on us as a whole, with Thanksgiving interrupt-ing our already short production schedule. Expect to see all our regular reports, run-downs and reviews next issue; due out February 7th 2009.


A Study In Deanshipby Starwynd Panther

I followed the line of floating boxes to find Dean Rainmaker standing in her office, organizing. After being invited to sit, I whip out my notepad and being asking questions, occasionally ducking from a careening box.

SWP: What made you decide to step into the role of Dean of Studies?DRM: When the need for a new Dean of Studies arose, the Headmaster appointed me to that position. I am very honored by the trust placed in me by the Headmaster, and I fully support his mission for this school.

SWP: What are some of the strengths that you bring to the position?DRM: First of all, I am a teacher in mundane life. I have written several curriculums for classes that have been approved by my local community college for high school credit. I have experience in writing lesson plans and tests, both for youth and adult education. In my mundane school, I come in contact with people from all walks of life, but mostly those for whom the mainstream educational system has not worked. Thus, I understand about offering diverse teaching methods so as to be inclusive of all students.

SWP: What are some of the changes that you plan to introduce?DRM: Some of the changes have already been instituted. I have felt very strongly for a long time that requiring our students to fill up all of their class slots with required classes right when they enroll (and again each time when they level up) is counter-productive and will turn many of them away. So I have already reduced the number of required L1 classes. I have also felt that having a “sample class” available to prospective students before they enroll would be advantageous, and am therefore implementing that change very soon.

I am currently going through each and every class on the site to make sure that they meet the guidelines, as some of the classes originally put up are a bit outdated. I am also reviewing the list of proposed class ideas with the hopes of getting more faculty members interested in writing classes again. Furthermore, I am working on reviewing all the majors and minors, and will soon work with the deans of the few departments that do not yet have a major or minor developed.

I have started a thread in the Dean of Studies forum asking all students L2 and above to list their major and minor, so that I can prioritize the development of any departments with students approaching the completion of the major. If any students have not yet gone to that post and listed their major and minor, I would like everyone to do so now!

Next on my list will be the development of graduation and commencement procedures as we want to be able to celebrate with our graduating students and honor them for their great achievement.

Continued -->


A Study in Deanship, continued...SWP: What are some of the strengths of the current curriculum?DRM: The biggest strength we have is that we already have more than 300 classes, and that all depart-ments have at least 10 or so classes. This is a great start for a school as young as GSW. We also have a very long list of proposed classes that are just looking for a teacher to write them, and of course, I always welcome new ideas for classes, both from faculty and students!

SWP: What do you consider the greatest resources that GSW has to offer?DRM: Without a doubt, the students are our greatest resource! Several of our students (including Dean of Students Prof. Moonwriter, Dean of Faculty Prof. Stonetalker, and myself) have risen up from being stu-dents through the ranks of faculty to the administration. Many more of our students are also instructors and serve in other functions, such as Head of House/Lodge, Department Dean, etc.

I am also very impressed by the support all the students lend each other. Whenever someone posts a distress signal on the forums, several other students will pitch in with whatever is needed: advice, good wishes, positive energy, … etc.! This is what makes a community, and that, to me, is one of the best as-pects of the school.

My background is in intentional community living. I grew up in an intentional community in Germany when the term wasn’t even known there, and have since lived in several intentional communities in the United States. The mindset of caring and helping each other out, as well as a decision making process largely by consensus are very dear to me, and I have already implemented some of these thoughts into my new job here.

The school’s Board of Directors has recently clarified the role of the Department Deans as being the posi-tion to set the policy, mission, and vision for each of the departments. I have therefore started to discuss many of the changes I have implemented with the College of Deans to seek consensus on implementing those changes, and will continue to do so with all other major issues I want to change and/or implement.

I see this same mindset playing out on a daily basis among our students, and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am at this level of support for each other!

SWP: Thank you, Dean Rainmaker, and best of luck with the new Deanship!

Geometry Rising 1, by Jymi X/0


From Zero To HeroBy Starwynd Panther

I trudge through the eerily quiet halls of the Mathemagicks Department. The granite and stone peer at me through the layer of chalk dust wafting through the air. There is an aura of stability and permanence here and I find myself halting before room 203, dim light emanating through its frosted glass pane. I step inside. The equations from this morning's Physics 101 class linger on the blackboard and I nearly jump out of my skin as a black spider, easily two feet across, picks a delicate path across the papers that litter the steel desk at the front of the room. A skull-shaped coffee mug does nothing to ease my pounding heart as I head across the room and toward the shelf filled with rulers, compasses, protractors, and an oddly-paired Chinese abacus and laptop computer flashing countless decimal places of pi. One can almost sense non-dimensional points in the air; and also, faint music.

