Dec. 31st, 2009

endymions_bower: (wax laptop male)
From Proclus, "On providence and fate and what depends on us: A reply to Theodore the engineer," §39 (trans. Steel):

"In some cases we say that the celebrated mantic and the rituals of the priests have a place in whether something happens or not, in other cases we say that they are dominated by what comes forth from the universe. Thus, when all the divine and demonic causes in the universe contribute to one effect and speak as it were with one voice, then also the theurgical works seem to be ineffective [in altering the outcome] … But whenever, in a situation where there are many agents, some bring forth one thing and some another, for instance, some bring forth corruption and others a cure for those who are ill … then the application of theurgy may dissolve the influxes that come down from harmful agents, using as co-operative powers the influxes of the agents that are beneficial to us …"
endymions_bower: (Chupie)
In no particular order:

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, by L. Frank Baum
The Worm Ouroboros, by E. R. Eddison
Black God's Kiss, by C. L. Moore
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson
Angelique in Revolt, by Sergeanne Golon
Being and Event, by Alain Badiou
Alphabet of Thorn, by Patricia A. McKillip
The Secret of Sinharat/People of the Talisman, by Leigh Brackett
Wolfskin (The Light Isles, #1), by Juliet Marillier
Space: 1999 Survival, by Brian N. Ball
Hand of Isis, by Jo Graham
Ramáyana, Vols. I-V (Clay Sanksrit Library), by Valmiki, together with Adhyatma Ramayana: The Spiritual Version of the Rama Saga
The Figure In the Shadows, by John Bellairs
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism, by Muhammad Husain Jah
Thunderer, by Felix Gilman
The Sand-Reckoner, by Gillian Bradshaw
The Wizard of London (Elemental Masters, #5), by Mercedes Lackey
Secret of the Veda, by Sri Aurobindo
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1), by Seanan McGuire
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 1, by Tachibana Higuchi

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