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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.

Eastern Death
Find nihongo/kanjo. Russian unofficial special unit, the unit is mainly used sniping and explosives to assassinate important people from other countries and start wars between countries that were inconvenient to Russia. During the Cold War, there had been an Urban Legend that merely writing that name on paper was enough for the unit to come assassinate you (volume 21 ch. 8 part 6).

Lambskin parchments
Find kanji: 羊皮紙 means "parchment" at least.

Dozen sheets of parchment with eerie spells or magic circles written on them in old ink (TAMNI 20 ch. 1 Part 2). The words are in cursive Latin, but small notes in Russian were added in here and there (TAMNI 21 ch. 5 Part 3). The contents are about what to replace and with what in order to activate a Roman Catholic spell under Russian Orthodox standards(TAMNI 21 ch. 5 Part 3). Found by Accelerator in a Russian military convoy he was hiding in and defeated AC forces looking for it. He kept them, thinking them related to the ‘different set of laws’ Aiwass told him about (TAMNI 20 ch. 1 Part 2). Accelerator feels an odd sense of pressure from them, the same way he feels around Unabara Mitsuki (TAMNI 20 ch. 2 Part 7). Before he can interrogate Vodyanoy and other attackers on the parchments, he is attacked by Misaka Worst (TAMNI 20 ch. 2 Part 10). After defeating him a second time, Touma leaves him a note informing him to look for "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" to inquire about the lambskin (TAMNI 20 ch. 4 Part 6)(TAMNI 20 War Report). A bodyguard of Elizalina tells him she could decipher it for him (TAMNI 21 ch. 5 Part 3). The lambskin is revealed to be the last piece for Fiamma of the Right to fill the gap between Index's knowledge of all magic and allow him to access magic of Divine origins. He sends Archangel Gabriel retrieve it (TAMNI 21 ch. 6 Part 3).

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.