Following the sound, I'm in front of an old, dented locker with no latch and a broken hinge. The numbers are almost gone, but I can make out a ‘0’. Stepping through, I enter the WGM Print Shop, where Dean Jymi X/0 sits comfortably among screaming printing presses, colorful rock & roll posters, and a horde of zombies. Frank Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge" blasts at top volume. Shouting to be heard, I start right in.

SWP: What is Mathemagicks?DJX/0: (turns off music) Mathemagicks...geez, where to begin? Simply put, it's the consideration of numbers and the relationships between them.

SWP: What is the difference between Mathematics and Mathemagicks?DJX/0: That word, "consideration," is the key difference. Math is magic; it just depends on how you use it. To most people in the mundane world, Mathematics is just a tool, used to calculate a budget or see if the new couch will fit through the doorway. When we approach math with both hemispheres of an open mind, considering the meaning behind the symbols, examining the ideas in relation to one another, we reestablish the connections between number and spirit.

SWP: Why is the study of Mathemagicks important to Wizardry?DJX/0: It is said that "Mathematics is the language of the Universe." All the forces in existence can be described and understood mathematically. We can also use math to figure out how to manipulate those forces to bring about the most desirable circumstances and experiences. While emotions and perspectives often change, Mathematics can provide the objectivity to help us see things clearly and consistently.

SWP: When did you first become interested in Mathemagicks?DJX/0: At first, it was kind of a side effect of being interested in so many other things -- no matter what I wanted to learn about, it seemed to involve some sort of math. Then I came to appreciate the reliability of numbers. In a world where nothing makes sense sometimes, it's nice to know that there's something familiar at (or near) the core of it all. I know what numbers are going to do. If they do something different than I expected, there's a reason, and I can understand it when I find it.

SWP: How does the study of Mathemagicks incorporate practices from other departments?DJX/0: You'll have noticed that I don't have an office devoted solely to Mathemagics. Everything I do here involves math in one way or another, so it's easiest if I just bring it along with me. Obviously, it's important in the Alchemy Department's Science classes -- Physics and Chemistry wouldn't get far without math. But neither would Cosmology, Divination, or anything else involving measurement or patterns. Art and music (yes, music!) are, essentially, geometry. An herbalist works with quantities and proportions. Crystals are defined by the geometric structure of their atoms. Think about all the significant numbers that turn up in Lore (3s and 7s have always been popular in stories and songs)! Ceremonial mages often use Numerology when they compose their rituals. The Chakras' positions correspond with Numerology. In business and the social sciences, math is used to find and chart patterns and trends in one person or throughout an entire culture. Even when you clear your mind and meditate on "Nothing," you're using the power of Zero!

Jymi X/0


SWP: How do you use Mathemagicks on a daily basis?DJX/0: Numerology is an important part of Tarot readings and Runecasts. I also tend to add up important names and dates when I come across them, to get an idea of the energy of the entity or event.

Oops, hang on a sec -- (She reminds a zombie layout artist that the number of magazine pages must be divisible by 4)

When designing structures for my digital worlds, I have to remember my Geometry rules! I also try to think about classical design, symmetry, proportions and the Golden Ratio. When some-thing is "off," you can just tell, and it makes the whole construct seem uncomfortable.

Hey, here's the WGM Editor-in-Chief with our pizza!(She works out a 20% tip for the delivery)

In my spare time, I've been playing with the patterns in pi.

SWP: What would you suggest to students interested in the study of Mathemagicks?DJX/0: Have patience with yourself; sometimes it takes awhile to "click." Look for numbers and patterns wherever you go. Think about how quantities relate to each other. It's like any other skill -- you have to get really good at the foundations before you can move on to the fancy stuff.

SWP: What are the higher levels of Mathemagicks that one can aspire to and achieve?DJX/0: Higher Math deals with imaginary numbers (that are nonetheless necessary to make some non-imaginary, real-world equations work out), the strange geometry of other dimensions, possibilities, probabilities, infinities...the more you understand math, the more it resembles magic. There are no limits to the heights that Math can take you -- or to which you can take Math.

Then again, once you truly understand the equation "0 = 1", you've got Creation in the bag.

SWP: Thank you, Dean Jymi X/0 for this fascinating insight into the mathemagickal mind!

The Age of Flying Carpets, Time Machines, and Interstellar TraveL!By Belenus

The title sounds very exciting doesn’t it? Well don’t start saving your pennies to buy one of the first lines of flying carpets on the shelves of your favorite gizmo store. Don’t be fooled by science hype; it will be a long time before any of these promises truly come to pass.

On the other hand, I do believe that they all will be a reality sooner or later. These things and many more will become practical because of a scientific theory that is fast proving out in lesser applications and grand experiments. This theory is known as the Casimir effect, and it is part of the whole quantum mechanics/nanotechnology revolution.

