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Things that are not quite articles, with things missing like Nihongo and lacking writing. But more fully developed than the ideas on the To Do Lists.

Modern Western magic and modern magicians
Modern magician (近代魔術師) (atwiki) and Modern Western magic (近代西洋魔術) (atwiki) to Magician article and Magic article respectively.
 * Influence of the Golden Dawn on modern magic: Magic Names (es), terminology using Telesma, formation of members of God's Right Seat based on the order of the invocation of archangels in the, use of the terminology Cancellarius that also originates from the Golden Dawn (Keeper of records. One of the Three Chief Officers in the Neophyte Hall.), use of a Lotus Wand, Index Librorum Prohibitorum's John's Pen mode possibly being a reference to 's , etc

Sources for Modern Magician and Modern Western Magic

 * Christians called the existence God’s Blessings. Though the model society of modern Western magic, Golden Dawn, calls it Telesma, the nuance is closest to the concept of chimyaku or ryuumaku in eastern feng shui thought. As those names imply, it is myaku, or veins, that formed blood vessels extending everywhere and run throughout the world.
 * This is my liberal translation because both the Baka-Tsuki one and the Yen Press one are kinda incomplete and/or inaccurate:
 * Baka-Tsuki's version: Christians called the existence God’s Blessings. The creation of the Golden Dawn organization mapped the blueprint of Western magic called Telesma. In terms of contemporary language, the most similar were the geography and astronomy of Feng Shui. As the name would suggest, a pulse formed from the forces and flows of the entire world that formed blood vessels extending everywhere.
 * Yen Press version: Crossism calls this “God's Blessing.” Though the model society of modern western sorcery, Stella Matitina, calls it Telesma, the nuance is closest to the concept of chimyaku or ryuumyaku in eastern feng shui thoughts. As those names imply, it is myaku, or veins, that spread out like blood vessels and run throughout the world.
 * Tsuchimikado Motoharu: The term ‘magician’—especially the modern magicians that were established in the 19th century, will carve their wishes onto their souls. This is the magic name. Carving the reason why they want to learn magic or give up their entire lives for the one goal by writing it out it in Latin.
 * Stiyl Magnus: [Aleister Crowley] was active about seventy years ago, but the evolution of magicians during the past seventy years has surpassed the progress gained throughout the history of the past several thousand years. Of all the magicians in the world today, about 20% of them are his followers, and almost 50% of all magicians are affected by him to some extent.
 * Agnes Sanctis: Maybe I’m a bit disrespectful...but I don’t have a good impression of any magicians--it's not just the Amakusa, but especially those modern Western magic societies that appeared at the beginning of the 20th century that twist Christianity or use backdoor tricks.
 * Agnese Sanctis: I wonder if you know that in modern Western magic, there are five elements— fire, wind, water, earth, and ether— that have their own symbolic weapons. A ‘stick’ represents fire, a ‘dagger’ represents wind, a ‘cup’ represents water, and a ‘round table’ [a disk probably] represents earth: these are the so-called elemental weapons.
 * Didn’t I say this before? The basic theories behind modern Western magic that was established in the 20th century were just some backdoor teachings of Christianity- or in the words of the alchemists, ‘these are secrets of Christianity that humans don’t know of.’
 * Oriana Thomson: The five elements form the basis of modern Western Magic. From an alchemist’s viewpoint, anyone can have them, but this is just a prelude.
 * The majority of modern day “advanced wizards” did not build extravagant castles or towers. If you focused all your power in one place, you would lose everything if that place was searched. As such, they would instead prepare numerous places that could be easily abandoned such as an apartment, a rented room, or an RV. Splitting up one’s assets into smaller areas lowered the risk of losing everything.
 * Aiwass: Rather, calling me an ‘angel’ is alright too… At least, it’s closer to the truth compared to the rumored ‘extraterrestrial life form’, ‘holy guardian angel’, ‘the true person who holds the secrets to modern Western magic organizations’ and wild ideas like those.
 * Fiamma of the Right: The modern magician that was established at the end of the 19th century fundamentally hates working in groups. Even a genius group starting with “Golden” had an internal split caused by personality issues. The Roman Catholic Church worked at the goal of creating group fighting techniques with its doctrine at the core, but…well, you know how things are, right? Magicians value the individual.
 * Leivinia Birdway: For example, modern Western magic cabals use something like secret tricks of the Christian Church.
 * Achieving [washing away original sin] by artificial means is the easy-to-understand goal of modern Western magic.
 * Kanzaki Kaori: Except for special cases like the #10 Saint, modern magicians are prohibited from a certain action [flight].
