On Sorcery, Witchcraft, and Other Undisciplined Magics
By High Arcanist Verina Fontaine, House Canae Written in the 2461st Year of the Chrysian Reckoning
Preface
All magic flows from the same source, the Ley lines radiating from Emith’s Heart; yet not all who draw upon it do so with appropriate methodology. This treatise examines those practitioners who remain outside House Canae tutelage: the “sorcerers” who rely upon raw instinct where structured theory would serve them better, and the “witches” who persist in transmitting technique through oral tradition rather than proper notation. While their results can be, on occasion, surprisingly competent, one cannot help but observe the inefficiencies inherent in their approach. The author proposes several frameworks by which such practitioners might be guided toward formal study, that their evident natural aptitude need not continue to be squandered.
In the chapters that follow, I shall first establish the theoretical foundations of proper thaumaturgical practice, that the reader may better appreciate how far these undisciplined practitioners stray from optimal methodology. We shall then examine sorcery in its various manifestations - from the merely untrained to the willfully obstinate - before turning our attention to the witch traditions that persist in our rural communities. Finally, I shall propose a series of remedial programs by which such talents might be reclaimed for productive service.
High Arcanist Verina Fontaine College of Theoretical Thaumaturgy, House Canae Sealed with the Owl’s Sigil Year 2461 of the Chrysian Reckoning