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

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: WB Yeats and Aleister Crowley once battled each other in an epic real-life magical duel | Boing Boing

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[beschizza]

There should be an anime version of this.

[BakaNeko]

[SpeedRacer]

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

[beschizza]

There is an anime version of this.

[MikeTheBard]

@thomdunn

a skindoo at his knee.

Sgian dubh. “Black knife”.

[BakaNeko]

[robertmckenna]

@beschizza

There is an anime version of this.

TAKE MY MONEY!

[theophrastus]

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!

[generic_name]

“real-life magic”??

Not Bloody Likely

[Grey_Devil]

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

[cannibalpeas]

@thomdunn

the forces of good struck out with their feet and kicked him downstairs.

Those were magical kicks.

[DreamboatSkanky]

No saving throw.

[iknownuurthing]

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

[theodore604]

Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley

[kmccrory]

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

[Papasan]

[leicester]

Avatar vs. Black Wolf

[KathyPartdeux]

[thomdunn]

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