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Assignments
Nov. 4th, 2012 09:11 amI have been called away unexpectedly, for an unknown duration. I deeply apologise to the students whose class meetings will therefore need to be cancelled.
I do not yet know what arrangements will be made while I am away; however, please complete the following reading and assignments this week:
Seventh years: Closely read sections three, four, and five of de Aznar e Ybarra's Origen de las Artes de Sangre. Read the introduction and closely read sections one, three, and four of Vysotsky's Bindings and Unbindings. Write 15-24 inches synthesising the two and reflecting upon the following question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of blood-based compulsion spells as compared to charm-based compulsion spells? Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self; if you feel comfortable with the first three exercises, attempt the fourth.
Sixth years: Read the introduction and closely read sections one and two of de Aznar e Ybarra's Origen de las Artes de Sangre. Write 15-24 inches reflecting upon the following question: When is it not advisable to use blood magic to achieve your goals? Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self; if you feel comfortable with the first three exercises, attempt the fourth.
Fourth and fifth years, practical: Read the first six sections of Merindel et al's A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions. Choose at least a dozen spells you are interested in learning how to both cast and counter; write at least 15 inches listing them, along with your reasons for your interest in those particular spells. Continue practising both the Vox Similo spell and the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self.
Fourth and fifth years, theoretical: Closely read the introduction and the first four sections of Peverell and Peverell's De signatura rerum, taking notes in your class journals. For marking, choose any spell of any discipline that you have studied in another class and write 15-24 inches analysing it using the methods described therein.
Third years, practical: Closely read the chapter on compulsion magic in Brandt et al's Introduction to Hexes, Curses, Jinxes, Dark Potions, Blood Magic, and Other Useful Arts. Write twelve inches describing how compulsion magic functions and what it takes to cast those spells successfully. Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self.
Third years, theoretical: Read the introduction to Clements-Chichester's Grimoires of the Worthy Families, taking notes in your class journals. For marking, write 12-15 inches comparing and contrasting the history described there with the present day.
I do not yet know what arrangements will be made while I am away; however, please complete the following reading and assignments this week:
Seventh years: Closely read sections three, four, and five of de Aznar e Ybarra's Origen de las Artes de Sangre. Read the introduction and closely read sections one, three, and four of Vysotsky's Bindings and Unbindings. Write 15-24 inches synthesising the two and reflecting upon the following question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of blood-based compulsion spells as compared to charm-based compulsion spells? Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self; if you feel comfortable with the first three exercises, attempt the fourth.
Sixth years: Read the introduction and closely read sections one and two of de Aznar e Ybarra's Origen de las Artes de Sangre. Write 15-24 inches reflecting upon the following question: When is it not advisable to use blood magic to achieve your goals? Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self; if you feel comfortable with the first three exercises, attempt the fourth.
Fourth and fifth years, practical: Read the first six sections of Merindel et al's A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions. Choose at least a dozen spells you are interested in learning how to both cast and counter; write at least 15 inches listing them, along with your reasons for your interest in those particular spells. Continue practising both the Vox Similo spell and the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self.
Fourth and fifth years, theoretical: Closely read the introduction and the first four sections of Peverell and Peverell's De signatura rerum, taking notes in your class journals. For marking, choose any spell of any discipline that you have studied in another class and write 15-24 inches analysing it using the methods described therein.
Third years, practical: Closely read the chapter on compulsion magic in Brandt et al's Introduction to Hexes, Curses, Jinxes, Dark Potions, Blood Magic, and Other Useful Arts. Write twelve inches describing how compulsion magic functions and what it takes to cast those spells successfully. Continue practising the exercises we have learned so far from Korovin's Mastery over Self.
Third years, theoretical: Read the introduction to Clements-Chichester's Grimoires of the Worthy Families, taking notes in your class journals. For marking, write 12-15 inches comparing and contrasting the history described there with the present day.