thank you livejournal for being awesome. because my internet failed halfway through posting this.

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new member, have loved these books for years. due to the restrictions of my public library, my personal funds, etc, i've only read the first four books. hopefully someday soon i'll be able to immerse myself in the others!

big dumb question... diane duane has never given us the symbols for the speech, has she? i don't think so, but i figured i might as well ask and be disappointed. *sigh*

second dumb question... why do i seem to think i'm finding two different versions of the wizard's oath? the first is like this...


In Life's name and for Life's sake, I say that I will use the Art for nothing but the service of that Life. I will guard growth and ease pain. I will fight to preserve what grows and lives well in its own way; and I will change no object or creature unless its growth and life, or that of the system of which it is part, are threatened. To these ends, in the practice of my Art, I will put aside fear for courage, and death for life, when it is right to do so -- till Universe's end.


in the other version, the 'until Universe's end" is replaced with...


looking always forward to the Heart of Time, where all our sundered times are one, and all our myriad worlds lie whole, in That from Which they proceeded.