u/Delicious_Chemist384

My GT2 let me down for the first time ever yesterday. I was recording an outdoor cycling session and it only captured half the route. Six years of reliable use and this is the first time something like this has happened.

I'm not planning to upgrade anytime soon, this watch has been rock solid and I'd like to keep it that way. Has anyone experienced this? Any idea what might have caused it and how to prevent it from happening again?

From what I've come to understand is that genuine Hermetic magical practice requires significant preparation (maybe 5, 10 years before a student is ready to actually work magic?). Christopher Warnock seems like a serious and respected figure, but his courses in astrological magic appear to have no explicit prerequisites regarding the student's level of experience or maturity within the tradition. If his work is accessible to relative beginners, doesn't that sit in tension with my understanding? Is astrological magic somehow exempt from this, or is the "years of preparation" more specific to certain branches of the tradition?