#mental magic

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Leslie Anderson - Eight Brass Monkeys: Mental Magic, Vol. 1 - The Left Handed League - 1982

[hompunkulus]

Cyber Magic Theories

Frater U.D. comments that when performing cyber-magical operations there is a reported feeling of coolness or tingling on the top of the head. He also mentions that the mage should have a working understanding of kundalini. That means you need a working understanding of energy modalities to effectively work cyber-magical operations and may just be a refined form of energy or spirit magic. This is not a criticism, but an observation.

It takes computers and wi-fi for information to pass from one data base to another. It is more or less an electrical action, such as psi moving from our spine to our brains effecting change. He admits cyber magic has been around for centuries albeit in different terms. That suggests I can learn this modality with less computer oriented terminology. Austin Osman Spare is a good example of a cybernetic magician as his sorcery took place in the mind with the help of trance through the semiotic web.

What we learn from Spare is the art of simplicity. An artistic rendition of a desire creates a trance effect that can be used for magical purposes. Art is information, trance is a way to integrate that information into the subconscious, sigils are how the subconscious connects that flow of information to create a magical effect. Spare was said to be able to change weather and summon and banish elementals with pen, paper, and vacuity. That is information magic at its finest from a proper cybernetic foundation.

Words and Images, Songs and Effigies

Words and images, songs and fetishes, have been part of the magical world as far back as history and anthropology can trace its roots and becoming. The concept started as a spirit then an energy model, but as our concepts of spirits and ideas of energy evolve so does magic. Sadly, not so much for religion.

An easy way to differentiate the spirit, energy, and information models is through the power of an effigy with sympathetic magic. In the spirit model the effigy is representative of the target and upon burning it the spirits are sent forth to actuate the curse. In the energy model the creation of the effigy creates a sympathetic link to the target and through the burning of it there is a transfer of energy. Those models assume you have blessings from a spirit, or a host of them, or are skilled in the art of sensing, directing, and overall managing, various types of energy. Both models suggest the world is teeming with variety of either concept.

Animism is a belief that the world is animated by spirits existing in every little and large thing, from dirt to mountains. Animism is a dance of spirit and energy because the animist has to understand the gross and subtle elements of their spirit and how it effects their energy and what that energy does to the living world around them. The information model is much simpler, almost childlike. The effigy works because the magician intended it for it to work.

Conclusion

Magic at the level of information is magic in it's simplest form, almost as if a thought itself can be magic. That is true to an extent, but that thought still needs juice behind it. Spare used sigils and the Death Posture, Frater U.D. talks about a working understanding of kundalini, and Anton Channing talks about a magical force called the cybermorphic. Because early chaos magic was inspired by chaos mathematics and theoretical quantum physics it makes sense that an advanced form of magic would now utilize machine theories. There are even magicians tinkering with AI.

In conclusion, 'cyber magic' intrigues me. I am finding ways to understand and utilize this method but away from scientific, mathematical, and robotics jargon. My backround is very down to earth and humble so I approach my magic from that angle. While I believe it is good to learn and adapt, which is why I started to focus on the information model and cyber magic specifically, magic is always more powerful when you follow your intuition and do what works.

Cyber magic is really just a theory on how magic works because you are essentially doing the same things mages have been doing for thousands of years, just using the materials and technologies available at the current zeitgeist. It so happens to be a time of exponential growth rather then one of hunting and gathering.

What I've come to understand about cyber magic is the concept that thought itself can act as a sigil and with enough focus can effect change on a target. It's 'empty hand magic' at its finest.

Frater U.D. mentions that it takes a new pracitioner of cyber magic maybe 2 minutes to cast a spell and a seasoned pracitioner about 30 seconds, or less. If you can really cast a spell in 30 seconds, you can do hundreds of spells a day. To be honest, it seems a little far fetched and over simplistic, but there's no reason not to dive in and try it. The worst thing that happens when we try new things is the same as the best possible outcome - we learn something new.

If information magic is anything, it's applied knowledge to manufacture a magical effect. What will you do with it?

[mental-magic]

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[rapidpixeladventure]

Agree for the spell to be cast and ask how long it will last.

{[Seran Brand]:[CAST]: [LIFE SCAN]: MP:1]}

You decide to ask Seran for some assistance, their [Life Scan] spell would be able to tell you how many bandits to expect. 

Seran jumps up and down in the saddle, excited to cast a spell.

Floren puts a hand on Serans leg, clearly worried.

Seran takes a deep breath, and with a swish of their hand casts: [LIFE SCAN]

{[Seran] cast: [LIFE SCAN] -1MP} (69/70)

You can feel a wave of powerful magic sweep the area. You almost make out a purple pulse shooting out from Seran’s hands.

After the spell fades, Seran tilts their head from side to side, as if they were trying to tune into a faint noise.

Their expression turns quizzical as they report their findings.

That makes sense. So much food in one area would attract a lot of wildlife.

That is not as good. Seven people are in the nearby area. The fact that some are underground in unseen tunnels... isn’t much of a comfort.

Serans scouting proved to be a huge boon. You now know the number of possible enemies and what path you need to take to avoid detection.

You keep their advice in mind, they are patrolling the edges of the carter.

[STATUS]

[QUESTS]

[MAP]

(discord server)

What Should We Do Now?

[coffee-cauldron]

Emotional Offerings

As a mentally ill person, I'm often working on mindfulness and handling intense emotions. It occurred to me that emotions which feel intense or uncomfortable are packed with energy, which can be a fantastic non-material offering to your deities. The technique is the literal practice of "feeling your feelings." Instead of pushing away emotions that bring you stress (such as anger, fear, annoyance, grief), let them sit in your body, and call upon your diety to accept them as an offering of energy. They can be specific correspondences (heartbreak goes to Aphrodite, grief of a lost loved one to Isis), or you can transform the emotion into pure energy and offer it to any diety. The idea is that you process the emotions as well, by turning them into something you can understand and offering them away, after you've accepted them being present.

[spellscribe]

Another one hits the dust...

Well, almost. I mean, dust is gathering. I've handed off my first Kurtherian book and it's now entered The Process, which involves having three different writers look it over alongside a pro edit. I'm scared. I'm excited. Dammit, I'm *tired*. There is magic. Fight scenes. Illusion and false memory. A cult out to enslave an entire population. And through it all, Julianne. I think I love Julianne more than Emma, the protagonist from my first series. Jules is stronger, wiser, older. At the same time, she's looser. Her quips and jabs seem more natural, despite her staid demeanour when she has her professional guise on. Julianne is a woman leading a man's world, and I admire that. Her self doubt is rational and propels her forward instead of crippling her. She has an honest pride and complete faith in her friends. In the next book, she will learn things about herself that will surprise, I think, even me. She will stretch her powers and be torn between two places, but in the end I know she will do the right thing. That's just who she is.

[vvitchella]

I saw a post recently about mental magic, like using magic with just your focus and visualisation do you know anything more about the subject?

I’ve heard of it before. I’ve also heard it called “wish magic” or similar.

The basic principle is essentially the same as a regular spell. You have your:

1) Intent. You think about what it is you want to cast. Hopefully, carefully, and in specific.

2) Energy. If you are proficient at energy work, you can draw up your own energy without any outward action, using your intent to shape it.

3) Send-off. Again, requires you to be proficient at energy work. You send it off with a thought to accomplish your goal.

4) Grounding. Grounding is a pretty basic to intermediate skill, and if you’re familiar with it, you can simply do it mentally.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

U.S. Andersen - The Secret of Secrets - Wilshire - 1970