Monday, November 29, 2004
The Wizard's Dilemma by Diane Duane
The Wizard's Dilemma is based in the Wizard's Oath which says, in part, "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...."
In Deep Wizardry Nita faced giving her own life to save other beings and help the world. Here Nita must decide to what lengths she will go to protect one life even at the cost of many. Nita's mother has a cancerous brain tumor and Nita will try any wizardry to try to heal her. As Nita works to learn new ways of working with core essence, she is tempted to place her mother's life above her wizardry. And if Nita has vowed to preserve life of all kinds what will happen when she faces the cancerous cells which have their own life purpose? Nita has been estranged from her wizard partner Kit and during this ordeal she isolates herself even further. She needs help but does not want to taint anyone other than herself.
In Deep Wizardry Nita faced giving her own life to save other beings and help the world. Here Nita must decide to what lengths she will go to protect one life even at the cost of many. Nita's mother has a cancerous brain tumor and Nita will try any wizardry to try to heal her. As Nita works to learn new ways of working with core essence, she is tempted to place her mother's life above her wizardry. And if Nita has vowed to preserve life of all kinds what will happen when she faces the cancerous cells which have their own life purpose? Nita has been estranged from her wizard partner Kit and during this ordeal she isolates herself even further. She needs help but does not want to taint anyone other than herself.
# posted by JJ @ 6:09 PM 