The science is named after Hendrik Casimir, a Dutch scientist who predicted a phenomenon in 1948, that, “an attractive force exists between two conducting metal plates.” (1) The implications went a little farther when it was proven that indeed there is a force detected when two metallic plates are placed facing each other, and even more so inside an absolute vacuum chamber.


This new discovery was followed by experiments that showed that an absolute vacuum isn’t really empty, but is actually bristling with energy. It was dubbed “zero-point energy,” and accounts for all sorts of spec-ulation about the possibility of interstellar space travel. Since apparently there is virtually no shortage of this energy available, the idea is to find a way to covert zero-point energy into a system that will propel a space vehicle. Space ships designed with such propulsion, could conceivably travel through space indefi-nitely.

It was also discovered that Casimir forces can be manipulated to both attract and repel depending on the configuration of materials used. An obvious implication here is that if you can make a field of repulsion strong enough, you could make levitating devices, ala the flying carpet. Some scientists theorize that such repulsion can be had even at great distances.

Another extrapolation of these discoveries is that “the Casimir effect can be used to produce a locally mass-negative region of space-time” (2), suggesting that the negative effect could be used to stabilize a wormhole to allow faster than light travel. Some--including myself--speculate that wormholes can be con-verted into time machines by taking advantage of the natural time warping properties that come with the speeds and distances involving faster than light travel.

Now if you think that this is all just science fiction, take note that the 1960s television series, “Star Trek,” inspired a whole generation of technology buffs to go to school, major in electrical engineering and com-puter science and go on to make many of the fictional gizmos a reality.

As for the Casimir effect, well, the US Department of Defense is now funding research in this area. This fact alone might speed up the time tables for the day when you will go out with your family or friends to the park while riding upon a levitating carpet.

Sources and Resources:

Berger, M., September 19, 2008, Nanowerk, “Nanotechnology, the mysterious Casimir Force, and interstel-lar spaceships,” retrieved on 11/21/08 from http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=7337.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect

Highfield, R., August 2007l, “Physicists have 'solved' mystery of levitation,” Telegraph.Co.uk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vasnetsov_samolet.jpg


The Magical Links among Math, Social Skills, and Perfor-mance MagicBy Belenus

Here’s a new trick. Teach young students to perform magic, and you’ll boost their confidence and social skills. Researchers aren’t just pulling this out of a hat; a project at the University of Hertfordshire discovered that, “a single lesson at 'magic school’ revealed dramatic psychological effects [on students] with the results suggesting a significant increase in both sociability and confidence.” (1)

This is very important for children with self-esteem issues. Not only is it cool on the playground, but it encourages children to actually interact with others rather than playing video games or texting on a cell phone. This works because “learning magic requires self-discipline, an understanding of how other people think, and an ability to entertain.” (1)

Another kind of magic can improve memory and build confidence through the teaching and application of an ancient branch of mathematics found in Indian Scriptures. This teach-ing is called Vedic Maths because it is found in the Atharva Veda. (2) Learning the system of Vedic Maths can turn an ordinary student into a human calculator. Imagine doing “Complex calculations like 996 x 993 in less than five seconds.” (2) Then imaging using these skills when sitting down for your scholastic aptitude examinations! Vedic Mathemagicks, like learning magical tricks, can turn an ordinary student into a whole new person. And that is no stage performance.

Sources:ScienceDaily, Sept. 16, 2008, “Magic Can Conjure Up Confidence And Social Skills,” from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080911142419.htm

Free Press Release, Sept. 29, 2008, “What is Vedic Maths?” From: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200809/1222674170.html

“Pascal's triangle” - said to have originated in ancient India

in the 5th - 2nd centuries BC by a famous writer called Pingala in his

famous work called the Chandas Shastra - a Sanskrit treatise on

prosody.


The Rolling Stones: An ancient stone megalith packs up and movesBy Sapphire Soleil

The old adage “you can’t take it with you,” would usually apply to large garden art when moving from one home to another, but not so for one British couple who not only moved from one house to another, but took their ancient stone circle with them in the process.

The Daily Mail reports that John and Suky Burton first thought they would have to leave their authentic, stone circle megalith behind when they decided to move from a large mansion in Weymouth to a smaller home in Dorchester. But all that changed when they heard about the developers plans for the massive 6-foot-plus stones--they were going to be removed anyway and tossed out.

The Burtons are practicing pagans, John is a druid and Suky a hereditary witch, and the 13 stones making up the circle are more than just a garden attraction for them, but a place to gather positive energy.

With careful coordination and deep pockets, the couple hired a moving firm to pack up all the stones and transport them the 8 and a half miles inland. They then rearranged them in their new, but still spacious, backyard so they were aligned with the Ley lines that “run from Maiden Castle to the Maumbury rings.”

While the arrival of the stones, their placement and the nighttime ritual used to consecrate them in their new home and re-energize them caused a bit of the stir in the neighborhood, overall the couple said that their new neighbors have taken to the odd sight well.

