Theorem 1: There is life force flowing through all aspects of the universe.
This creates three fundamental qualities of existence: 1) life force, 2) flow, and 3) matter. Each living being is connected to the universal flow of life force energy.
Axiom 1: Life force flows through us and back to the universe colored by our emotions, intentions, and energies.
The universe is an intelligent, sentient, and emotional being that responds to the subtle energies of our bodies generated through our actions and thoughts. The universe has an energetic transaction with our bodies. Energy comes from the universe and travels back to the universe, affecting the entirety of existence like a ripple from a pebble in a pond. The universe is collectively programmed through our intentions, thoughts, and actions. It is both a record of what has occurred as well as a source of flow trajectory of what will transpire.
Axiom 2: Our energies are connected together through the life force energy that flows through each of us.
There is a collective consciousness that ties together humanity in a web of psychic energy. For example, the same idea is often discovered by different people around the same time, demonstrating a general collective consciousness where ideas emerge based on the fabric of social knowledge at the time. There have been projects to investigate a shared psychic energy by a laboratory at Stanford with a project called the Global Consciousness Project, which measured the random atmospheric conditions as an indication of psychic energy and psychic sentiment on Earth.
This psychic web of energy is the aether that scientists purportedly disproved. It is an intelligent and conscious energy that is the fabric and substratum of our reality. Each of us should do our part to remain positive and maintain our part of the psychic energy web that is continuously emerging and transforming through our combined energies.
Axiom 3: The energy of one person can heal that person or another person.
To perform the healing procedure, place your hands above the target region and visualize white energy flowing into the area. To increase your energy flow from the universe and Earth, you can imagine a cord connecting your heart chakra to the core of Earth and then connecting to a point far above you in the universe. Then, imagine that cord turning into a pillar of white energy pouring up from below in Earth's core and down from above from the universe. With this visualization, you can begin to feel the energy move through you and out your hands as you proceed with the healing. This effect can be multiplicative when a group all intends their energy to go into either one healer or multiple healers focusing on one or multiple people.
Theorem 2: All consciousness is part of the One Life that flows through the universe.
Axiom 1 : This One Life has been called many things, such as ki, qi, prana, life force, and nwyfre. It is through this energy that we are all connected and tied into one interwoven tapestry of life.
Axiom 2: This One Life is differentiated and separated through a process of reflection in matter and becomes individual units of consciousness or life that we each experience.
The One Life is like a starburst radiating consciousness into each of us. We are the faucets through which the water of consciousness is brought forth through. It is as if consciousness is the light and we are the projector. The lens of the projector is shaped by our experiences through life. They color and transform the light of the One Life as it passes through the lens. Our conscious experience is what is projected on the screen, but that which composes consciousness, the light, is the One Life.
There is more to life than what is projected on the screen that we all experience as subjective awareness. One can look inward, toward the light of what is projected on the screen of reality, to start to see the interconnectedness of all the elements of reality to the One Life that sustains existence.
The objects and elements in reality are not lifeless lumps of matter, but rather alive with the consciousness of the One Life, just as we are. Each piece of matter has the energy of the universe flowing through it, and it is alive with the consciousness of the One Life. The more intricate and detailed the organization of matter, the more intricate and detailed the expression of consciousness.
Axiom 3: Each being is truly one being, as viewed through different eyes and different soul identities and histories.
We are each on a path of spiritual evolution that spans multiple lifetimes, and we each have a soul that learns and grows through our lifetimes. Ultimately, however, we are expressions of the One Life and provide a unique perspective on creation to the One Life consciousness that pervades the universe. It is as if there is one great tree of life, and each of our soul's is a branch on that tree. Each individual life is like a leaf on that branch. The branch bends and winds through the collective experiences of our lifetimes. While we each have our own individual identities as a leaf and as a branch, we are part of the one tree from which all life and consciousness springs. Just as a leaf provides nourishment for a tree, we provide nourishment for the One Life by providing a perspective and experiences in the physical and spiritual worlds.
Theorem 3: There is a second reality accessible through the mind called the mental world.
Axiom 1: Entering the mental world is a skill that can be developed through practice.
Active or contemplative meditation can be used to enter the spirit world. Active meditation consists of sitting or lying comfortably, breathing steadily and smoothly, quieting your mind, cultivating and holding an idea in mind, then following the flow of ideas that springs from it.
