Magic

• Alchemy
  • Science of the research into the foundations of creation
  • Elixir of life.
  • Creation of homunculi
  • Transform base metals into gold/silver.
  • Quicksilver
  • Philosopher's stone.
  • Extremely complicated processes.
  • Fire is essential in many processes.
  • Examples of ingredients; crocodile livers, skeletons, mandrake roots, gall bladders.
• Alectromancy
  • Divining future using a white cockerel.
  • Tie cockerel to a short stake using a long tether.
  • Draw a circle around it.
  • Write letters around circle.
  • Put peace of grain on each letter.
  • Ask question.
  • Replace grain as necessary.
• Blood magic
• Crystal Scrying
  • Need a crystal or crystal balls.
  • Diving the future
  • Clearer the crystal, the clearer the vision would be.
  • Prolonged training to do this.
  • Those with this gift is rare.
• Curses and spells.
• Deep Sleep spell.
• Elemental magic
• Futuresight
• Glamour/Glamarye/Glamalye
  • 'Fairy magic'
  • Invisibility, irresistibly, obediance, shape-shifting, simple spells/curses
• Illusion spells
• Invisibility/camoflauge
• Iron - Cancels out magic?
• Necromancy
  • How to make it work?
  • Resurrection spells?
  • Takes a lot of years of study.
  • Involves the dead.
• Palm Reading
• Runes
• Spells
  • Words used to activate magic
  • Can be murmured, spoken, or shouted.
  • Can be simple to complex.
  • Many, many different spells.
  • Used for good or evil.
  • Summon rain spell
  • Walk across water.
• Voodoo?
  • Cults of black and white magic
  • Sorcerer/witch doctor
  • Depends on spirits, demons, deities
  • Worship loas
  • Priests - houngans
  • Sorcers - zobops
  • Long, secretive training & initiation
  • Powers include raising the dead, flying, shapeshifting, love potions, death spells
  • Male are more powerful than females
  • Rituals are secret
• Wild Magic
  • Ancient
  • Can do almost anything.
• Xenoglossia
  • Voice of a being speaking through anothers mouth
  • Demons, Gods, the dead
  • Complex spells and rituals
  • Dangerous for host