Every elder thinks that the younger generations fails to respect them. As I am fast reaching the age where I am one of those “elders” I have started to notice the same irritation. I started this game young – I was 17 and I irritated my “elders” too. But in a completely different way from the way I am irritated now. I was the eternal student. I listened and asked questions and wrote a lot down. I remembered what was told, often reminding teachers what they had said in the past, or what others had said. If I struck what I thought was a contradiction I would ask about it. I did manage to swallow a lot of rubbish from a lot
magick
Apprenticed to Magic
At the end of the 20th century the system of magical training started to break down. There once was a time that you would be taught by one person who would show you their magical system, which was often worked out over years by experience. To some measure that changed with the adoption of the Order system. You would join a group like the Order of the Golden Dawn and that would train you. What really happened was nothing of the sort. An order, like the Golden Dawn, would perform some of the magical work on the students sphere of sensation, but actual training was carried out by adepts who knew what they were doing.But sir, you might know the secrets