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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4 (August 1, 1932)

Magic

Magic.

In the year of the Goethe celebrations, the black magic of the German mountains, immortalised in “Faust,” had a right to re-enter literary discussion, but they brought it down to earth in stark reality when they chalked a circle on the Brocken, and submitted a maiden and a goat to an all-night vigil to see whether the goat would become a youth. Unfortunately, it is far easier for a youth to become a goat than for a goat to be a youth; and the only profitable result
A New Zealand El Dorado. (Rly. Publicity photo.). Junction of the Shotover River and Moke Creek, Otago, South Island, where much gold has been won in days gone by, and where a further find, valued at approximately £30,000, was reported recently. (Reached from the railhead at Cromwell or Kingston.)

A New Zealand El Dorado.
(Rly. Publicity photo.).
Junction of the Shotover River and Moke Creek, Otago, South Island, where much gold has been won in days gone by, and where a further find, valued at approximately £30,000, was reported recently. (Reached from the railhead at Cromwell or Kingston.)

(according to one report) is the subsequent engagement of the goat for vaudeville purposes. Meanwhile, remarkable figures are published of the growth of magical cults in older countries. Spiritualistic studies are widespread, some philosophic only and some concerned with materialisation.