On Jan 11, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Davdi Silverrock wrote: > On 1/11/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: >> Kenneth Gorelick <pulmon at mac.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Jan 11, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >> >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>> Now, these were Left-Hand sorceresses, so they've had some >>>> training in >>>> magic, and it's not impossible that one or more of them *might* >> <snip> >> >>> What self-respecting Dragaeron sorcerer(ess) would lower him/herself >>> to learning witchcraft > > Morrolan e'Drien? > >>> (which is what I believe you intend by the use >>> of the word "magic", jon. I am unfamiliar with the latter concept in >>> the Brustian universe--there are sorcery, elder sorcery, necromancy, >>> wizardry (which combines the first 3) and witchcraft. >> >> Sorry, I used the word "magic" there just to be a synonym for >> "sorcery". > > And you were generally correct in doing so. "Magic" is the general > term which encompasses all of the branches of, well, magic, and > therefore includes sorcery. > > Various hits on "magic" in /Issola/: > > Sethra: "If I can't reach them where they are, I don't know how I'd be > able to watch you there." > Vlad: "Uh ... magic?" > Sethra: "If sorcery worked there, I don't think we'd be having this > problem, and I can't think what other magic we might use. Unlike you, > I'm not a witch." > > [Teldra] said, "And we were wondering if there was any magic here." > (on seeing the river of amorphia) > > [Vlad] said, "Spellbreaker didn't help?" > "It isn't that kind of magic," said Verra helpfully. > > And so on and so forth. Mea culpa--you found those references just like magic! Ken