Note that the last three sentences have the directions capitalized. Assuming only the capitalized directions denote certain sections, there must be 8 MoW, with 4 in the center section, and the other 4 outside. This is possible as long as the mage is positioned so that there are 4 MoW ahead of him (example - red: MoW, green: the mage's position):

I'd found an answer but it turned out to be the same as the most popular one, so here's a different one (ignoring the weird capitalization choices):

Actually, it can be any number starting from 8: The front-back, left-right and center-outside contrasts leave out the MoWs in between. Let the number be $8+n$.

On the table below, let's give -1 to front/left/center, 0 to in-between and 1 to back/right/outside. As long as we have 4 -1s and 4 1s in all columns, we're good.

Front/Back.......Left/Right........Center/Outside
-1.............................-1.........................-1
-1.............................-1.........................-1
-1.............................-1.........................-1
-1.............................-1.........................-1
1.................................1...........................1
1.................................1...........................1
1.................................1...........................1
1.................................1...........................1
0.................................0...........................0

Funnily enough, in a 3D shape, the front/back state can be associated with the angle with the $yz$ plane. Left/right would be the $xy$ plane and center/outside would depend on how far the rays of the angle have to go. Everyone has a place in a 3D shape.

Note that the last three sentences have the directions capitalized. Assuming only the capitalized directions denote certain sections, this is possible (red: MoW, green: the mage's position):

Note that the last three sentences have the directions capitalized. Assuming only the capitalized directions denote certain sections, there must be 8 MoW, with 4 in the center section, and the other 4 outside. This is possible as long as the mage is positioned so that there are 4 MoW ahead of him (example - red: MoW, green: the mage's position):