I practise writing by hand. It is good for coordination, for fine motor skills. It binds my thoughts to my fingers—long, white fingers, delicate and surprisingly strong. The familiar construction of Zagreus’s instance. My instance. And yet it has a place here. It is bound into the continuity of this place. Mystery is power. Magic is the invocation of names and powers that are unknown: the word "occult" means simply "that which is hidden."