Pagan Magicks
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Title: Pagan Magicks
Author: Prennis of Yew
Seldom do rumors hold the truth. In one recent case, however, that which is seldom occured: the rumors of pagan magicks be true! I served as to a mage of black use of powers that must be disclosed. In spite of the dangers to my soul, I write this treatise that partially explicates the intricacies of pagan magick in the following order: (1) Reagents; (2) Words of Power; and (3) The effects of pagan magick. The Reagents necessary to release mana under pagan magick differs from traditional arcane reagents since the pagan reagents must share an affinity to an, as yet, unknown source of power. The dangers associated with channeling that power are also unknown. Some known Reagents include Dead Wood (used frequently when creating structure from the ether), Bone (used frequently for necromancy and summoning of skeletal and undead entities), Bloodspawn (similar to Mandrake Root, this Reagent augments the power of an arcane invocation), Eye of the Newt (used for personal charms and voodoo), Obsidian (like the Black Pearl, this Reagent holds and focuses mana for a furious, splintering, discharge), Blood of Wyrm (this Reagents use is contingent on the age of the wyrm), Serpents Scales (used frequently for summoning all manner of denizens. Other Reagents exist, to be sure, but their identity is, much like the source of the pagan powers, unknown.
Words of Power. The words of power in pagan magick are few compared to those used in traditional sorcery. The first is ... God's Wounds! Beware reader. I cannot write them. I sense a presence. I must hasten to complete this work. The effects of pagan magick are many and powerful to the learned. Of central importance is the animation, control, and communication with the dead. The pagan mage also summons creatures of shadow and evil. Further, the destruction of nature and the body is possible through all manner of foul methods.
The most enigmatic power of all is the channeling of the pagan source itself. The results are purportedly unpredictable. The degree of danger associated with this act is more predictable. I should not need to explain it to thee.
That is my warning in general. After but a brief delving into the pagan magick out of curiousity, I fear for my soul and advise any ambitious mage presented with access to that power to consider carefully their choice. I fear my own is irrevocable.