Couldn't was Micheal does be called Theurgy, as opposed to Thaumaturgy, which is was Harry does?

Thaumaturgy is just one school of magic that Harry practices.  Its the voodoo doll side of it; Little Chicago and the tracking spells mostly.  He also does a good bit of evocation, for example, and has dabbled in Necromancy.  And Molly's viels would be an illusion, which is likely a separate school.  Theurgy would be as good a term as any, but I dont see how its a separate thing.

I don't want to derail the thread, but I don't think we've ever seen Micheal use magic.

From GP:

"Iesu domine!" Michael's voice rang out from beneath the vampires like a brass army bugle, and with a sudden explosion of pressure and unseen force, bodies flew back and up, away from him, flesh ripped and torn from them, hanging in ragged, bloodless strips like cloth, showing gleaming, oily black flesh beneath. "Domine!" Michael shouted, rising, slewing gutted vamps off of him like a dog shakes off water. "Lava quod est sordium!"

Michael didn't come down into the lab with me because the whole concept of using magic without the Almighty behind it didn't sit well with him,

Looks like magic to me.  And how Michael isn't a big fan of magic that God isn't behind, which is a distinct difference than him being against all magic.

Ive been meaning to post a thread on the supposed difference between faith magic and normal magic, so ill do that to not derail this one.

*looks around at the Forum we are talking on*  What are you wanting exactly? Are you looking for a Fanfiction forum or what? 

One thing I really want to see less of: Attempting to make magic a form of "science."  (Sorry, Mr. Butcher. That's the one thing I dislike about the Dresden-verse.)  Magic(k) isn't science. Magic is religion.

When magic is assumed as science, it also assumes that, like science, magic is dispassionate towards mythology, culture, and tradition.  In short, the urban fantasy axiom is "Magic is the same everywhere. Culture and tradition are just 'flavorings.' "  In the real world, that just isn't true.  Not all magic systems fit into the Egyptian/Golden Dawn/Wicca template.  (Disagree ?  Try plugging in the ancient Chinese, Babylonian, or tribal New Guinean magic systems into that template.)

It seems to me that all modern urban fantasy takes a magic-is-science approach because it is dispassionate and, as a result, won't offend anyone.  In short, magic has become politically correct.

If your character is a Catholic, give him a Catholic viewpoint and make his magic match it according to Catholic tradition; If your character is Wiccan, give him (or her) a Wiccan viewpoint and make his magic match it.

Sure, it takes a LOT of extra research.  But it makes magic less homogenous; As a result, you gain real-world verisimilitude and lose that "I cast a ninth-level fireball. Roll your saving throw" feel.

While I can agree with you to some point, in that overly "crunchy" magic systems in fantasy novels can leave the sound of dice in your head.  But I dont really think thats the case in Dresden.  While sure, Harry personally looks at it as a Science sort of thing, its constantly pointed out that that is not how everyone does it, and in fact it almost a minority viewpoint;  magic is too subjective to be considered a science.  Michael uses magic, its just powered by God, wiccan magic practitioners can create holy water in their shrines, Etc.  The only homogeneous things I can think of are the basic ways a human handles the energy (words/focii/gestures as mental insulation which is a common theme worldwide, the death curse, the murphyonic field, slowed aging) and some of the distinctions made about mortal magic (like how its the only thing that can canll outsiders, etc).  Most of these seem to me to give a basic framework that allows all types of magic to exist.  The problem about saying that the magic is a purely catholic thing or purely a wiccan thing is that people then ask why that one is real and all the other types of magic out there are fake?  People (or at least me) like some sort of unified view of the world. 

Aslo throughout Harry's association with Michael, it seems to me that his view of things is slowing swinging towards the faith side.  Its one of my favorite continuing plots, the Harry's reconciliation with God.   

That's ...hmmm...kind of....retarded.

  There were stats and modifiers and everything else that would constitute a system, but for the random element they use r-p-s.  In a park at midnight its kinda hard to role dice. 

Thats actually probably very good advice blgarver.  Thank you.   

I do have a few lesser projects floating around back there, and I've been wanting to try something first person. I find it easier for me to write, flowing more conversationally.  But my original story had too many characters to work it well.

Side note, I too have a crazy map.  I adapted a lunar map from like the 14th century that I found in a calender 

OK, cool.  Up til now Ive been generally using the spoiler Board for Dresden Files topics (plot, characters, future speculation, etc) and the Book club for more abstract Dresdenverse topics.

Let me know if you want any help getting the Book club going.  It seemed like great idea and I would love to get into it   

*shrugs right back* I dunno; that never bothered me, especially how he would slip in that little bit about where the wind was coming from to set up the chapter. The man could write like nobody's business; it takes someone like Jim, writing equally well in a totally different style, to catch my readerly interest so much.

Never said it makes sense or anything, it was just a little pet peeve of mine i guess. 

As to Robert Jordan himself,  I miss him, all the great things he could have written *hangs head in silence for a moment*