This is not the first move for these particular stones. Originally, they were probably set up in the area around Portland (A seaport on the southern coast of England and just below Weymouth) but they were purchased and moved by fashion great Thomas Burberry in the 1900s when having architectural novelties on one’s property was all the rage. The Burtons had intended to leave the stones in their second home as an historic artifact, but when they learned the megalith was going to be destroyed, they found a way to take them along.

For the complete story and some lovely pictures of the new home for the stones check out the below web-site.

Source: Luke Salkeld, “Pagan couple make their new house a home by installing stone circle in garden” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1088896. Daily Mail, UK.

John & Suky Burton in their new backyard. © SWNS 2008


The Star of Bethlehemby silverlocke

At the Hudnall Planetarium on the campus of the Tyler Junior College in Tyler, TX, planetarium direc-tor Tom Hooten hosts a show called "Star of the Magi" every Yule season which uses astronomy to try to provide a scientific and theoretical explanation for the star that appeared over Bethlehem the night Jesus Christ was born. Hooten says, "I didn't reinvent the wheel or anything," he said. "We make an assumption. The assumption is that the Star of the Magi that is mentioned in the Bible is a real phenomenon."

There are many theories that attempt to explain what the star was that led the three Magi--or Wise Men--to the place where Christ was born. The Magi originated from a caste of Zoroastrian priests and astrologers and the ones that visited Bethlehem might have been Parthinian. Hooten assimilates various research he has gathered over the years together with theories of other scientists and astronomers, but his show does not provide any explanation for the phenomena. Some of these theories suggest that the star was in fact a comet or supernova, but none of the available astronomical evidence supports these conclusions. Hooten himself thinks it was a conjunction of solar system objects, but he also has no proof of this and sums up by saying, "all conclusions in science are tentative."

When the astronomers run out of theories, call in the astrologers. That's what Dr. Mike Molnar, an astrophysicist and author of "The Star of Bethlehem", did. He claims that his random purchase of an ancient Roman coin from Antioch in Syria which shows the zodiacal sign Aries the Ram and actually depicts an astronomical event of that era, could in fact hold the key to discovering the nature of the 'star' over Bethlehem. His research showed that Aries was the sign of the Jews and that ancient astrologers would have looked to this sign for kings and messiahs.

The coin's face depicted two lunar occultations with Jupiter in 6 BC. As Astrologers know, Jupiter is the regal star which confers kingships--a power amplified when it is in conjunction with the Moon. The second occultation occurred on April 17th when Jupiter was 'in the East', a condition mentioned twice in the bibli-cal account by Matthew and, more importantly--unlike the suspect month of December--the shepherds would have actually been in their fields.

In August of that year Jupiter became stationary and then went into Aries where it became stationary once again. Molnar actually found writings of a Roman astrologer who forecast that in 6 BC, April 17 was believed to herald the birth of a divine immortal born under the sign of the Jews. Dr. Molnar claims that the conditions of that date never repeat perfectly although some elements come together every 60 years. Any discrepancies in Matthew’s account in the New Testament can mostly be explained by his unfamiliarity with Astrological terms such as 'stood over' and 'went before' which actually mean retrograde motion and stationing respectively.

Works Cited:

Goulden, Sarah. "'Magi' blends religion and science". 15 Nov 2008. http://media.www.tjcnewspaper.com

Molnar, Michael. "Revealing the Star of Bethlehem". 2008. http://www.eclipse.net/~molnar/

Picture of Aries Coin: From the Molnar Collection


I was cruising one of my favorite new computer network communities, when it occurred to me that I was swimming in a massive quagmire of uncertainties. Online friend networks can seem at once both a wondrous playground to meet new and interesting friends, or an aggressive arena of treachery and combat.

Now I know what you’re probably thinking, “That is why Technomagick and the art of being aware in online communities is so important.” I couldn’t agree more. We must be ever vigilant when participating in these communities. And of course, I am sure that most moderators do the best they can to keep folks from trolling and pre-cipitating animosity.

My bewilderment and disappointment is con-cerning a particular network that is specifically designed for the pagan and magickal communi-ty. My concern is about the ability for a person to voice a question for curiosity or education’s sake and the sometimes brutal intolerance displayed within the magickal community in reaction.

Though I understand the necessity of modera-tion, I do not and cannot support intolerance in a pagan or magickal community--any com-munity really. But I have always felt that the magickal community by its very nature would be more understanding when its youth presents tough and controversial questions. After all, is not magick, and a community founded within magick, about discovering that which is hidden? Striving to understand and be ever more aware, more enlightened?

So, it pains me to see a young one who asks a valid question, no matter how delicate a subject or whose nose it may tweak, be viciously attacked by those who should be educating. So my question is this -- are we still allowed the freedom to question and have an opinion in a magickal community?

