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The Archaic Wizard

This is the Archaic Wizard – a scholar and engineer who knows a lot and is good at putting it all into practice. Any «magic» they practice is going to be based on building things, mixing up herbs and chemicals that have unusual properties, and otherwise exploiting their deep understanding of the natural world.

The next major variant had to wait until the middle ages, when local nobles were taking magic seriously – and wanted elder advisors with mystic wisdom.

That wasn’t uncommon; rulers have always wanted their astrologers, readers of entrails, and other diviners to give them information. The trouble was that – what with the mythologization of the «wizards» – the nobles had started expecting their advisors to actually accomplish something tangible with their mystic wisdom. And no, after those old tales had many centuries to grow, basic herbalism and engineering no longer measured up to their patron’s expectations.

Whether you believe in yourself or were a conscious fraud, that was a problem. Most systems of magic are pretty notable for not actually producing results.

Now, the wonderful thing about ceremonial magic is that its effects are often supposed to be subtle – in many cases so subtle that the success or failure of a ritual is impossible to detect or can be accomplished via placebo effects.

Very shortly, all the practicing court «wizards» were ceremonial magicians – and most of them actually were scholars. It made maintaining the image and claiming to be part of a great hidden (which is what «occult» means) tradition a lot easier. Many of them may even have believed it themselves. (World of English)



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  1. Who is the Archaic Wizard?

  2. All the practicing court «wizards» were ceremonial magicians – and most of them actually were ________

  3. Most systems of magic are pretty notable for not actually producing ______

  4. Rulers have always wanted their astrologers, readers of entrails, and other diviners to give them__________

  5. The wonderful thing about ceremonial magic is that its effects are often supposed to be ______

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