Learn About Power
Recognize where it comes from and what it means. How much you can create and what all you
have to buy. Or steal.
Power is a powerful thing and once one has it the doorways into wizardry can be dizzying. But if
you keep your wits about you and listen to the voices of those that understand you,
you will prove to yourself that which you feel you must prove to yourself.
Wizardric Power comes from four things completely:
- Awarness of the Self
- Awareness of the Self as Understood by Others
- Awareness of the structures of awareness and the rules by which understandings are created by yourself and by others.
- Ability to cook birthday cakes.
Absolutely none of these may be ignored lest you descend into madness or be shunned by all whome you love because of your inability to provide basic assistance for the celebration of your friend Jan's son's second year alive because honestly you're a wizard with the ability to bend the universe you should be able to make a proper cake.
The Universe is Bigger Than You Think
No matter how clever you believe you are being and no matter how many caveats, even if you give up the whole
ordeal of thinking entirely and decide to yourself you won't even try to conceptualize the size of the universe,
you remain no matter what so unbelievably wrong about it to a level that it will always be unbelievably irrational
to not be extremely embarrassed about.
It's sometimes useful for young wizards to be given another reference point from a culture more understanding of the size of the Universe
than our own, such as the word used to describe the size of the universe: rtffligmentientobouskappzrtmahk,
which is a term used by the god whales of the Zentin Galaxy, who are each roughly the size of Rttritkrn capital ships
(which are some of the larger ships in the Rttritkrn fleet), which roughly translates to (keeping in mind cultural references
contained in the phrase that are impossible for beings of 3 dimensions to even roughly comprehend):
big.
Hopefully this aids in some small way to your future study.
Remember to be Professional
Professionalism is a key skill every wizard must learn as quickly as possible lest they descend into madness.
Many magical spells require formal wear in order to be cast properly, and many more enforce strict rules as to
the tone and accent with which you speak proper Nala Kinten. Whether this is a choice on the part of the spells
or a choice on the part of those that teach the spells is a question I leave up to those learning the spells to
decipher as you progress in your wizardric career, as well as the open question we all must consider as to
whether or not spells themselves are capable of thought and conscious discrimination
or if most of us are just kind of bad teachers.
Although I will say that for some things there seem to be no good answers.
Ridiculousness is at the Heart of all Stars
One of the most revolutionary wizardric concepts to be discovered in the last hundred years pertains to the origin
of stars, which had eluded us for millenia because of the fact of their being like super super extremely really mega hot.
The discovery was made by the Great Wizard Marta of Ged Song, master of all things astrological and astronomical and
astroboylicious (that which pertains to the study of the manga series Astro Boy), by carefully recreating a star in
her tower living room. It took twelve years in total and in the end burnt up her favorite carpet to a crisp, but
through her sacrifice we learned what lies at the heart of all stars.
Surprisingly, the answer is funny. She discovered that once she had a star and peeled away all its layers what it
really was at its core was something truly essentialy ridiculous. It was ridiculousness. The concept and the
lifestyle. Our model of the universe then became that in the beginning there was nothing and then a bunch of ridiculous
things started happening. In hindsight the answer seems obvious.
As for the exact nature of "ridiculousness" I will leave you with the wikipedia covering of the term, as I see no
need to retread ground already covered by reputable wizard texts:
Ridiculousness is an American comedy clip show that began airing on August 29, 2011, on MTV. It is hosted by Rob Dyrdek and co-hosted by Sterling "Steelo" Brim, and formerly Chanel West Coast. Ridiculousness strictly showcases various viral videos from the Internet, usually involving failed do-it-yourself attempts at stunts, to which Dyrdek and his panelists add mockery and reaction. The producers of the series and MTV refuse any submitted videos for the show for the safety of their viewers, instead licensing already-existing content.