 * Leivinia Birdway: Having a body substitute just in case is one of the most basic of precautions. In fact, modern Western magic goes so far as to embarrassingly say we need to kill our old self and be reborn as our new self.
 * Tarot could be used in many different ways, but in modern Western magic, a reversed card could be used to take advantage of the affinities between the four elements. What card was placed next to the current card could strengthen the useful symbols of the card or the troublesome symbols of the card.
 * Vasilisa: Yes, modern Western magic is based on secret tricks of Christianity.
 * The ceremonial grounds used in modern Western magic and the cathedrals and churches of Christianity were formed by dyeing a certain space in the colors of a single religion.
 * Othinus: ‘Modern Western Magic’ sounds like it’s European magic put together by Europeans using European cultures, but that isn’t quite accurate.
 * Mina Mathers (Reading Thoth 78): Most of the modern magic that ended up continuing on to the modern era is judged to be a product of Aleister Crowley. Mathers’ name is not found there. His innocent but wicked desire was snuffed out before it could be achieved.
 * Modern Western magic was a system of techniques set up to give everyone equal access to the mystical, no special talent required.
 * Othinus: Make no mistake, human. New magic is not necessarily superior to old magic. If we are simply looking at ease of use, the modern Western magic spread by Crowley may be superior, but right now the focus will be on whether or not is effective against Aleister Crowley. That is the only difference that matters.
 * A staff or wand. That was the symbolic weapon of modern Western Golden-style magic. It would use the element of fire. Its coloration would be red. Its alignment would be right. The quality of the Telesma called forth and used would be that of Michael.
 * Most modern magicians did not use only the same materials as had been used in ages past for their magic. Even Stiyl used copy paper and lamination to make his rune cards easier to use. Magic could be activated using only the products found within a convenience store. There was no need to only rely on rare and expensive antiques. One used the most accessible materials to create the most simplified spells in order to wield the most powerful magic. That was the most convenient thing to do for someone who was relying on magic to survive while they fought.
 * There was no concept of equivalent exchange in modern magic. How great a result could one gain from a limited resource? It could be called a means of cheating each other using the exchange rate. As a result, the failure of a large-scale ceremony was all the more disastrous.
 * The headquarters of the magic cabal Ellasone had been in contact with shortly before his disappearance was located in the remains of a soccer stadium a bit away from London. That was the fate of facilities that could not find a buyer. Most likely, modern magicians were in the locker rooms secretly calculating the locations of the stars, putting magnets on the end of red colored staffs to create fire symbolic weapons, and any number of other things..
 * Miss Tour Guide: You mean as opposed to the modern magic cabals that split their assets up among apartments and RVs in order to minimize the losses if any one place is searched?
 * Lessar: (The symbol of a patron saint often designates where that patron saint received persecution such as a gouged out eyeball or a severed breast. But using the emblem of the decapitated St. Paul to behead another… That just reeks of modern Western magic that loves secret tricks.)
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum: Y-you mean the science side has started to seize a portion of the stars that lie at the base of modern Western magic!? If the composition of the planets is changed, it would destroy the basic foundation of magic… But we will surely change to meet the demands of this age!! We will deal with this like the Japanese dealt with the arrival of ideas from the West!!
 * The most basic act for a magician was the mental task of converting their body’s life force into magical power. Another basic act was dividing off a miniature world as a temple and temporarily twisting the laws within in order to call in the power of leylines, Telesma, or something else. Performing those different ceremonies could be called the miniature version of the modern Western magic style of summoning.
 * Even the Rosicrucian movement which forms the foundation of modern Western magic had its beginnings in a false book a single person wrote. …But the field of magic did not let it stop there. When that author later revealed the truth to the world, he was completely ignored. As many real magicians joined in and worked out the details, the era no longer needed the original author. The term Rosicrucianism continued to grow even though the man supposedly at the center of the movement had been ostracized.
 * In modern magic, breathing techniques and mental focus techniques were used to convert the magic user’s life force into magic power which could be used to perform various spells.
 * Itsuwa: My weapon is a rapier. In modern western magic, that can correspond to the dagger of wind or the magic sword that controls magic power as a whole.

