<shiver> The raw power of thaumaturgy has the potential to cause lethal devastation. Though I suppose that is what most practitioners of the art have in mind...
Aha! I saw you coming this time! Thanks to you and your bold style of magery, I've learned to become more aware of my surroundings. Why, these days I'm rarely ever startled enough to accidentally incinerate aspiring initiates!
He instructs thaumaturges on the chapter "The Threat of Intimacy" from the book Thaumaturgy: The Yawning Abyss, teaching the importance of keeping a distance between one and one's enemy. [1]