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Outofbodydude, if you could supply a link to this website I'm sure everyone would appreciate it.

Another site (book purchase): Recomended on the Toomkeeper's links page.

//www.magusbooks.com

Thanks.  And yes, that does help a lot! ^_^
Do you know any texts or URLs that I could look to for information on the topic?

http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/tomekeeper/resources/sourcebooks.html

This is a site that I found by a link elsewhere on this site, and the page containes a list of books that "The Tombkeeper" deemes hlpeful in the study of the magics.  Any thoughts?  Has anyone read any of the books?  Helpfull or not?

Hmm... interesting concept. XD

Do you know of any texts of web adresses that I could visit to learn more?

Ok, I've gone all around this forum, but still haven't found anything that I could use as a step into alchemy (if I in fact decide that it is something that I will persue), nor have I found any general concensious as to what it truely is.  Any help or information would be appreciated, thanks.

Ok, a question that has been bugging me for a while now.  What exactly is Ki, how is it controled, and is it the same thing as Chi (a question that has been particurally bugging me)?  I've heard this around the forum for  while now and am finally deciding to ask about it.

Dude, if ya wanna preach "rightiousness" and "truth" then do it another place.

which book is it that you're using?

Hmm...  it sounds almost like a physical being was being summoned, but I'm not even sure if that's possible.  Anyone know?

Thanks for all your help guys(gals for some, maybe).  So far,progress has been going... slowly- I say as a choice word.  If anyone else has any more information, it would be appreciated as well.  Thank you all.

Saying that a style of narration isn't everything is a very inaccurate comment.

This sentence can be compared to rococo or baroque artists point of view. Many paintings were done only to show how good the artist is, without any higher meaning or message.
But for what is such painting good for?
There are more important things than narration(of course some level of skill at narration IS  required). What would ANY book be without interesting plot or characters or hidden meaning, etc. ? With nothing more than good narration book can only become a demonstration of author's talent, and such demonstration is worthless to the readers. Sometimes even in excellent books narration doesn't have to be good at all, for an example Joseph Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness" or George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and many others.

Not everything is done for a purpose.  If everything had to have some "higher purpose" then we'd be spending all of out time analyzing everything.  In this world it is a blessing when people write or draw for no other purpose then for their own personal enjoyment, or when people sing solely to showcase their voice.

It is not, but anyway tell me where I said anything about style? Style is nearly okay here(only word "feces" should be used instedad of "s h i t"),but style(type of narration, etc.) is not everything. It won't help if the book contains obscenities like the ones I've mentioned. I don't know if in US it's the same, but in Poland most people get offended/disgusted by things like "penis doorknobs".

No, language choice and selections for description are an important piece in any narrative.  An authors diction should be such that it accurately represents the characters in his/her story.  Saying that a style of narration isn't everything is a very inaccurate comment.

Well guess what, it isn't a humor story. If you thought such... let's just end with my saying that I greatly pity you. Literature isn't written for laughs or jokes (mostly), it is written to portray an idea or series of said. If you think that everything written has to be humorous then I wouldn't recommend reading the majority of literature out there.

Of course there are books that have higher meaning(like Franz Kafka's "The Trial" - in my opinion the best book about metaphysics), but what could be meaning of a book with meat monsters, rooms filling up with feces, and doorknob penises? I wonder why you responded to healthy criticism with attack and you are defending this story with such aggression? I guess that you are the author....
I must admit that the ideas that I saw so far in this story look like they were created by 10 year old child, and author's(your?) writing talent won't help if you won't have more self criticism.
Or maybe it's a current writing trend in US? I guess that my taste is a bit outdated then.

No, I'm sorry, but I'm not the author.  In fact, I've never even met the author.  Also, no attack was made, only an indication of my pity for you.  The story's "height meaning"... it has none.  The story was written for enjoyment for the reader, the same as reading any other book... for the love of the story.  As for your attack against the writing style, for this story the style works.  No two stories can (or should) have the same writing style.  How something is written should reflect the story's progression.  To attack a "style of writing" is incredibly stupid, not to mention ignorant.

Many places that I have visited use the term sequence "Controlling energy and will towards a goal" (or some-such).  My question is... how?  I've never really understood this concept and would appreciate it if anyone would be willing to explain it to me.  Thanks for your help.

If the rest is as pointless and disgusting as the prologue then reading it is a waste of time. Whoever wrote this has a problem with his sense of humor:
(from the prologue:)

I reached for the knob at the same moment it began to melt and transform, turning pink and finally taking the shape of a flaccid penis. It flopped softly against the door, like a man was cramming it through the knobhole from the other side.

I turned back to John and said, "that door cannot be opened."

If this was meant to be funny... well, it isn't, it's just pathetic.

Well guess what, it isn't a humor story.  If you thought such... let's just end with my saying that I greatly pity you.  Literature isn't written for laughs or jokes (mostly), it is written to portray an idea or series of said.  If you think that everything written has to be humorous then I wouldn't recommend reading the majority of literature out there.

I'm interested in learning the art of enchantment, and have been for some years no (3).  But I still seem unable to find a place that can supply me with a solid place to start.  If anyone has any information on this (eg. links to a site, books that they'd suggest) I would greatly apreciate it if you shared it with me.  Thanks.

Surprised no one has mentioned the "Blue Apples"!?!

If you're interested in this subject, the emerald tablet, alchemy, etc. I think you might find this site very satisfying.

http://site.williamhenry.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=6&Itemid=30

Hey, thanks a ton for the website.  I'm doing some research on the topic (for my own) and was wondering if anyone else has information sources that they'd like to share.  It would be most appreciated, and thank you in advance.

Hey, this is a link to a story that relates to the Paranormal and is slightly Sci-Fi.  I hope that you like it.  http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/jdate/a.html

Could anybody explain to me what exactly the astral is?  Thanks.

does anybody know what Migs was referring to when he said "Emerald tablet of Hermes"?  If it's texts that could be aquired, then I'd like to know so I could take a look at them.  If this is just me being ignorant, tell me that to.    XD;;;

Thanks

Hey Nita, I hear that you have a website.  Do you mind sharing what the link is?

Hmm... God?

Sorry, I don't believe that there's a God.

EDIT:  Does anybody know where I can find information on this topic?

also I actually don't know much about demons and would like to hear
your stories about them. please post if you know anything about it.

I've summoned a few demons, and have reliable info on them, but this is not a thread about that, PM me for info.

thank you. what I said was made up I just wanted to see
how all of you would react. it's fun for me to ask absurd questions and get anwsers to analyze your behaviors.

There are two possibilities:
1. This thread was a joke - I think that some moderator should ban you. Analyzing behaviors? People are like a tools for you then...
2. You really were recruited - you will become a tool of some entity - have fun!

Heh... as someone who analyzes things to discover their purpace I find number one both ignorant and amusing