To train the visualization muscle, begin small by imagining an apple. Zoom into the apple to examine details and colors on the surface. Rotate the apple to look at the stem and pit. Rotate the apple again to look at the nubs on the bottom. Zoom out from the apple. Cut the apple in half and examine the halves. Zoom into the seeds and examine them. Cut the apple into quarters. Line up the apple slices horizontally with the seeds facing you. Then, line them up vertically. Then, put the slices back together into one apple. Practice this with different objects and different procedures that you devise.
To train the scene generating muscle, imagine a flowery meadow clearing in the middle of the woods. Imagine yourself in the meadow. Imagine yourself from either the first person or the third person. Walk through the meadow. Examine the flowers. Smell the flowers. Try holding as much of the scene in mind as possible. Practice this for a few minutes per day.
Axiom 2: The visual quality of the experience in the mental world improves with pracatice.
Initially, it is difficult to hold too much detail of a visual scene in mind at once. Objects, people, and visual details may be hazy. There is an intuition that a scene is present, but the visual details of the scene could be absent. Even though you may not be able to see the whole scene, intend it to be there and act as if it is there. It is like the old adage: fake it until you make it. Feel the visualization in your mind even though you might not be able to see the exact details in your mind's eye.
Imagination is like a muscle and keeps on becoming stronger and more detailed as you practice. To increase the visual quality of your visualization, try sketching out some of the details of what you are visualizing. Draw a diagram of the components of your idea to see its inner workings. Try looking online for images that approximate some part of your visualization. Create a collage or mood board to help inspire your visuals. Practice looking at an image and then closing your eyes and trying to imagine that same image. Piece together a stronger visualization by helping your mind make the visualization more real.
Eventually, the experience can be like a lucid dream with the mind generating the full detail of a scene. You can visualize any object you'd like in considerable detail, visualize your body in any manner you choose, fly around your environment, generate and radiate energy, and visualize entire scenes with moving components. It is almost like watching a movie in your mind.
Axiom 3: The ancients can hear your inner voice when you are in the mental world.
You can visualize scenarios and ideas to communicate them to the ancients and learn to feel-see-hear a response in your mind's eye and intuition. To contact the ancients, you could imagine yourself in a grove in a clearing in the middle of the woods. Ask mentally for the presence of the ancient druids. Then, visualize three ancient druids emerging from the woods walking towards you. Ask mentally whether you could speak with them. Then, ask them a question or make some kind of statement. Relax and pay attention to any thoughts that come to mind, such as images, feelings, ideas, words, sentiments, etc. Try to ascertain what the ancients might be trying to tell you through your own mind.
Theorem 4: There is physical energy and mental energy.
Axiom 1: Mental energy arises from physical energy processes of the biology of the body and from the universe.
Natural mechanisms produce mental energy that is experienced directly by the individual. This energy can be used to sustain life, do normal tasks, or produce new creations and technologies. When paired with motivation and determination, mental energy can be transformed into a mental or physical creative product. This creative product can take on a life of its own, influencing and interacting with the world in a completely autonomous manner. It is as if the creator invests some of their life energy into their creative product, and it maintains a life afterward based on that investment. The creative product is the crystallized intention and life force of its creator. That intention and life force can be detected by the audience, which is one reason art is so intriguing to experience.
Axiom 2: Mental energy can be invested and converted into physical energy via the production of technology.
An individual can make sense of a system in the world and formalize it's interaction in their mind and in the world to leverage their knowledge in what could be called technology. Here, the definition of technology is expanded to include both the conceptual and mental component as well as the physical component of the produced artifact. The mental energy does not directly become physical energy. Instead, it reduces the energy expenditure of others performing a similar task in the future. Thus, there is a return on investment of the initial mental energy by reducing how much energy others need to perform to accomplish a task.
Axiom 3: Mental energy is produced by every living being.
There is energy produced by cognition that perturbs and affects the physical world in some manner. While it is not measurable by today's standards, it may still exist. It is similar to the idea of feng-shui or the vibe of a space. The energetic configuration of a person, place, or object can be felt, especially when one is in the presence of a sacred space or artifact. This mental energy is like psychic energy or ESP that could be systematically induced by certain visualizations and meditation procedures, as well as naturally produced by certain energetic configurations of the Earth, such as ley lines and magnetic fields.
Theorem 5: The creative process is the bridge between the physical and mental world.
Axiom 1: There is a mental world of ideas and narratives and a physical world of objects and people.
We bring our ideas to life through the creative process. It is an iterative, cyclical, improvisational, and dynamic process of weaving meaning into an artifact and watching it grow. Tensions are detected that prompt revisions and spur on the creative process. A perceptual logic guides the interaction during which certain contributions make perceptual sense that is somehow beyond logic or reason.