Like certain political acts initiated in American government this past decade, do we lose the right to question or disagree with our leaders which can result in dire consequences? Is it no different in the magickal com-munity, a community founded in deeper understanding?

In my opinion there should be room to question even sensitive subjects. How else are we to learn, to evolve? I am not trying to step on anyone’s toes, so to speak, just curious. Of course, that is just this writer’s opin-ion. What’s yours?

Opinions: Can We Still Have One?By Areeya


Areeya

8Look at a tree: the roots, the branches, the patterns in the leaves and the bark. Or a river: see its wind-ing path, the tributaries flowing off here and there, and the ever-changing shape of the shores. Look at the coastlines of the oceans and seas: the majestic craggy fjords of Norway, the graceful sweep of the Gulfs.

Zoom in. Zoom out. Look closer, and from farther away. See how the same shapes and patterns keep showing up at every level?

It’s called self-similarity. You’ll see it in views of a few feet of beach, all the way out to a view from

space of the whole coastline. It shows up in the veins of leaves and the corresponding angles and patterns of the tree branches on which they grow. It’s not ev-erywhere, sure, but it is common enough to be more than a coincidence!

The most obvious examples of self-similarity are the geometric designs called fractals. Pictured here is a familiar design called the Mandlebrot Set, after its discoverer, the French mathematician Benoit Mandle-brot. Mandlebrot and his contemporaries were trying to support the idea that Math and Geometry aren’t limited to the Euclidian, those unattainable perfect shapes that rarely occur in nature:

“...[M]any patterns of Nature are so irregular and fragmented, that, compared with Euclid...Nature ex-hibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity...The existence of these patterns challenges us to study those forms that Eu-clid leaves aside as being “formless.” (Mandlebrot 1)

Mandlebrot coined the term “fractal,” based on the Latin fractus (a break or fracture).

Fractal design is based on iterative mathematical equations -- the result of the first one is fed back into the next as the variable.

Here’s a simplified version: z = z2 + c.Choose an initial value for z. From that value, obtain c. For the next iteration, use the previous value for c as the new value for z, which will give you a new value for c.

Each time you run the values through the equation, the resulting values are plotted on a graph. Even-tually, the points form the fractal design. (Again, our example is very simplified, but that’s the basic idea!)

One of the neat things about fractals is that when you study their borders, you’re looking at Infinity. We can’t put the animated files here in the paper, but take a look at the fractals on the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal

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See how every time the view zooms in, the design may change, but the de-tails stay just as clear? If you zoom in far enough, you’ll start to see recurring designs...and the whole pattern will repeat itself. You’ll never be able to get a finite measurement of a fractal’s perimeter, since the edges keep getting more and more detailed, even as they stay within the original boundary.

Fractal iterations aren’t limited to geometric de-signs. The patterns have been found in measure-ments of social trends, stock market values, as well as star clusters in galaxies and subsequent galaxy clusters in space -- an example of iterations at work!

How does this apply to magic (besides the fact that fractals can be found in all aspects of existence, making them relevant to just about anything)? Consider your Correspondences. Every component you use in your workings corresponds to some greater frequency of energy -- otherwise you wouldn’t include it. Correspon-dences show us how energy patterns repeat iteratively. Gold, to many practitioners, carries the same energy signature of the Sun, which in turn resonates with the energy of “Suc-cess”. The gold is like one iteration of a fractal -- if you zoom out, you’ll see it contained in the higher iteration in which the Sun is found, which is again contained in the more concep-tual iteration where the energy of ideas like “success” is found.

If the concepts of the fractal apply to the struc-ture of the Universe and all its dimensions (and I’m betting that they do), then though there may be a barrier at the edge of existence, past which there is Nothing, Infinity itself is con-tained within the borders!

Work CitedMandlebrot, Benoit. The Fractal Geometry of Nature. San Francisco: WH Freeman & Co. 1977.


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I remember the day so clearly. I was in high school, it was a cloudy afternoon and I was in algebra class. I didn’t care much for math and hadn’t since about 5th grade when I had a fracas with fractions. Still, al-gebra was required and I’m not completely stupid, even in math class. The teacher had taught us the lesson for the day and had given us time in class to do our homework. Hurray! I had play rehearsal that night and anytime I could get homework done before 7 p.m. was a good thing. I eagerly plunged into the book and started work. A moment later my heart sank, the homework for the day was a series of story problems. I think I may have groaned out loud.

I hate story problems. Somewhere in those beautiful English sentences lurked the weird, mysterious world of numbers and I felt as if my language skills had abandoned me in fa-vor of these interlopers. The problem with story problems is they never tell the whole story! “If a train leaves Chicago at 9 a.m. and another leaves L.A. at 10 a.m., what times does the third train get to New York?” Are you kidding me? Who takes trains out of L.A.?

