Life Imitating Art – I just read Weaving Fate by Aidan Watcher
Life Imitates Art.
That’s what Oscar Wilde said. Its true enough that its become a common expression. I don’t think I know a single writer or artist who cannot name instances of this truth operating in their lives.
Noticing the actions of unseen forces is actually at the heart of most great magic,.
The only thing better than noticing the actions of unseen forces is the ability to reverse engineer them into practices that are teachable and beneficial. That’s what Aidan has done in his new book. Its a rare thing to read something entirely new, yet resonant with the past.
His first book Six Ways presented a general vision of magic, and a set of very useful practices that will go down as a classic magical primer. It will be a lot of peoples first books on magic for many years to come.
Weaving Fate is different than Six Ways. Rather than a general vision or collection of practices it is a cohesive explanation of a single complex undertaking. It achieves this not only through direct instruction, but through examples that the reader can study in depth. Aidan doesn’t just tell you how to do something, he shows it being done.
That is rare.