Axiom 2: Creation begins in the mental and proceeds to the physical through interaction both in the mental and physical world.
The feedback from the task guides the creative work in a situated manner. The bodily constraints of the individual and the affordances of the task guide the execution of the task in real time. For example, buttons can only be pressed so quickly, a hammer can only be held in a limited number of ways, and a stool can be easily sat upon.
In the same way, perception crafts easily executable interactions with the world through the creative process that tend to flow out of an individual without thinking. There is little to no conscious thought behind these flow-like creative contributions. They simply make sense given the current context of the situation. They satisfy the constraints and add to it in ways that align with the logic that was developed within the problem space.
Axiom 3: It is possible to be inspired by an idea, work through it, sketch it out, and then build it in reality in an artifact or piece of technology.
This is the classic process of manifesting ideas. It is followed by many people unconsciously. However, it is possible to examine this process consciousness to analyze its consituent parts and optimize the process. For example, this process of manifesting an idea can be aided by mental visualization skills that enable one to examine an idea in detail and manipulate it in the mind.
Theorem 6: Technology is formalized sense-making procedures that reduce the energy expenditure for accomplishing a task.
Sense-making is a process of interacting with the world in order to detect patterns of regularity in that interaction through sensorimotor feedback loops.
Axiom 1: Technology has both a physical component, i.e. it's manifestation as a tool, and a conceptual component, i.e. it's manifestation as a sketch or idea in someone's mind.
Something becomes technology when it structures interactions with the world such that they are more effective, productive, and desirable from the individual's point of view. This can mean a procedure to follow for interacting, or tools to use to facilitate the interaction. Commonly, we think of technology as the tools, but it is just as much the conceptual foundations of the ideas upon which the tools are built.
Axiom 2: Creating technology is an investment on the individual's part.
It takes time and effort to formalize a process for reducing energy expenditure. However, it is a very valuable part of society. It is therefore a noble pursuit. The act and process of mental visualization and invention are never explicitly taught in our society, which is a large problem. While the scientific method is taught in schools, there is no equivalent design method and imagination method taught during primary or secondary school. From a young age, children should be encouraged to sketch out their ideas, develop them in detail, visualize them in their mind, simulate different outcomes in their mind, collaborate with others on the sketch, and build the idea in reality. This procedure should be as familiar as the scientific process of inquiry in the modern curriculum.
This method of creation and imagination is aligned with the the idea of computational thinking wherein a large problem is broken into smaller units and solved individually and then added up to solve the overall problem.
Axiom 3: Transmitting effective technology is advantageous.
Technology that helps solve problems should be shared at the lowest cost possible to address the needs of society today. The cultural ratchet effect that has propelled humanity through its cognitive development exists through tools and technology being transmitted and enculturated in our society. Google, for example, has radically accelerated the manner in which information is accesssed and digested.
Axiom 1: The flow of events has a probability distribution for how they will unfold given certain pre-conditions.
Actions do not occur in a vacuum. There is always a social and historical context into which an action is inserted that it interacts with. This context influences the probability that an action will come to fruition. To maximize the likelihood of attaining your goal, analyze the patterns of the probability distribution to determine how to align your desire with the general flow of events.
This probability distribution is called the wyrd. The wyrd can be compared to a momentum or inertia for events to unfold in a particular direction due to factors that are already set into motion. There are many layers of these probability distributions at different levels of spatial and temporal granularity, ranging from global events that affect the entire population, regional activities that affect large groups of people, and finally local operations that affect you and your close family and friends. These layers of probabilities interact to form a flow and trajectory for how events will unfold.
Axiom 2: Divination techniques can be used to recognize patterns and find meaning in the wyrd.
Interpreting the wyrd is a subjective experience that relies on your higher self to guide you toward the right approximation of events. It is like seeing shapes in the clouds. One piece of data can bring something to mind, which then reminds you of something else. The meaning develops dynamically in response to interpretation. This changes what sensory data you are attending to and what meaning structures are active in your mind. Divinatory tools provide data from which to ascertain meaning, but ultimately that meaning is constructed by you in response to the data of the magical working.
The meaning and patterns found during a reading can help reflect on experiences that have happened, interpret the context of the current situation, and foretell events in the future. Tapping into the wyrd is about connecting to the universe and allowing it to express itself through you during the act of divination. Randomness and chaos are often used as tools to channel the divine energy of the universe to foretell events.
Axiom 3: Divination can include choosing ruins at random and using either the Ogham or Coelbrun alphabet to interpret their meaning.