Elizalina

 * Back on the ground, Elizalina looked on from the hospital room, alongside Worst and Accel, witnessing Fiamma's Star of Bethlehem fly towards them with Archangel Gabriel close. (Vol. 21 ch. 7 part 3)

Privateers

 * Digurv's Village Has Been Attacked By Privateers A Fair Few Times Before. They were able to use cars to flee every time until now though, leaving behind enough loot to satisfy the bandits, but since the privateers have better equipment courtesy of the Russian army and the village has no fuel but the small amount to run the generator they can't do that this time. (20 ch. 2 part 9)
 * Hamazura And Digurv Were Hiding In The Clinic. Of course they were, they didn't go out all guns blazing from the start. They were hiding in the basement of the clinic, hoping the privateers would just loot the place and move on, but they instead drove their armored vehicle through the wall, unaware the building has a basement, and collapsed through the floor. Hereafter Hamazura and Digurv scatter and decide to try and take out the anti-aircraft vehicle patrolling. (20 ch. 3 pt 1)
 * In the anime Hamazura is incredibly lucky to bounce that landmine off the vehicle and right under its tracks (III Episode 20), while in the novel Digurv stated they could be used as grenades and explode on impact. So what happened is that it just blew up once it hit the gun turret. The Blast Didn't Disable The Vehicle, nope, it was fine. It did cause the nearby building to collapse however, and the rubble that caused did block both its movements and the gun turret. (20 ch 3 pt 4)
 * The privateer infantry is Stuck in a hole. They were all in the armored vehicle that crashed into the clinic basement, so the villagers just kept them under guard with their AKs and that was that. Not much the infantry could do at that point.(20 ch 3 pt 9)
 * they got a bit of a breather before the second wave of enemies, alerted because the first wave didn't contact back, showed up. Hamazura and the villagers used this time to disarm all the privateers and lock them up. The villagers did want to execute them but relented when Hamazura, the one who took out the anti-aircraft vehicle, asked them not to. It's only after all the current enemies were dealt with that one of the villagers come rushing in, yelling about three dots being visible on the radar. Oh yeah, there were three helicopters as well.(20 ch 3 pt 9)
 * Originally Acqua didn't show up for quite a while yet and so the villagers had to figure out a way to deal with the incoming three helicopters. At first they planned to flee into the forest (as their houses to hide in are now destroyed) and spread out so they could be mistaken for animals moving in the brush. But Hamazura figures out the true reason: so that when one group inevitably gets shot a fewer amount of people die. They're splitting up to minimise casualties.(20 ch 3 pt 9)
 * Hamazura can't accept this however and decides to fight back. Luckily our privateers were nice enough to... "donate" an anti-aircraft gun, and so they set to work removing the rubble from it. They need at least three people to operate it though: one driver, one gunner, and one spotter. Hamazura is a given, Digurv volunteers, and just when they're about to look for a third person, the Russian soldier walks up to them, having defrosted himself.(20 ch 3 pt 9) We then cut to our three brave warriors in the anti-aircraft vehicle encountering the helicopters. Turns out they specialise in hit-and-run tactics, and so will perform flying passes overhead at high speeds firing at them. (20 ch 4 pt 3)
 * When the first helicopter fires a missile at them Hamazura is quick to hide behind tree cover, blocking the shot. In the opening created by this shot the trio quickly fires back, but misses the helicopter on purpose, instead hitting one behind it preparing for a second attack.
 * The other two helicopters get back into formation and chase the vehicle fleeing in the woods. Unfortunately they were visible on the rader though and so one helicopter fires his gatling gun at it, causing the target to explode. Luckily its target turns out to be an empty car instead of Hamazura and the gang. Predicting this scenario the villagers had hid vehicles in the woods to confuse the radar, and with another opening created our trio shoots down another helicopter.(20 ch 4 pt 3)
 * But their luck finally ran out. Due to the previous gatling gun fire nearly all trees were cut down and they had no cover nor distraction to protect them from the final helicopter. But just as they were about to get hit the final helicopter suddenly sprouts a sword.(20 ch 4 pt 7)