That day, however, I saw a little glimmer of hope. The story presented was about the theatre. Finally, something I could relate to and understood. The problem, as I recall (and it is over 25 years ago, yikes!) asked me to figure out the cost of the tickets for adults, children, and seniors for a show that pulled in a box office of $50,000 in one night. I think I gasped aloud this time! $50,000 in one night? Well, this isn’t com-munity theatre! I pondered this for quite some time, but I could not get my head around the math because it was busy try-ing to figure out the really important things that the story problem was not telling me. Things like: What show were they produc-ing? How large is the cast? Are there chil-dren in the cast? What day of the week is it? $50,000? Wow! Where are they perform-ing this show? Is it a musical? A straight play (no singing or dancing)? A classic? How much is the royalty? How could I possibly answer the question about the box office take without knowing these vital pieces of information???!!!

I was stuck without the answers I needed. I went up to the teacher’s desk and, well, com-plained! How could I answer a story problem like this without all the information? Was this a trick question?

He just looked at me like I’d lost my mind. He assured me all the information I needed was there. I assured him it was not with all the confidence of someone who had, for the first time in math class, found herself in a po-sition of greater knowledge than the instruc-tor. I knew theatre, he barely knew how to get to the auditorium.

“Look,” I said. “If the show is a musical, it will probably pull a bigger house and assur-edly command a larger ticket price. If it is something like “The Sound of Music” with tons of kids in it, then all the extended fami-lies of those kiddies come and the percentage of family tickets will be higher than if it is a show like, say, “Sweeney Todd” which will not have as many, if any, children in the audience because of gore factor, but then the teen-age audience improves. Don’t even get me start-ed on Equus! And that’s a straight play.”

I think I had him for a moment there. He started to see my point that I needed to know the type of show and all those other ques-tions; but, just as my non-mathematical brain was having a hard time in algebra, his math-ematical brain was hopelessly lost in the inner workings of a theatrical production.

“Uh, the story problem has all the informa-tion,” he said again, defaulting to the stan-dard teacher answer when challenged.

I rolled my eyes and sat down. Some help he was. Thankfully for my grade in the class, my best friend, David (a rare brain that under-stood both math and theatre) told me to as-sume the show was probably something like “Fiddler on the Roof”. Ah, okay, I got it!

I never have liked story problems, they never tell the whole story.

When Stories were a Problemby Sapphire Soleil


Snow is a kind of frozen precipita-tion.

A snowflake is a feathery ice crystal, usually with a six-sided symmetry. Some snowflakes are triangular.

Snow crystals (flakes) form when wa-ter droplets freeze within a cloud in which the air temperature is well be-low the freezing point. If the super-cold air is also supersaturated with water, the snowflakes may develop a dendritic (fern-like) matrix that sur-passes the basic crystalline structure and gives them a delicate, fairy-like appearance.

The Guinness Book of World Records lists the world’s largest snowflakes as being 15 inches (38 cm) wide; these fell in January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana (Broad).

If the air outside is cold enough, snowflakes can be caught on a dark surface and inspected with the naked eye.

Conventional wisdom suggests that each snowflake is unique; given that many fall as simple triangular crys-tals, and that entropy is the nature of the Universe, scientists believe that this alleged uniqueness is unlikely.

Make your own unique cyber-snow-flake at http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/. For a traditional paper version, try http://highhopes.com/snow-flakes.html.

If a cloud is cold enough, seeding it with a mixture of silver dioxide and dry ice will force a limited snowfall.

Mt. Baker, Washington, holds the cur-rent US record for snowfall, receiving 1,140 inches (29 m) of snow during the 1998–1999 season (“NOAA”).

Snow usually looks white, because the tiny ice crystals in each flake re-flect all spectrum of light evenly. In 2007, a smelly, orange-tinted snow fell over Siberia. The odd color was felt to result from a sandstorm in nearby Kakistan (“Russia”).

If snow falls on frozen ground, it re-mains in place until the ground and/or air rise above freezing. Snow that piles up at high elevations and never melts eventually forms a glacier.

Snow is a superb insulator. Dig a snow cave to spend the night in and the temperature inside the cave might reach 40-45 degrees F, even if the temperature outside is well be-low freezing. Snow likewise protects small trees and shrubs from cold mountain winters.

In snowy climates, such as Anchor-age, Alaska, city block-size vacant lots are set aside as snow reposito-ries for the winter snowplow fleet. (Otherwise, where would they put all of the plowed snow?)

The urban legend that Eskimos have more than one hundred words for “snow” is just that: an urban legend.

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LOOKING AT A SNOWFLAKEBy Prof. Moonwriter


Some of the world’s coldest places get very little snow. Barrow, Alaska, the furthest northern place in the United States, is actually a desert, receiv-ing only eight inches of precipitation each year.

