Book of Magic - Vibrant fragments of Larp Practices

Book of Magic - Vibrant Fragments of Larp Practices

The cover of the Knutepunkt 2021 book "Book of Magic - Vibrant fragments of larp practices".
Editors	Kari Kvittingen Djukastein Marcus Irgens Nadja Lipsyc Lars Kristian Løveng Sunde Anne Serup Grove
Country	Norway
Published	2021

Contents

• Dedication to the Belarus community - Martin Nielsen
  • Women's solidarity chains - Hanna Komar
• Foreword - Kari Kvittingen Djukastein, Marcus Irgens, Nadja Lipsyc, Lars Kristian Løveng Sunde
• How to read this book
• An Invitation - Karin Edman

Enchantment            

• Magic in Infinite Mystery, a manifesto - Thibault Schiemann
• Finding the magic in the mundane - Sandy Bailly, Mia Kyhn
• Elements of larp - Berber Wierda
• A Plot to Bomb the Magic Circle: Chaos Magic in Urban Play - Alex Brown

Metamorphosis

• The repeated betrayals of worlds of magic lost - A bittersweet memoir - Simon Brind
• Atypical: Journeys of neurodivergent larpers - LolV Peregrin, Charlie Haldén, Lea Elias Isen, Cecilia Dolk
• Magic is Real: How Role-playing Can Transform Our Identities, Our Communities, and Our Lives - Sarah Lynne Bowman, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas
• Immersion as Therapy - Kristine H. Grønningsæter
• Larp In Leadership Development - Maria Kolseth Jensen
• The Psychotherapeutic Magic of Larp - Elektra Diakolambrianou
• Living the Dream: Larp as a transformative practice - Kol Ford
• 10 steps for integrating transformative experiences - Leïla Teteau-Surel

Divination

• Gendered Magic - Marie Møller
• Lazy Arcanists' Ritual Practices and how to write them - Oscar Biffi
• Konglington: A magical, all inclusive game which purpose is to show off the characters and have fun - Kristine H. Grønningsæter
• A Couple Steps in The Theory of Larp Genres: Russian Magic Mechanics Through the Prism of Standards and Expectations - Asya Volodina
• Rules are Magic: What Larp can Learn From Narrative RPGs - Johan Dahlberg, Jon Back
• “The nature of a decomposing head”: Designing Consistent Metaphysics - Simon Brind
• Slow Larp Manifesto - Sara Kannasvuo, Ruska Kevätkoski, Elli Leppä
• Building better magic - John Shockley
• More Than A Few Funny Words: Designing Magic Systems That Convey Challenge & Rigour - Sharang Biswas

Ecstasy

• Conjuring an auto-erotic larp - Leïla Teteau-Surel
• Terror and Warmth - Juhana Pettersson
• The Erotic in Larp - Handy Tips for Designers - Olivia Fischer

Illusion

• Six Magickal Techniques - Juan Ignacio Ros
• Tarot for character design - Leïla Teteau-Surel
• The Magic of the Silicon Screen - Rei England, Tara M. Clapper
• The use of music as a magical element for the larp experience - Leandro Godoy
• Paranormal experiences in larping - Erlend Sand Bruer
• Designing and Playing with Magic and the Supernatural in LARPs - Elina Gouliou, Simon Rogers

Cultism

• Why Larp Community Matters and How We Can Improve It - Laura Wood
• Magic To Fight Monsters: Larp as a spell for claiming my spaces - Rei England
• 10 (+1) Tips for Larpers Over 35 - Elektra Diakolambrianou
• Recipe for a magical larp experience - Torun Hegre
• Larp as Magical Practice: finding the power from within - Axiel Cazeneuve
• We Share This Body: Tools to Fight Appearance-Based Prejudice at Larps - Karijn van der Heij

Evocation

• Immersion through Diegetic Writing in Character - Siri Sandquist
• Le Jean-Michel Douchebag Technique - Michael Freudenthal
• Through someone else's eyes: a confession - Stefano Kewan Lee
• In Defence of Selfishness: And the Beauty of a No - Mia Kyhn
• Larping Before the Larp: the magic of preparatory scenes - Mo Holkar
• Let Me Look Into Your Future - Suus Mutsaers, René van den Berg
• Creating Magical Romance Play - Sandy Bailly
• Summon All the Demons: The exciting world of larp demonology - Kol Ford
• The magic of stories: Synergistic Storytelling - Chris Hartford
• A Ramble in Five Scenes - Inge-Mette Petersen

Other

• Ludography
• Index