Lambskin parchment

 * due to Sellick G. Kirnov's small camera, Accelerator realizes that the designated point to turn in the parchments turns out to be a Russian military base near the border of the Elizalina Alliance, but before Accelerator and Misaka Worst could plan their next move, the ground all around them begins to shake. (vol 21 ch. 6 part 2)
 * Accelerator thinks back to the connection between Aiwass and the stolen parchments, and realizes that the flying fortress was controlling the movements of Gabriel. Accelerator sees this as the answer; that the flying fortress has the technology to break the connection between Last Order, and Aiwass. (Vol. 21 ch. 7 part 3)
 * The parchments emit a hateful aura as the Accel group notices that the two angels Gabriel and Kazakiri in the air nosedive after them (vol 21 ch. 8 part 5)
 * Accelerator asks Kazakiri if the parchments are what she was here for (vol. 21 ch.8 part 7)
 * Archangel Gabriel had failed to retrieve the parchments that Accelerator had stolen. However, due to Gabriel's high perception, the archangel was able to sense the information on the parchments as Fiamma was able to acquire the necessary information he needed for his plan. That information being the symbols of the other three God's Right Seat archangels outside Michael which he already had deep knowledge of due to being the fourth member of God's Right Seat. (Vol. 21 ch. 8 part 9)
 * Accelerator will obtain the parameters to alter Index's song, the parchments he is carrying. Accelerator explains to Misaka Worst that if he was to piece together what he learned from Academy City with the techniques that exist outside the city's knowledge on the parchments, he could find the correct parameters (vol 22 ch 9 part 3). Misaka Worst takes a look at the parchments for herself, and wonders how beings of the science side will manage to create parameters from the magic symbols on the papers. Accelerator explains was able to bypass the song's encoding by using simple math to break the pieces into readable bits of information, but is unable to solve the puzzle to reform said information because there's a missing piece. He admits that doing this with only his math calculations is not enough, and has to rely on whatever is on the parchments to create the required parameters. (Vol. 22 ch. 11 part 1)