Fresh snow is, on average, about 10% water.

Snow can be sculpted and used as a building material. Finland’s Kemi SnowCastle http://www.snowcas-tle.net/fi/) and Sweden’s IceHotel (http://www.icehotel.com/) take this to the extreme!

The world’s largest snowman was built in Bethel, Maine, in 1999. Named “An-gus, King of the Mountain,” the frozen statue stood 113 feet, 7 inches tall, had two fir trees for arms, and used over 9 million pounds of snow. Built as a community effort by townspeo-ple, Angus lasted for several months before melting (“Snowman”).

Snowman webcam, live from Gay-lord, Michigan: http://www.snow-mancam.com

Snow has a high albedo: it reflects light brilliantly. Play outside in the snow on a sunny day without eye pro-tection and snow blindness—a type of ocular sunburn—can be the painful result. Step into a snowy landscape under a full moon and the world will be so brightly lit, you’ll be able to read a book.

A “yard sale” occurs when a snow ski-er takes a hard fall and spreads her clothing, hat, and gear over a broad expanse of ski slope.

Pack clean, fresh snow into a flat, rimmed baking dish. Boil a small pan of maple syrup for 10 minutes; driz-zle the syrup (Be careful! Hot syrup can cause painful burns!) over the pan of packed snow and it will harden instantly into snow candy.

And yes, Virginia: there is such thing as a snowflake physicist: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snow-crystals/

Works Cited

Broad, William, “Giant Snowflakes as Big as Frisbees?” The New York Times. 20 March 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20snow.html?_r=1 “NOAA: Mt. Baker Record Snowfall Sticks.” USAToday. 8 March 1999. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/1999/wsnorcrd.htm

“Russia Probes Smelly Orange Snow.” BBC News. 2 Feb 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6323611.stm

“Snowman.” Wikipedia. 1 Dec. 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowman#cite_note-1


It is my belief that though the Rune Stones are a sacred lan-guage through the inner journey of the Self, they are also an invaluable divination tool for everyday life, which seems to add up to the same thing in both my magickal and mundane world.

When using the Runes in my personal daily divination, I expe-rience positive growth from any given situation. In a world of constant change, emotions can sometimes run high. How does one accomplish all the adjustments that must be made to grow and evolve. How does one reason through constant change and remain balanced and happy?

In my everyday Wizarding life, which is all mixed up with the mundane, my Runes guide me to understanding my actions and reactions. For example, in America many major changes are oc-curring. We will have a new President come the new year, a major open wound that seems like the media’s unceasing attack on our society’s psyche concerning financial hardship, a war and many other issues. Perpetuating fear that can keep a nation and its people struggling to evolve in a positive healthy manner.

In these times especially, I turn to my Runes as a tool in understanding what I am feeling and how best to focus my energies. When pondering these issues in America I pulled: Pertho, Uruz and Fehu.

Their basic meanings –Pertho: Secret or possibilities. Uruz: Strength. Fehu: Cattle or moveable wealth.

Now the questions I find most effective to ask is: Where am I coming from? Where am I now? and Where am I going?

And so a basic reading for us as a country would respectively be: We have moved from a heightened period of wondrous and infinite possibilities (the election of a new presi-dent) and are now in a time of being more aware of what is going on around us, (Uruz was inverted and so in a passive mode). Perhaps it would be best to approach daily activities in a more thoughtful and gentle manner.

This could most likely lead to a more fruitful beginning in a new adventure, both physically and spiritually, (which can be taken as the new year will have positive changes).

Now this is a very basic interpretation of this particular reading, and can most certainly be explored more for deeper psychological and spiritual development. In the wonderful world of everyday wizardry, we can continuously deepen our understanding of the Self, as well as what is going on around us, by practicing with magickal tools that are also a form of personal development. So experience your Ancient Runes today, in your everyday life, and see if it is a useful art to help add up what is going on inside your world.

Ancient Runes Today: Add It Up!

By Areeya


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There are 78 cards in the Tarot deck. How the heck do you memorize all of them? I figured out a trick a few years ago that’s really been a lot of help. If you know your correspondences for the four elements and a little numerology, it’s easy to remember the basic meanings of each numbered card in the Minor Arcana.

Numerology and the Tarot: Counting CardsBy Jymi X/0

When you first draw a card, consider the meaning of its suit:

Wands -- Fire: projects, employment, academicsCups -- Water: emotions, intuition, instinctsPentacles -- Earth: money, finances, material concernsSwords -- Air: troubles, obstacles, challenges

(Some readers identify the suits with different elements, or understand the basic associations differently. Use the corre-spondences that work for you.)

