And it comes down to one more energy. Spirit chi or spiritual energy/power.
For a few reasons this one was kind of annoying to do so.
Spiritual power has a bit of a different origin compared to it's child energies magic and psionics. Current day spirit power is what was once called the 'wild energy' a sort of precursor to proper ki manipulation. It was powerful, chaotic, and very themed around beasts and animals in all facets of power. But due to it's unstable, sensitive, and corrupt able nature something had to be done. And with time current day spirit chi or spiritual power/energy was born.
It's the energy associated with emotions or the heart as opposed to magics body and psionics brain. It's also the middle of the road between the 2 energies and could be considered their parent energy in a way.
Spiritual energy itself operates much less strictly then it's children energies and much more flowy like it's ancestor energy ki. This energy usually operates with frequencies and shifting around(think of it almost like a sliding light switch/dimmer switch in that way) It could be to shift this spiritual energy to the physical world or to delve even deeper into places unseen. or simply to change there spiritual static/soul or heart song from it's positive to It's negative instead and vice versa. Changing what emotions might be fueling your frequencies and forming that current melody. the energy also can shift around without your input(even in minor ways which was part of what led to the many complications in the past with wild power and it's similar frequency touching.)
Much like the children energies, spiritual chi has it's own chi vessel. However unlike the arcane anchor or mental website the spiritual core/spiritual heart/astral heart is not only mandatory but is already there. usually the core is nestled within the same area as the heart for a human body but it can be formed in other places(usually those places are along the path of the chakras. Some can even form multiple smaller spiritual cores or form them within the chakras seemingly boosting the energies potency with items relating to that chakra.
Spiritual chi best adheres and sticks to items that are made from crystal or items of great emotional significance or value. The more sentimental the item is the easier and longer it can take spiritual power. Even generating small amounts of it itself. Crystal also seems to do something to the frequency skimming and wandering properties of Spirit energy and almost ground them.
Part of the way people of the past learned to 'tame' and turn spiritual power into a safer energy was to implement a sort of set of guides for other spiritualists and channeler of spirit power to follow in order to properly channel it into a purpose. They were called The 5 sheaths
Don't think of the 5 sheaths as being the same as the 6 schools of magic or the 4 psionic neurons, they're a little different. Imagine the 5 sheaths almost like the instructions of a recipe card rather than a branch to the power. You've been given the instructions and steps to get there and it's up to you to get there. Not every Spirit chi manipulator even needs or uses these guidelines. But many do. Eventually with enough use and practice you need to think of them consciously. Think of the sheaths as having a bit of each other in them but this was how they were classified.
But what are these 5 sheaths?
The physical sheath
This sheath is the layer for the physical form and manifestation of spiritual energy. Both as the shape of constructs and any form of spiritual element or flow in the energy you might create due to the adaptability of spiritual power.
The energy sheath
This sheath is the layer for tapping, skimming and otherwise and wandering around energy frequencies and energy fields themselves, Both spiritual and otherwise. It's also the layer for infusing your energies into objects or others and is heavily tied to spiritual auras interactions with fields of electromagnetic energy(spiritual energy layers itself right on top of radio waves used for entertainment and often crosses and interacts with it) and the interactions of others. Despite being the layer most associated with energy and aura itself it's not the only one doing the heavy lifting. But it does allow for shifting around different frequencies for spiritual energy and infusing fields of power. But what other layer helps the energy sheath?
The mental sheath
Despite the name the mental sheath isn't a layer relating to the mind as it's the layer related to empathy itself. In addition to being the layer relating to all things empathy and empathic (such as being the main layer to interacting with reiki and yoki the dark and light sides of empathic energy as well as the 2 energy field halves of ki next to energy sheath).. It's also the layer of concentration. Forming emoplasm from spiritual power and forming the shades of your empathic palette of color(purely for aesthetic purposes) and how you cast power. By feeling all with empathy or shutting yourself off from it all with apethy.
The wisdom shaath
This is the layer closest to the mind and therefore psionic energy this layer itself is all about sensory abilities and perception. How you and others feel,see,or otherwise perceive involving your energy and the auras of others(such as seeing people's auras or the abilities of clear senses) heavily tying spirit energy with psychic energy
The final sheath is the bliss sheath
This is the most locked and otherwise blocked layer of spiritual power that makes it rather difficult for channelers to guide energy to it. An instinctual fear of the layer seemingly embedded within making it just all that much harder to let it flow with the other 4
This layer is the layer of your inner animal/soul self. The truest and freest form of spiritual energy that once unlocked often makes someone feel one with themselves in a way they never did before. True pure bliss as you connect and bond with the inner parts of your soul you instinctually leave alone out of fear.
This layer could be considered the first step to potentially learning how to harness ki. Once unlocked it allows you to bare your soul in multiple forms and even unlock and take the form of your inner beast/astral avatar.
Of course baring your soul out in such a fashion can be dangerous but otherwise manageable. An interesting change within one's spiritual power manifestation seems to take the form of animal and beastly applications much more easily than anything else. Like dragon bodies with your fists or bird claws to constrain others. And makes it much easier to go around the astral plane/spiritual worlds and pockets.
Since The most common form spiritual energy can usually take revolves around music or otherwise sound(no surprise there) it's no surprise that the energy is evenly good with the channeling method of incantation and movement. And especially good with rituals and offerings(the use of items)
Spiritual power takes the form of pastel colors.
To generate spiritual power you need only 2 things. Intuition and purpose.
Spirit energies emotional makeup is why it's often heavily or easily tied to things like music or noise/sound(one of the easiest ways to convey emotions) it also matches there frequency based things(funny enough everything from spirit power has a sound and spiritual power always has a song to speak out)
Overuse of spiritual energy is very taxing on one's emotions. Leading to allot of emotion meltdowns or sensory overloads, even moments of paranoia and possible inability to feel certain emotions for a moment in time.
And of course. As the parent energy of a physically and mentally taxing energy there are some possible moments of fibromyalgia and seizure like symptoms that are possible for going even farther then that.
And that's spiritual power yeah I didn't think I'd be able to explain this right and I hope I did. Hope it doesn't seem restrictive or too messed up.
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