MetalDog

You asked for one sentence, which does rather limit explainations. Chanting, mantras, repetitions of phrases, all things that occur in most magical practices and a great many religious practices as well. They are a focus for the mind - a funnel for willpower, if you like.

The magic I described was sympathetic magic, which you can google if you've never heard of it. You might find it useful to learn more about 'real' magical practices as a base point for creating your own - although staying too close to occult practices from the real world can run the risk of people accusing you of trying to teach people to perform real spells or coach them into an interest in the occult. I should think you want to stay far away from that sort of accusation, given that you seem to work with children.

If you do look into it, one thing you will run across time and time again is the use of blood. Even in the rational and secular world you will find many references; bloodlines purity (for the eugenics-minded, be it perceived purity in humans or animals), blue blood, bad blood - the idea that blood is more than the sum of its parts is an old one.

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horrorcrafter

I'm Sorry, Metal Dog, I really didn't want to offend or hurt anybody with this. I really wish I hadn't posted this whole thing now. Please forgive me.
Yours Truly,
Horrorcrafter

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daniela

I don't know about everyone else but I wasn't offended and I can't see why you should be sorry. You inspired me to be creative on a day I originally hadn't planned to be. Besides, I like a good challenge.

BTW, I haven't given up. I'll be back for my third try later.

--DM--

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MetalDog

Err... not offended or hurt =)
Slightly bemused, perhaps...

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horrorcrafter

You folks are the BEST!
Thanks,
Horror.

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daniela

This is fun.

Round 3

Gathering the energy in the air from the thunderstorm, Drek directed it towards the hull exciting the atoms of wood and human bone, fusing them together to complete his devilish ship.


Digging deep into the very nature of the thorn bush Madeline focused her mind power on it, convincing the plant to grow larger and thicker until it formed an impressive barrier around her house.



Another failed attempt, no doubt. But like I said, this is fun.

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horrorcrafter

Daniela, that first one just now was pretty damned good. If nothing better comes along I may just want to imitate the style if not the words, with your permission of course. Thanks much,
Horrorcrafter

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daniela

Thanks for the compliment. I wouldn't have posted here if I wasn't going to allow you to use or imitate the style and/or words. That would have been cruel. If you wish them they are yours. Of course, now that I have said you can use them someone will probably come along with something better.

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blademasterzzz

Let me try it, too.



Lian closed his eyes, and an image floated into his mind. The image of his king, his master. His god. A being so perfect, what he said was law.
Someone who could not err. A divine, immortal force.

He concentrated on how much he admired, adored his god. How much he longed for his approval.

His thoughts whirled like winds, channeled into the stone he held in his hands - an Alberon stone. True to its purpose, it accepted the faith, and compressed it into a single ball of energy.
It accepted Lain's love of his master. It powered it.

"Rise!" Lian roared, his voice flying over the valley, winds rising with his words. The air around him and the stone whirled in a huge, dark tornado, shielding him for the razor-sharp storm that danced like a gigantic beast, destroying anything in its path.

In its eye, the stone finally emitted a flash so enormous, all over the world blinding flashed of light rained down on the ground.

And when the winds calmed, and the lights dimmed, Lian was standing before a mountain. A mountain raised from the depth of hell.

A monument to his masters divine power.


... Just an idea.

Harlequin

Here goes again.

Ishmas closed his eyes so he could see the wind spirits better. When they looked at him, he calld out with his mind, "Help me." As he told them what to do, they brought the wood together into a house.

By the way, horrorcrafter, are you a writing teacher? This is an exercise I wish I had in high school.

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mammamaia

...sure it is!...

...i don't like black magic, so will tell about a 'white magic' endeavor, instead... one sentence is not easy for what i have in mind, so i hope i'll be forgiven for making it a long one...



...that's actually based on a verbal history passed on for millennia, by the people of gozo, one of the islands in the mediterranean that makes up malta...

...i've been there and seen the sanctuary's perfectly-fitted stones that compare to only those in egypt's and central/south america's pyramids and temples... there are no such rock sources on the island and it's too small to have supported a huge population, such as is speculated to have erected similarly-built structures elsewhere in the world...

...also, the ones on gozo are thousands of years OLDER [circa 7,000 bce]!...

hugs, maia

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Fidelity

"The fallen rose petals, feeling sorry for the ailing girl, rose as one and marched onto her chest, formed themselves into a soft red sparrow, and waited patiently for her to wake up."

"He smashed his fist into the ground, and gigantic chunks of stone tore themselves from deep within the earth and piled themselves on top of one another into a perfect pyramid."

There. Pick the one you like.

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KevinTufo

OK PEOPLE! HERE GOES NOTHING: "The man was now standing in front of Steve, suddenly the man reached out his hand and pulled the molecules of Steve's skin off of his body, the molecules ripped the skin in to pieces that were too small for the eye to see."

I wanted to expand the whole story but the one sentence rules makes that impossible unless you use comma's instead of dot's.

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horrorcrafter

Harlequan- yeah I'm a writing teacher, but not a very good one. Yesterday I made a kid cry because this task is just too hard. High school writing teachers are comanded to assign only boring and stupid writing tasks... they are not allowed to come up with this kind of stuff. Its against all the rules from the Department of Education. I work in elemantary schools. You used verb- call.

Daniela- thanks you are wonderful. Really nice writing too. She used verbs- gather and direct.

Blade Master ZZZZZZ- I think you went over the limit. One sentence only. However, you used a nice verb- channel.

Mamma- Nice mind you have. see my limerick to you. You used verb- channel.

Fidelity used verbs- form and pile.

Kevin used verbs- reach and pull.

Magic must surely involve channeling, but I need a better verb for it because it leaves me with questions. How come I can't channel? Like I said yesterday, it must be one of the early stages of magic, but I don't think it describes the middle stage very well. I also like 'call' but it also leaves me wondering how to do it. Gather I shall equate with channel. The most active verbs of the lot must be reach or pull. Those start to answer many of my questions. Somehow the magician must reach or pull something sooner or later.

Frustrated by yesterday's experience I have decided to never ask this question again. I got my book on Kabbalah (thankfully it is very dusty...I'm not that nuts anymore) and reviewing it for verbs, so far I have found:
fast ( thats the first stage )
spit ( on the object )
draw ( a circle )
sweep ( like channel or direct )
recite ( names of angels )
name ( angels to help )
invoke ( more angels )
purify ( same as fast )

This is the list I have compiled so far. Where does it leave me? Now quite as confused as I was yesterday. Personally I like channel, spit, and sweep. They are specific. They are everyday verbs. I can imagine people going outside to try spitting on things to see if it really works. So, what do you folks think of channel, spit and sweep?
Horrorcrafter

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mammamaia

"Mamma- Nice mind you have. see my limerick to you. You used verb- channel."

thanks for the kind words 'bout my 'little grey cells'... where's the limerick?... and i don't get all that stuff about verbs... what did i miss? [btw, i didn't use 'channel']

hugs, m

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