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[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

De Occulta Philosophia, by Agrippa von Nettesheim, was considered a mature compendium of magical practice and theory. Written in the sixteenth century, it was on of the most influential books on magic around.

This is why Morgan is, naturally, sitting a table with a cup of apple tea, correcting it.

Have at.

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[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

Sorceress, walking by, carrying a book, pauses to watch Morgan...

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

Sorceress, vampire...the witch-necromancer that is Morgan glances up.

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

"Greetings" She curtsies...

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"Good morning, lady."

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

"Good morning. I could not help but notice your choice of literature."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"Agrippa von Nettesheim got things wrong." Morgan says, simply.

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

"I must say I know the title, but not this person, Agrippa."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"A wizard of some description."

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

"And lesser talent?" She offers the book she is carrying.

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"Hard to say - he got confused with what mortals thought magic."

Curious, her grey eyes flick to Serena's book.

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

Inconcessus Prodigium Dicta... seems brand new.

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

Morgan's fingers twitch to pick it up.

[mortisbelle.livejournal.com]

Serena is offering it... at least for Morgan to peruse.

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, apple tea," says Barty.

"What are you reading?"

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"De Occulta Philosophia. He got things wrong," she adds, absently.

And then glances up through her lashes, grinning.

"Sit?"

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"I've heard of that. Not read it though," he admits. He takes a seat next to his girlfriend.

He kisses her. "Love you."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"It's interesting. But sometimes very silly."

Morgan kisses him back, and then moves her chair to snuggle in closer. Well, she had a long night.

"Love you, too."

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"Might have to read it after you've done editing it," he grins. He puts an arm round her. "Almost Christmas," he says, softly.

"Always spent it at home, always wanted to spend it at Hogwarts."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"Christian stole it, dampened the celebration with Mass."

"Why...why couldn't you stay at your school?"

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"Parents wanted me to stay home with them. Well. He did, anyway."

He won't call him father. He has no father.

Barty snorts. "He once got me a propaganda book about fighting dark magic as a present."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

Her arm snakes around his waist, and she hugs him closer. Partly for comfort, but partly because he's warm. Morgan's like that.

"But, to fight it, wouldn't you have to know it?"

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"Yes."

The DADA lesson plans of his different-timeline future self will bear this out.

"Can only fight against what you understand."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

Morgan thinks that over, and then makes an amused sound.

"Can't fight dark with dark, morals are inconsistant."

[bartyjr.livejournal.com]

"Tell that to him. He thinks you can."

He frowns. "Tricky ethical issue, though. Depends on how important means are relative to ends. And how far means are an end in themselves."

[witchy-rebel.livejournal.com]

"Should argue with Merlion, not me. I don't...get it. You do something, so you do it."

She remembers Belasius, crumpling to the ground.

She remembers the screams in her head, screams of mothers for their sons.

She remembers, and she frowns.

"It's hard, sometimes, I think. Can't call it dark and light, though. Not really. Good and evil are concepts. At least to me."