Each ruin has a symbolic meaning and association that can be used to cast a reading for yourself or others. Each ruin is a seed of mystery and narrative that provide a loose guidance for how to interpret its meaning in a reading. The Ogham alphabet represents trees, and the meaning of the letters corresponds to growth patterns, characteristics, and associations with each tree.
The basic setup uses a three-ruin selection process where the ruins mean: you, the situation, and the outcome. The ruin associated with you gives information about your current state. The ruin associated with the situation provides context about the question you asked or piece of information you are seeking. The ruin associated with the outcome helps foretell events to come.
Theorem 8: Cognitive magic is a technology to program the brain to structure how you interact with the world to attain your goals.
Axiom 1: The primary mechanism of cognitive magic is concentrated attention on a mental visualization.
Cognitive magic is accomplished through programming the brain to change the way it perceives reality. When we change what we see, we change what opportunities are perceptually available to us. When there are more or different types of opportunities available, the outcome for the situation changes as well. The art of cognitive magic is aligning the opportunities that are perceptible in the environment with a desired outcome.
One technique to program your brain is through mental visualization, which can be any scene, object, artifact, person, image, or animation pictured in your mind's eye. While some people frequently use mental visualization on a day-to-day basis, some individuals are unfamiliar with the process. The mind has the capacity to hold visual images and animations within it that pertain to cognition. These visualizations can be both passive, as we listen to a story or recall an event, or active, as we visualize an event or scenario. Thus, the visualization primes your neural network to successfully navigate a scenario kind of like a preparatory simulation would increase your odds of success.
To engage in a mental visualization, you could imagine yourself accomplishing a goal. Imagine the feeling of pride, joy, and relief at having accomplished a goal. See yourself in the outcome of having accomplished a goal. Imagine the details and simulate the emotions that you would experience once you do accomplish the goal. These extra details will help prime your neural networks to determine interactions and opportunities in the environment to attain your goal.
Axiom 2: Mentally visualizing a scenario creates thought attractors that change the way we perceive and interact with the world.
Thought attractors structure neural networks and pathways to connect related neuronal groupings relevant for detecting and achieving goals related to the content of the thought. The longer the sustained attention and greater the visual detail of the mental visualization, the stronger the neural connections. This process is called intentional perceptual attunement. It changes the probability that an event will occur in reality and is therefore a logical explanation for how magical activity can in fact be scientifically real.
Mental visualizations activate similar neural activity as actually accomplishing the simulated action. The motor cortex and visual cortex activate during mental visualizations. Since the motor cortex activates, different ideas for how to interact with the world become active as well. There are two types of neural activation patterns, narrow and broad. Narrow activation is a deep activation that deals with the analytical details of a scenario, while broad activation is shallow and covers different domains of knowledge at a more surface level. During mental visualization, there is both narrow and broad activation about what effect certain actions will have in the environment. These activations inform cognition what types of interactions will be more likely to have a beneficial outcome, and thus increase the likelihood of the magical intention.
Axiom 3: Intentional perceptual attunement changes the landscape of opportunities that are perceptible by the individual.
There are many object affordances, i.e interaction potentials, in the environment. For example, when we look at a couch, it affords sitting. A hammer and a pen afford gripping. A doorknob affords twisting, while a lever affords pulling. Our bodies determine what type of actions we can take on the environment. Each object has inbuilt constraints that interact with our bodily capabilities to determine a range of possible actions. Furthermore, among that range of possible actions, called object affordances, are the actions that are relevant to the current activity and intention of the individual. From that subset of actions, there is a further differentiation of which actions the individual is aware of and can consciously perceive, i.e. they are phenomenologically available to the individual.
This set of perceptible object affordances determines the degree of freedom of interaction an individual has with the environment, which in turn creates a probability distribution of outcomes based on whether the individual pursues any of the possible interactions. This probability distribution of outcomes and its flow (defined as the norse term wyrd), is influenced by the dynamic intention of the individual and their visualizations and activities in the mental world. For example, the perceptible affordances of a chair changes from sitting to standing when one has the intention of replacing a lightbulb. Intentional perceptual tuning is the process whereby those perceptible affordances change based on the intention of the individual.
There are certain activities that you can do to intentionally tune perception, such as mentally visualizing an intended outcome, sketching out the idea and its constituent parts, and divining guidance on how to accomplish a goal. All these activities prime the brain in different ways to perceive the situation in terms of accomplishing the goal, which inherently increases the probability of accomplishing it.