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Lynn Abbey

"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions."

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"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions."

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"Yet magic is no more the art of employing consciously invisible means to produce visible effects. Will, love, and imagination are magic powers that everyone possesses; and whoever knows how to develop them to their fullest extent is a magician. Magic has but one dogma, namely, that the seen is the measure of the unseen."

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"Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears.When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way."

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"Magick need not be a crutch, but it is hard to argue that anything you lean on in lieu of building your own strength weakens resolve."

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"That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me."
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"If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer."
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"I'm dense when it comes to discouragement."
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"When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat."
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"It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself."
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"The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong."
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