Recording: Magical Lecture on Magic, Basic Witchcraft
... And so Anima can be safely represented as the total work a Witch might accomplish before expiring. Is that understood class? It is? Wonderful.
Now who can tell me about Mana?
Dorothy? Dorothy darling, how about you?
... No. No dea — No darling, that isn't quite right. You can't eat Man — no, that's ok dear. You can sit down now.
And don't rest your head on your hat, dear, you might bend the tip. You wouldn't want to walk around with a kink in your hat. Wizards might start inviting you to their lectures.
I'm sorry? yes? I... no. Anyhow, we must move along darling, back on topic! What is Mana?
Mana is best described as Natural Aspects! Or possibly Conceptual Derivations of Natural phenomenon.
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Yes? Gertrude? I see you have your hat up. Deriva -- Oh, I see the confusion. No, deary we aren't talking about derivatives in the mathematical sense. You've what? You've studied cal-calc — advanced mathematics before? Oh dear. We are Witches! We'll leave all that number hooey to the beards in the other room.
By my spectacles, you talk to a Wizard long enough and he'll have you suspecting primes for nefarious intent! tee hee! What nonsense.
Now who here believes they can name some aspects? How about you, Margret?
Ye-es, love can be an aspect, but I was hoping you'd go deeper.
Yes, I see your hat up, do you have one, Azmodia the Silent and Brooding?
Yes! a wonderful example deary. For instance Witch Morgana Le-fey is said to have used Love of the Milling Masses in a rather potent mind control draught during that ancient Camelot fiasco.
My! She was a real Witch's Witch, that woman. Far ahead for her time. Made Wizards all over finally take us witches seriously for the first time. Those Wizards used to yammer on and on about Merlin this. Merlin that. Merlin! Well, Witch Morgana locked him up in a crystal cave! For life!
Couldn't look down their mustaches at our hats after that, now could they!
Oh, I think I hear that wretched bird crowing again.
Oh well.
Alright darlings, you are all free to leave. Don't forget to leave some bottles out tonight after the Witching Hour to capture some Sheen of Moonlights Last Gleaming. We'll be using that in some of our hair lengthening potions we'll be brewing in some upcoming lectures.
And, please dears, do me a favor and give a good, hearty, Witches cackle as you pass the Wizards lecture. They can be such imbeciles at times....