stackyFACTSImagine quitting a magical society just because the supernatural got too repetitive.
Imagine quitting a magical society just because the supernatural got too repetitive. Florence Farr was a leading figure in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, but eventually grew tired of her peers constantly bickering over their imaginary astral plane adventures. She essentially told the most powerful magicians in London that their spirit walks were tedious, dropped her wand, and moved to Ceylon to become a teacher instead. Peak mystical burnout.
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