Basilisks

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,…

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Pu: The Invisible Priest

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…

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Pu: The theft of a peach

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…

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Mobiles

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…

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