Weird. And moderately unsettling.

[flyboy_fox]

I've never really put any stock into 'mystical' things like astrology, ouija, tarot etc... I'm hopelessly science-minded to the point where I just laugh stuff off as silly, all a bunch of scam etc. I think it will take more to really shake me, but I'm kinda in a 'huh!' mindset right now after passively watching Miles do a tarot reading* for himself and, previously, for Scourge. The way each reading came out, the types of cards that ended up being drawn for each of them, their significance and relation to each other as well as the description of the person being read for was really very odd... and I saw Scourge go from "It's a crock of shit" to "... O.o" as well. I haven't lost my 'science head' completely, but it really was fucking WEIRD. Miles' interest in the occult and 'magic' and the supernatural is probably about as scientific as my disinterest is, in that he tends towards 'logical' explanations over mystic ones... but it seems to be something he's really into. I guess, by default then, I get to learn all about it too ^^; Fun!

*He picked up a Rider-Waite-Smith deck yesterday from Waterstones as I didn't have a tarot deck, obviously >_>; We almost ended up buying the Necronomicon (clarification: Lovecraft compilation by that name), too, but that would have set us back an additional £20, and you can read Lovecraft online FFS. Of course that's not 'the same' as having an actual book... meh, another time, maybe. I would kinda like to read some of them, too.

As a related aside: Do any of you guys use/believe in tarot or other 'magic'-related things? Any particular experiences? I feel like it's gotta just be coincidence, but no amount of "trying too hard to make the cards fit" seems to explain what Miles (and, reluctantly, Scourge) did with the cards, how they supposedly 'randomly' came out :\

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[overlord-mordax.livejournal.com]

I know there are a lot of really nice editions out there; I tend to see them while shopping. Personally, I like to go for the cheaper paperbacks, because I am honestly pretty damn hard on books, and I know it. Books I actually read get progressively more trashed. XD

Yes, the Simon necronomicon is rather like an expensive, stupid lapdog. I have it mostly as a conversation starter, and it really spiced up my shelf back before I owned any actual good occult and paranormal books. I will definitely send it if you want it, but I would need to know where you live, since I'm shit at guesstimating shippiing. PM me if you like. L)

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

I guess I'll have to shop around for a good one. I could always read them online, but Miles has an aversion to spending time on my computer, and I know he prefers physical books (although he downloaded the Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe onto my iPhone for some reason). So yeah... will keep looking. The edition in Waterstones was hardback, which probably upped the price a lot (as well as making it ludicrously heavy), so I guess maybe I should do as you do and opt for paperback instead.

I'll PM you my address in just a sec! (: Ta muchly!