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 From Alexios, Summer 1222
 
-> To the learned [_name_] of House Criamon, Alexios of the Schola Pythagoranis in Cambridge, England, sends greetings and respects. 
+> To the learned Alden of House Criamon, Alexios of the Schola Pythagoranis in Cambridge, England, sends greetings and respects. 
 
 > I hope that my approach does not offend, but your name was mentioned to me by colleagues within the Stonehenge Tribunal as another magus who might be interested in some of the same matters that I am. As such, I venture to approach you in the spirit of academic and hermetic comradeship and the desire not to offend but to forge a friendship of mutual respect and knowledge. 
 
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 > The second matter I wanted to ask you about is the enclosed page. I understand it to be an ancient form of language related to Hebrew and Arabic but beyond that, I was unable to discover. I wondered if you recognise it given the reputation of the Spanish peninsula in the academic pursuit of knowledge in these languages. 
 
 > I look forward to your response and will await it in trust and amity, Alexios. 
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+From Alden, Autumn 1222
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+> To Doctor Alexios Constantine of the Schola Pythagoranis and the University of Cambridge, Alden of Criamon sends greetings and wishes peace upon you and your sodales,
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+> Your unnamed colleague of Stonehenge recommended me, no doubt, on the strength of my reputation, such as it is, of being a correspondent, and indeed I do like to share and discuss my findings with as wide a selection of the learned as I can. Accordingly, I welcome your approach in the spirit it was intended and accept your desire to build links across the hermetic order. 
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+> You present an interesting proposal; while I believe that my House does have worthwhile insights into the study of beauty, I am not sure I possess the wit and skill necessary to explain them in a manner suited to a correspondent, or at least one who had not previously received an instruction in the Enigma. [he expostulates on the difficulties for a paragraph or two, sections of which seem to degenerate into posing riddles at times] 
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+> Still, a failure can frequently be instructive, even if not precisely in the manner expected; and the nature of apt action as it relates to the theory of magic is one of the less impenetrable topics, especially to one who has already studied ethics to some degree. Accordingly, I would be willing to enter into a correspondence on either of the topics you suggest, though I suspect you will find magical theory more immediately approachable. I am not sure how frequently we will be able to exchange letters; the lines of communication across the border from Cordoba are not always open, alas. 
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+[a few more paragraphs about Alden's magical interests; he's mostly a Creo expert but a fairly academic one, and he talks about the theory of using magic to bring something towards what he refers to as harmony in some detail] 
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+> Regarding your second matter [...]
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+> I await your honouring me with further correspondence,
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+> Alden Ex Criamon