Then consider the basic associations of the card’s number:

Ace -- a seed, a starting point, the beginning of a new cycleTwo -- Coming together, separations, differences, choicesThree -- Activity, growth, a force with direction, a turning pointFour -- Patterns, rhythm, rules, manifestationFive -- Confusion, competition, a chaotic way of sorting things and qualitiesSix -- Your Self, your Species, memories, relationshipsSeven -- Rest, relaxation, retreat, creativity, inspirationEight -- Logic, reason, planning, applied knowledge, approaching the end of a cycle or processNine -- Closure, completion, finality, the end of one cycleTen -- The beginning of a new cycle based on the previous one

So, for example, a Seven of Swords would have something to do with problems and a resting period. Obvi-ously, you’ll have to do a little more work to figure out how the card relates to your querant’s situation -- are they having problems, and needing a vacation? Should they expect problems during an upcoming vacation? Will a vacation cause more problems than it solves? Or can they look forward to a respite from strife? There are many variations to each theme, so, as always, read the card in relation to the rest of the spread.

I don’t (yet) have a numerological mnemonic for the Major Arcana, but here’s a useful correlation: you may notice that the meanings of the ten numbers correspond to those of the ten Sephirot in the Tree of Life. There are 22 Major Arcana cards, and there are 22 Paths between the Sephirot. (For some people, there are 23, but maybe we’ll talk about that later…!) These correspond to the 22 lower-case letters of the Hebrew Alephbet. Study your Kabala carefully, and you’ll get a good grasp of the story told by the cards of the Major Arcana.


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I’ll bet you’re thinking of Numerology or Astrology, right? Well, this movie is about num-bers across the magical, and mundane, board! Donald in Mathmagic Land is a Disney movie made in 1959, whose main character, Donald Duck, is transported by the true Spirit of Adventure. There is only one rule throughout the entire movie: ‘In math, the rules are always the same.’

Donald Duck walks through an opening in a black wall into a fantasy world where rivers and waterfalls flow with numbers, Pi is quoted by shapes resembling the Cheshire Cat, and Donald is transported to different loca-tions, starting with a time-jump to ancient Greece during the time of Pythagorus, the “father of math and music.” A Spirit tells of the use of the Pentagram as a secret code by the Pythagorean – a secret society of math lovers and followers of Pythagorus.

Why the Pentagram? It is full of magic and math, too. It can mathematically repro-duce indefinitely via the rectangle, known as “the Golden Rectangle”. It also contains a perfect spiral.

The “Golden Rectangle” is represented in all perfect art forms; from the statues holding up the Parthenon, to nature’s perfections--such as the starfish--to the conch shell, to the pine cone and honeycomb.

Chess, of course, was featured using Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass.”

Sports, music, games, and billiards are all played using math. Billiards introduced an-gles and “playing the Diamond Position.”

Clear your mind and prepare for the magick while watching Donald in Mathmagic Land. You’ll find the possibilities are as limitless as the universe!

Magic by Numbers?by Artemis Gryphon SnowHawk


REVIEWS

Not all numbers are good. The upcoming film, Knowing, revolves around a precognitive message from a little girl in 1958. She and her classmates have been instructed to draw pictures that will then be put into a time capsule and opened fifty years later by another class. This will enable them to learn about what children focused on in the 1950s.

One such drawing is more than it appears. The paper ends up in the hands of a professor who discovers the girl’s message. A series of numbers, it turns out to be a prophecy that details the dates, death tolls, and coordinates of every major disaster for fifty years, the last three of which are events still to come. Now it is up to the professor and his son, along with the author’s daughter and granddaughter, to prevent catastrophe.

Starring Nicholas Cage, this film opens in theaters 20 March 2009 in the USA and 27 March 2009 in the UK. Mathemagicks at its most heightened aspect!

Forewarned is Forearmed?by Starwynd Panther

Harvest Filmworks, 1998. Dir: Darren Aronof-sky. Starring Sean Goulette, Mark Margolis.

The intense black & white images and grat-ing (yet catchy) soundtrack set the mood for dementia and paranoia in this story of a shy, troubled mathematician who runs afoul of ruth-less stockbrokers AND conniving Kabbalists.

Max Cohen is an eccentric genius who just wants to be left alone with his trusty computer, Euclid, to study his obsession: the puz-zles and patterns in numbers. But as he struggles with his own personal mental anguish, he’s also tormented by Wall Street thugs who think that he can predict the rise and fall of stock prices, as well as the local Rabbis, who believe that he holds the numerological key to a holy secret that their sect has been desperately seeking for millenia.

Is it all connected? Follow Max down his terrifying spiral of math, magic and mania, and see if you too can understand the sacred codes buried in the infinite randomness of the number known as PI.

Note: this movie is rated R. While neither sexual nor vulgar, it does contain disturbing situations and imagery, and may not be suitable for the squeamish.


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PI: Faith in NumbersReview by Jymi X/0

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