1. Introduction: What It Means to Be a Mage
Imagine standing at the boundary between two worlds. One world is your familiar, dense one, filled with objects, words, and events. The other is barely perceptible: a world of states, images, and meanings, where the causes of everything that happens are born. To be a mage means learning to live consciously on this boundary, to cross it at your own will, and to understand exactly what you are doing in each moment.
Magic is not a trick, nor is it an esca
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