Learning Magic

Codex Inversus
8 min readMar 21, 2024

The relationship between master and apprentice is the cornerstone of magic learning. Despite the numerous and ever more sophisticated manuals, treaties, and pedagogical texts, arcane arts can not be self-taught. Magic is so context-dependent and capricious that only constant guidance can make you understand what you are doing wrong or right. Furthermore, the frustration of the first years is hard to overcome without a figure reassuring you of the eventual…

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Codex Inversus

A world-building project. Art and stories from a fantasy world. All illustrations are mine: collages and rework of other art. https://linktr.ee/Codex_Inversus