Magical Theory 101 (Monday, 01/30/2006, 5th Period)
CLASS IS CLOSED
The door, as usual, is closed in order to minimize disruptions from the hallway, and Jenny's got coffee and doughnuts sitting up on her desk by the sign-in sheet. "Okay, guys, last week before our quiz, we talked just a little about divination and how to tell the future, plus everyone got a chance to practice divination by doing their own tarot reading. Check out this handout which is totally not the same link from last week's quiz if you're interested in some of the wacky ways that people have been known to practice the divinatory arts in the past. But here's another, slightly more scholarly handout.
Divination presumes that some sort of supernatural force--like fate or destiny--exists and that it influences everyone's future. For example, the Greeks had the three Moirae, also known as the Fates--Clothos, who spun out the thread measuring the length of your life; Lachesis who wove your thread into the tapestry and therefore dictated the events of your life; and Atropos, who decided when you were gonna die. She had the scissors and snipped your thread when you were done. The Greeks? Big on unshakeable destiny. Here's a handout with a synopsis of the story of Oedipus Rex. Guy was foretold as someone who was going to kill his father and marry his mother. Which, gotta say? Ew. Back then and now, ew. Everything he and his folks did to avoid the prophecy coming true only brought the prophecy into fulfillment.
So. Do you believe in the future as immutable, or changeable? Check over your handouts, and let's talk about it."
OOC: I do not have webmail access during the day; the only address I have access to is my work e-mail (which, for obvious reasons, I don't have LJ comment notifications going to). If you need something from me, please ping me in the voice mail or e-mail links below. I will try to check that once in the morning and once in the afternoon, depending on how busy I am at work. I'll check it at least once every morning; however. When I get home at night, I don't log onto LJ or e-mail until after my son has been put to bed around 7:30 or 8 CST (on most nights; however, there are a few exceptions). My IM is in my userinfo and I'll make a point of being accessible on it when I'm at home and online. Tuesday nights I am generally inaccessible; I might be online after my dance lesson, but I need at least one night for non-FH time. Luckily, none of Jenny's classes are run on Tuesdays.
Useful Links:
Ms. Calendar's Voice Mail
Ms. Calendar's E-Mail
And just because I'm in love with it, Godchecker.
{{OOC: OCD comment threads going up shortly are up.}}
The door, as usual, is closed in order to minimize disruptions from the hallway, and Jenny's got coffee and doughnuts sitting up on her desk by the sign-in sheet. "Okay, guys, last week before our quiz, we talked just a little about divination and how to tell the future, plus everyone got a chance to practice divination by doing their own tarot reading. Check out this handout which is totally not the same link from last week's quiz if you're interested in some of the wacky ways that people have been known to practice the divinatory arts in the past. But here's another, slightly more scholarly handout.
Divination presumes that some sort of supernatural force--like fate or destiny--exists and that it influences everyone's future. For example, the Greeks had the three Moirae, also known as the Fates--Clothos, who spun out the thread measuring the length of your life; Lachesis who wove your thread into the tapestry and therefore dictated the events of your life; and Atropos, who decided when you were gonna die. She had the scissors and snipped your thread when you were done. The Greeks? Big on unshakeable destiny. Here's a handout with a synopsis of the story of Oedipus Rex. Guy was foretold as someone who was going to kill his father and marry his mother. Which, gotta say? Ew. Back then and now, ew. Everything he and his folks did to avoid the prophecy coming true only brought the prophecy into fulfillment.
So. Do you believe in the future as immutable, or changeable? Check over your handouts, and let's talk about it."
OOC: I do not have webmail access during the day; the only address I have access to is my work e-mail (which, for obvious reasons, I don't have LJ comment notifications going to). If you need something from me, please ping me in the voice mail or e-mail links below. I will try to check that once in the morning and once in the afternoon, depending on how busy I am at work. I'll check it at least once every morning; however. When I get home at night, I don't log onto LJ or e-mail until after my son has been put to bed around 7:30 or 8 CST (on most nights; however, there are a few exceptions). My IM is in my userinfo and I'll make a point of being accessible on it when I'm at home and online. Tuesday nights I am generally inaccessible; I might be online after my dance lesson, but I need at least one night for non-FH time. Luckily, none of Jenny's classes are run on Tuesdays.
Useful Links:
Ms. Calendar's Voice Mail
Ms. Calendar's E-Mail
And just because I'm in love with it, Godchecker.
{{OOC: OCD comment threads going up shortly are up.}}