World War III

 * Sherry Cromwell wanting to make both the magic and science side think they were going into war in order to isolate themselves from each other (Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 06 Chapter 4 Part 5)
 * Russia was already firing missiles from all sorts of angles, but they were all being accurately shot down. Most were being intercepted outside the atmosphere, but some were being blown away by a mysterious beam 5 seconds after launching. (20 ch. 3 pt 3)
 * Elizalina bombings: “It seems the Russian army is trying to build up a base near the border,” said Lessar who must have gathered information from the nearby residents beforehand. “The basic configuration they’re using includes vehicles with a missile launcher and a howitzer on them. It looks like they’re planning on tossing explosives into the Elizalina Alliance borders from a distance of 30 or 40 kilometers. But that isn’t the true purpose behind it. If they truly wanted to bomb them, they would just have the air force use some ground-attack aircraft or bombers. That way, it wouldn’t really matter how far away they were. They could turn the entire country into a sea of flames all at once. …They’re trying to trick people with the immediate specs. There is no real need to build this base.” (Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20Chapter 2 Part 6)/ The Russian army was going to use this war to start bombings and a serious invasion into the Elizalina Alliance which they’ve wanted for some time, right? (vol 21 ch. 6 part 2)
 * Spying in Elizalina: Sellick G. Kirnov. The Russian army was going to use this war to start bombings and a serious invasion into the Elizalina Alliance which they’ve wanted for some time, right? Normally, they would withdraw the spies before the bombings. The spies who were scheduled to withdraw were hurriedly ordered to remain behind a few hours ago. And then additional spies were sent to join them here. Mission: To photograph the insides of the Elizalina Alliance military facilities. He had a small camera to do it with So any secret documents could be taken out of the facilities and then to a designated point before the bombings. Apparently, someone on the other side of a monitor was going to give him more specific instructions.” (vol 21 ch. 6 part 2)
 * Kremlin Report (Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 War Report 1)
 * Opasnosti/Nu-AD 1967 (Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 21 ch. 7 Between the Lines 5)
 * why Academy City has been fighting this war pacifically, at least on the surface: this way they can pretend to be merely protecting the Russian populace from their own government trying to inflict harm upon them. In fact Russia using the Kremlin Report, or nearly using it, is exactly what Academy City wants: it makes for amazing PR.
 * the EU war front pressing in towards Moscow from Eastern Europe.(vol 21 ch. 7 part 7)
 * The talk shows were just going over serious news about most countries accepting Academy City even though its belligerent interactions had been one of the things that led to World War III. This was because Academy City had paid out large amounts of money to pay for reconstruction after the war. (NT1 ch. 3 Part 5)
 * The situation is unstable enough due to World War III. A lot of countries and regions are dissatisfied with the lack of financial support for the restoration work Academy City is leading. (NT3 ch. 3 Part 8)
 * the TV was left on news about the end of World War III. It was something about the weapons not needed now that the war was over being transported to Districts 2 and 23. (NT1 ch. 3 Part 7)
 * the recovery and return of the parts of churches and cathedrals from across the world that had been used to construct the Star of Bethlehem (NT2 Epilogue)
 * the giant golden rings and bones that appeared at the end of World War III were being disposed of in the ocean near Hawaii/the EU is planning to dispose of their golden rings and bones via the Atlantic Ocean, but they do not have enough sources of funds to cover it (NT3 Prologue)
 * “As the main battlefield of World War III, Russia is in the process of being restored by Academy City’s technology and America’s funds.” (NT3 Part 24)
 * “There was a rush to build as many bases as possible in order to deal with World War III. The war ended much sooner than anyone expected, but money given to a project can’t be taken back…or rather, won’t be given up. A lot of meaningless construction is still going on.” (NT3 ch. 3 Part 2)
 * the EU? They’re having economic troubles of their own and they were left ruined by that war without being able to profit. (NT3 ch. 5 Part 14)
 * My country was torn apart by World War III. And yet there were a few countries and areas that benefitted from that war. The primary examples are Academy City and the United States. On top of that, they are remaking my country as they see fit by controlling the flow of money being sent in the name of war restorations. Winter is coming. They have requisitioned the natural gas pipelines, claiming it is so they can repair them, but they are delaying that work for the sake of clearly unnecessary construction. They know full well that heating is a lifeline there in the winter, but they are having people swear their loyalty.” (NT3 ch. 5 Part 4)
 * “The technology of the cooperative institutions that made this declaration is not up to the level of Academy City, but they were loaned a great number of leading edge unmanned weapons during World War III which are still in use after the war for the sake of keeping the peace. If these weapons are not returned, it is possible a large scale military conflict will break out with Academy City made weapons on both sides.” (NT 3 Epilogue Part 4)
 * Baggage City had been forcibly taken over by the military during World War III, because it was expected to function well as a central point along the railroad network, so it would transport materiel to the front. However, before the urban buildings could be destroyed and the military facilities could be constructed, the war had quickly ended, leaving the base in a state of half-completion. Normally, the city would have been returned to its original residents at that point, but that was not to be. It was said to be due to military interests, but a lot was unknown about the process by which the military ended up selling Baggage City to the Anti-Academy City Science Guardians. (NT4 Sub.04)
 * I could probably buy up the entire EU now that it has declined from the back-to-back conflicts of British Halloween, World War Three, and the Magic God Siege in Denmark. (NT20 ch. 1 part 4)