[UA] Superskills

[Bailey Watts]

>Since picking up UA and Post-Modern Magick, I have been trying to define
>what are the boundaries.  Suggestions of candy-magick, porcelain cat magick
>and bathroom reading material magick as “anything can be a school of magic
>as long as you’re obsessed about it” doesn’t sit well with me.  Why? I 
>guess
>it’s because I just don’t like the element of ultimate freedom such a 
>system
>would entail.  It doesn’t really address the issue of why some obsessive
>people would have magic and others wouldn’t.  I need something that takes
>real world talents and abilities and just tips them an inch into the
>Twilight Zone. I have considered defining Magick as Superskills (for lack 
>of
>a better term).

There is the need for a mystic paradox (or physical paradox for one school I 
wrote up) and the desire to explicitly work it for magick.  Not everyone who 
is obsessed with something has the mental capacity to fit magic into that 
framework and retain enough of an obsession to make it work.

Toss in the need to be cognizant of the paradox and magic isn't as everyday.
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