WB Yeats and Aleister Crowley once battled each other in an epic real-life magical duel

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There should be an anime version of this.

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LARPing is apparently older than I had understood it to be.

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There is an anime version of this.

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Sgian dubh. “Black knife”.

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Full Metal Alchemist Oh Snap GIF

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TAKE MY MONEY!

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magical duel between WB Yeats and Aleister Crowley that ended triumphantly when Yeats dropped the magic act and just kicked Crowley down the stairs.

ok that managed to bring a chuckle to these ancient eldritch lips - thankee!

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“real-life magic”??

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That’s a lot of dedicated LARPing for these grown ass adults

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Those were magical kicks.

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No saving throw.

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“real life” and “magical duel” kinda cancel each other out, no?

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Found footage of some of the proceedings… Lightning Bolt! - YouTube

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I was gonna guess that’s what they meant, but I just left the quote alone.

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