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Sorting Out Sorcery

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Nathan

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos | Leave a comment

War Between the States of Being

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Nathan

Erica Olivera’s presentation on Theosophy and its influence on L. Frank Baum at the latest OzCon included some information on the four kingdoms, those of mineral, vegetable, animal, and human. The animal-vegetable-mineral division is part of general knowledge, as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Animals, Biology, Characters, Christianity, Evolution, Greek Philosophy, History, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Snobbery, Theosophy | Tagged angels, aristotle, carl linnaeus, charles darwin, cowardly lion, creationism, dick tater, dorothy gale, elementals, erica olivera, great chain of being, helena blavatsky, hierarchy, immortals, kingdoms, mangaboos, march of progress, minerals, morality, nome king, nomes, orthogenesis, paracelsus, plants, prince bobo, racial evolution, racism, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, scarecrow, taxonomy, the scalawagons of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tottenhots, transformation, twenty questions, vegetable kingdom, zoology | Leave a comment

Meatless Mortality

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Nathan

We know that flesh-and-blood people and animals are pretty much functionally immortal in Oz. They can be potentially be destroyed, but won’t die of old age or disease, and even being torn into pieces isn’t necessarily fatal. What I sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Food, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bunbury, carter green, dorothy and the wizard in oz, immortality, jack pumpkinhead, jim vander noot, john dough, john dough and the cherub, king of the fairy beavers, lurline, mangaboos, oziana, plants, the disenchanted princess of oz, the emerald city of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the ice cream man of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tippetarius in oz, tommy kwikstep, vegetables, wam, zim greenleaf | 2 Comments

Mangaboos and More

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Nathan

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz isn’t one of my favorite Oz books, perhaps because the Emerald City seems less welcoming than usual. And after a journey as dark as the one in the rest of the book, where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged andrew heller, boboland, braided man, celebrating ozma the silver jubilee issue, dama fruit, dorothy and the wizard in oz, gargoyles, jay delkin, land of naught, mangaboos, melody grandy, mermaids, nome king, nomes, oziana, pyramid mountain, rachel heller, ruggedo in oz, scott dickerson, sherwood smith, subterranea, the disenchanted princess of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the giant horse of oz, the mysterious palace of voe, the seven blue mountains of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, tizzland, trouble under oz, valley of voe, vegetable kingdom, wizard of oz, xenia joy, zim greenleaf | 3 Comments

Etymology in Oz

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Nathan

I bought a few old Baum Bugle issues at OzCon in Portland, and they have some interesting content. There was apparently a sometime recurring feature called “Footnotes to Oz” that explained names in the Oz series, written by Jerry Tobias. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Etymology, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bell-snickle, beowulf, betsy bobbin, boolooroo, christopher gise, corabia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, footnotes to oz, fred meyer, gabooches, gilbert and sullivan, gillikins, isle of phreex, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jerry tobias, karwan bashi, mandrakes, mangaboos, martin gardner, menankypoo, michael patrick hearn, mogodore, munchkins, nikobo, nikobob, oogaboo, orcs, orks, para bruin, pastoria, pingaree, quiberon, rak, rocs, salye soforth, samandra, tarara, tattypoo, the baum bugle, the mikado, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer | 4 Comments

Things We Did on Glass

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Nathan

I’ve been thinking of the uses of glass in the Oz books, particularly when applied in a magical way. The Mangaboos live in glass buildings that grew out of the ground and can grow back together again if they’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Gina Wickwar, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, bungle the glass cat, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, faraq geldamom, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, lostland, mangaboos, ozma, powder of life, prince cyan, princess vitrea of silica, professor wogglebug, red jinn, silica, silico, the crocheted cat in oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the glass dog, the hidden prince of oz, the runaway in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius in oz, vitriol of silica, vitrix of silica, vulcan, wizards, zeebo, zim greenleaf | 5 Comments

Meet the Meat

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Nathan

I received the latest issue of The Baum Bugle, which largely focuses on The Patchwork Girl of Oz, first published in 1913. As such, it’s now the centennial of this book, the one I often consider to be my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged charmed gardens of oz, dorothy and the wizard in oz, frank kennicott reilly, j. l. bell, man-eating plants, mangaboos, marshmallow twins, mr. yoop, the baum bugle, the patchwork girl of oz | 1 Comment

Dorothy’s Adventures Under Ground

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Nathan

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young – The series of graphic adaptations continues with this fourth Oz book, which was never one of my favorites. Perhaps it’s because of how the Emerald City … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged braided man, dorothy and the wizard in oz, eureka the pink kitten, gargoyles, gwig, jim the cab-horse, mangaboos, skottie young, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Dorothy’s Adventures in Broadcasting

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Nathan

Isn’t it nice how people can mine Oz for TV shows that use only really basic ideas from the books? I understand that most of these mines are located in the northwestern Winkie Country. Anyway, here’s the synopsis: “Inspired by … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged chopfyt, dorothy and the wizard in oz, gandalf, gryphon, jinjur, mangaboos, natalie krinsky, the tin woodman of oz | 4 Comments

The Wide World of Wizards

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Nathan

A while back, I wrote a series of posts on the witches and other female magicians of Oz. Now, I think it’s about time to do the same for the men. So, here are the male magicians of Oz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged boglodore, books, clocker, conjo, gwig, kadj, love magnet, mangaboos, mombi, nome king, nomes, ozamaland, ozamandarins, ozwoz, patchwork girl, peter brown, potaroo, repairman, shaggy man, silver island, slyddwyn, tititi-hoochoo, trickolas om, umbrella island, umbrellaphant, waddy, wam, wizard of mo, wizard of oz, wizards, wumbo | 24 Comments

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