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This week another recording from “Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio” by Songling Pu. Thanks to the readers from LibriVox who have read this book into the public domain. During the reign of Shun Chih, of the people of T‘êng-i, seven in ten were opposed to the Manchu dynasty. The officials dared not touch them; and…

Last week we discussed a gustatory society that is run by House Jerbiton, which has subscription boxes, and I talked about how if the subscription boxes were lost they could be a sort of treasure, because you’re magi could use them to get past some of the lesser limits of Hermetic magic. I had, however,…

This week another of our “Short Stories From a Chinese Studio” This episode went live early, so apologies for the late transcript. The reason I’ve decided to share this one with the Ars Magica fandom is that it shows what a mundane person of slightly greater than average intelligence, and with no understanding of Magic…

Sometimes I notice I’ve missed an idea that’s obvious in hindsight. Given that the book this idea is from was published over a decade ago, I can only suggest that I’ve had a lot on… There’s a limit of knowledge in the act of Hermetic creation. Although, as some genius said on the forum, you…

This week another one of our episodes from the work of Song Ling Pu’s “Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio.” If you read Wikipedia it will tell you that the Indian rope trick was invented by an American magician in the early 20th Century. It is difficult to reconcile this with an account of the…

This week I’d like to talk to you about the artist Alexander Calder. Calder was active in the early 20th century and late 19th century, so he’s well past the Ars Magica period but I think his work is interesting enough to us that we could sculpt a mystery cult around it. You’re familiar with…