{"id":5652,"date":"2013-06-19T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5652"},"modified":"2013-06-19T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T15:20:17","slug":"advice-for-twenty-something-magicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5652","title":{"rendered":"Advice for Twenty-Something Magicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was one of those, briefly \u2014 it didn’t take. But this is pretty good.<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the other hand, I suspect that there will be a few of you\u2014maybe less than a handful, maybe just one or two\u2014who will stick with it, and make the transition into hardcore, practicing magicians, and it is to you in particular that I feel a certain responsibility to write this essay for. As a member of the generation immediately preceding yours, I kind of have a duty to pass on some hard-won information. Most of you will probably ignore it, or not even be ready to listen to it, but I feel like I should put this out there for whatever greater purpose it serves.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was one of those, briefly \u2014 it didn’t take. But this is pretty good. On the other hand, I suspect that there will be a few of you\u2014maybe less than a handful, maybe just one or two\u2014who will stick with it, and make the transition into hardcore, practicing magicians, and it is to you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-5652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-magick"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1ta","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6443,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6443","url_meta":{"origin":5652,"position":0},"title":"New York Occult Revival (2)","author":"Chas S. 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