We all know the main one where Jesus tells the fishermen to hang out in gay bars or something. (*Shrug.* If you insist.)
But I found this one the other day on a client’s website and was immediately struck by its magical applicability.
“Weaving a net is better than praying for fish.”
It’s an old Chinese proverb. That’s all I could find out about it in the three to three and a half minutes minutes I spent looking it up.
At first glance, you may think that magic would come down firmly in favour of praying rather than weaving. I would dispute that.
As you know, I have a burning desire to annoy everyone into compliance when it comes to selecting magical targets and effectively identifying goals. (Also I think you should be using an HTC Desire rather than an iPhone but I’m willing to let that one slide.)
If “lots of fish” is your hypothetical goal then I would suggest that the probabilistic weak points lie with the fisherman, not the fish.
So you would use magic to weave the best net in the world, you would use magic to protect it from damage, you would use magic to give you a cloudy sky, you would use magic to guide you to where the fish are running… You would not use magic to wish for fishes.*
Net-weaving resources
- Magical Target Practice – How To Shoot At Bees
- Do You Use The OTHER Triangle of Art?
- Why We Make Bad Decisions
- Shoaling: Making Sigils More Awesome Since 2010
*Note: ‘Fishes’ is grammatically correct in this instance because we are talking about more than one species. Interesting that I will look that up but not the proverb. Also, what is it with me and fish, lately?
Since you are into fish now-a-days you might be interested in the idea of “matsyanaya”(Skt. “fish justice” where the small fish is eaten by the large fish). Perhaps some day you might be inspired to cast your net around this one.
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Posted by Karmaghna | July 15, 2010, 2:14 pmmore people will have fits over incorrect grammer than the odd proverb. maybe you’re just hungry for fish & chips.
Posted by petoskystone | July 15, 2010, 2:17 pmI want fish and chips.
Fish are COOL, Gordon, that’s what it is. And [Andre the Giant as Fesik voice] The Dread Pirate Jesus has come for you SOOOOOOUUUUUULLLLLLL.
Because Icthus is Jesus … you know … and the fish …
Yeah, anyway.
If wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets. That’s a good one.
But for the record… meh, maybe I’ll blog about it.
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Posted by RO | July 15, 2010, 3:37 pmYeah. Fish and chips actually doesn’t sound bad now.
Also: gay bars. LMAO.
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Posted by V.V.F. | July 16, 2010, 12:21 amFish are definitely awesome.
Did you see the story about the kid who pulled a giant goldfish out of a lake in Dorset?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7890442/5lb-goldfish-caught-in-Dorset-could-be-biggest-in-Britain.html
Posted by Gordon | July 16, 2010, 7:01 am@Karmaghna ‘Fish Justice’ sounds like a notorious specialty curry served in a Cambodian restaurant in a small village on the Mekong.
Posted by Gordon | July 16, 2010, 7:06 amOr an Animal Planet series starring yet another ‘man with beard and hat’.
That guy is in everything they do.
Posted by Gordon | July 16, 2010, 7:07 am