Class: The Way of the Magician

I had a fantastic Friday evening up at Aradia’s Garden in Eastlake, Ohio, to go to Ian Corrigan's Class called: "The Way of the Magician - Beyond Spellcasting, to Living a Magical Life". In fact, if it wasn't for him posting it on his blog, Into the Mound, I would not have known about it.

Although the class was small it actually worked out really well, Ian was able to go off at tangents and small incitful talks (he calls them rants, but if you've heard Ian speak before, you know what I mean; He has a way of making you know where his opinions are, and speaks from experience).

This wasn't specifically an ADF/Druid talk, but with him spending so much time within that system, a lot of examples and ideas come from the experience of being in ADF.

I'm still processing a lot of the notes I took, and sorting through the different ideas, so perhaps I'll post a bit about that at a later date.

Ian spent time on talking about the collecting and building personal power, for personal gain (and thus using it for the betterment of self and others). Before some noses get bent out of shape, he went over some excellent pieces on Ethics, which the most prominent that I remember (and this is before my coffee this morning) is "Be nice, don't be Nasty", and "If you wouldn't do something without the use of magic, then you shouldn't do it WITH the use of magic". This isn't the complete collection of advice, and info he gave, but it was a great down to earth section, including where some of the ideas came from (again, if you know ADF and Ian, he's done his homework!).

On another note, Lindy and her group at Aradia's Garden was a gracious host, providing food and refreshment for all, and good directions for someone how's never been before (thank you!!). I felt bad that I didn't get the chance to look around the store (next time, I hope to have that chance). Blog Readers; If you're in the area, stop by!