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I'd say that's a bit hazardous, putting the focus on the experiential/first-hand stuff. Stops simple, but vital articles, such as science-and-magick (or in magick), or ruminations on 'why do people do X'. The critical articles, I suppose, versus the memoir-esque. I'd argue that both are necessary and beneficial.
Yeah, I would agree, I’m not trying to exclude articles with a more factual flavour. It’s just that in magic, I feel the key factor in all the most compelling writing I’ve read has been experience – “I did this, and then this happened. Wow!” I felt Generation Hex suffered from a preponderance of “well, this is how you do magick” articles, which then didn’t redeem themselves by offering up anything new or unique – this uniqueness might have come about if the author’s had been willing to ground their writing (thanks, Saturn’s Nod) in their experience. |
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