The third in the Carrot Ranch competitions. What a diverse set of subjects we are being tempted with. Mine is next on Tuesday. Competition 2 is open until Sunday. Competition 1 has closed to entries. Get your pen to the ready. This one is going to be a wonderful challenge.
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Septolet in Motion
By JulesPaige
Words are cast like magic spells. Some may debate the text in which such lessons exist. Religious works could be a type of Grimoire since often as children we are taught rote prayers that will lead us away from temptation. Other schools of thought may define Grimoire as a book devoted to just the teaching and instruction of magic and those amulets and talisman that would be endowed with gifting the owners with better fortunes. I quote this next line from the Wikipedia entry on the subject, “In many cases, the books themselves are believed to be imbued with magical powers, though in many cultures, other sacred texts that are not Grimoires (such as the Bible) have been believed to have supernatural properties intrinsically.
I would beg to argue that any book that transfers us to another world or jolts our imagination could be a Grimoire…
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I’m loving all the diversity of contests! I’m excited for yours next, Irene!
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It is going well. I love how different they all are and how they push us to experiment. Interesting too that for some one is difficult yet others are easy. For me I found the humorous difficult.
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