#noetic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #noetic, aggregated by home.social.
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1/2 More #Noetic bits : Have to say this new reality we are in is a nightmare to process. Getting inadvertently pulled directly into conflicts takes more effort and attention as things escalate…
We have a tendency to underestimate risk in these situations. Its a good time to simplify and keep your head down. Anger can have you getting on planes you probably shouldn’t, going to places sane people are running from. I’ve lost two friends in three months this way. They were not combatants. They… -
1/2 More #Noetic bits : Have to say this new reality we are in is a nightmare to process. Getting inadvertently pulled directly into conflicts takes more effort and attention as things escalate…
We have a tendency to underestimate risk in these situations. Its a good time to simplify and keep your head down. Anger can have you getting on planes you probably shouldn’t, going to places sane people are running from. I’ve lost two friends in three months this way. They were not combatants. They… -
1/2 More #Noetic bits : Have to say this new reality we are in is a nightmare to process. Getting inadvertently pulled directly into conflicts takes more effort and attention as things escalate…
We have a tendency to underestimate risk in these situations. Its a good time to simplify and keep your head down. Anger can have you getting on planes you probably shouldn’t, going to places sane people are running from. I’ve lost two friends in three months this way. They were not combatants. They… -
1/2 More #Noetic bits : Have to say this new reality we are in is a nightmare to process. Getting inadvertently pulled directly into conflicts takes more effort and attention as things escalate…
We have a tendency to underestimate risk in these situations. Its a good time to simplify and keep your head down. Anger can have you getting on planes you probably shouldn’t, going to places sane people are running from. I’ve lost two friends in three months this way. They were not combatants. They… -
1/2 More #Noetic bits : Have to say this new reality we are in is a nightmare to process. Getting inadvertently pulled directly into conflicts takes more effort and attention as things escalate…
We have a tendency to underestimate risk in these situations. Its a good time to simplify and keep your head down. Anger can have you getting on planes you probably shouldn’t, going to places sane people are running from. I’ve lost two friends in three months this way. They were not combatants. They… -
Meet Hobbs W1, the AI Receptionist That Can Look You in the Eye 🤖
Meet the Hobbs W1: the bionic AI receptionist by Noetix. Designed to handle guest check-ins, answer complex inquiries, and provide directions—all while maintaining a natural, human-like engagement. The corporate lobby will never be the same.
#noetic #hobbsw1 #humanoidrobot #robotics #futuretech #innovations #bionic #technews #aiassistant
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Meet Hobbs W1, the AI Receptionist That Can Look You in the Eye 🤖
Meet the Hobbs W1: the bionic AI receptionist by Noetix. Designed to handle guest check-ins, answer complex inquiries, and provide directions—all while maintaining a natural, human-like engagement. The corporate lobby will never be the same.
#noetic #hobbsw1 #humanoidrobot #robotics #futuretech #innovations #bionic #technews #aiassistant
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Meet Hobbs W1, the AI Receptionist That Can Look You in the Eye 🤖
Meet the Hobbs W1: the bionic AI receptionist by Noetix. Designed to handle guest check-ins, answer complex inquiries, and provide directions—all while maintaining a natural, human-like engagement. The corporate lobby will never be the same.
#noetic #hobbsw1 #humanoidrobot #robotics #futuretech #innovations #bionic #technews #aiassistant
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Meet Hobbs W1, the AI Receptionist That Can Look You in the Eye 🤖
Meet the Hobbs W1: the bionic AI receptionist by Noetix. Designed to handle guest check-ins, answer complex inquiries, and provide directions—all while maintaining a natural, human-like engagement. The corporate lobby will never be the same.
#noetic #hobbsw1 #humanoidrobot #robotics #futuretech #innovations #bionic #technews #aiassistant
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Vuelve Noetic de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en #ARTE esta vez para quedarse hasta 2026. :saddercat:
https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/117218-000-A/elements-noetic-faun-bolero/
#Noetic #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #danza #coreografia #eurocultura
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Vuelve Noetic de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en #ARTE esta vez para quedarse hasta 2026. :saddercat:
https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/117218-000-A/elements-noetic-faun-bolero/
#Noetic #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #danza #coreografia #eurocultura
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Vuelve Noetic de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en #ARTE esta vez para quedarse hasta 2026. :saddercat:
https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/117218-000-A/elements-noetic-faun-bolero/
#Noetic #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #danza #coreografia #eurocultura
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Vuelve Noetic de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en #ARTE esta vez para quedarse hasta 2026. :saddercat:
https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/117218-000-A/elements-noetic-faun-bolero/
#Noetic #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #danza #coreografia #eurocultura
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Vuelve Noetic de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui en #ARTE esta vez para quedarse hasta 2026. :saddercat:
https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/117218-000-A/elements-noetic-faun-bolero/
#Noetic #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #danza #coreografia #eurocultura
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet : Éléments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyvw-vP0w8c
#youtube_arteconcert #éléments #sidi_larbi_cherkaoui #damien_jalet #marina_abramovic #Noetic #faun #debussy #bolero #ravel #bolero_ballet #boléro_ballet #bolero_marina_abramovic #balett #grand_théâtre_de_genève #performance #dance_performance #arte_concert -
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet : Éléments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyvw-vP0w8c
#youtube_arteconcert #éléments #sidi_larbi_cherkaoui #damien_jalet #marina_abramovic #Noetic #faun #debussy #bolero #ravel #bolero_ballet #boléro_ballet #bolero_marina_abramovic #balett #grand_théâtre_de_genève #performance #dance_performance #arte_concert -
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet : Éléments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyvw-vP0w8c
#youtube_arteconcert #éléments #sidi_larbi_cherkaoui #damien_jalet #marina_abramovic #Noetic #faun #debussy #bolero #ravel #bolero_ballet #boléro_ballet #bolero_marina_abramovic #balett #grand_théâtre_de_genève #performance #dance_performance #arte_concert -
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet : Éléments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyvw-vP0w8c
#youtube_arteconcert #éléments #sidi_larbi_cherkaoui #damien_jalet #marina_abramovic #Noetic #faun #debussy #bolero #ravel #bolero_ballet #boléro_ballet #bolero_marina_abramovic #balett #grand_théâtre_de_genève #performance #dance_performance #arte_concert -
Monday #Noetic Spectrum: Frequently there will be things on here that seem straight out of the conservative physicalist worldview. It makes for suspicion. You have to understand that cognition in a near death, out of body,
,lucid dream or other high impact experience,if it’s yours ,still has common elements that are shared by others with similar experiences.There is a map.There are coordinates and waypoints that remain consistent once a sample population is big enough. Stable worlds are good ! -
Monday #Noetic Spectrum: Frequently there will be things on here that seem straight out of the conservative physicalist worldview. It makes for suspicion. You have to understand that cognition in a near death, out of body,
,lucid dream or other high impact experience,if it’s yours ,still has common elements that are shared by others with similar experiences.There is a map.There are coordinates and waypoints that remain consistent once a sample population is big enough. Stable worlds are good ! -
Monday #Noetic Spectrum: Frequently there will be things on here that seem straight out of the conservative physicalist worldview. It makes for suspicion. You have to understand that cognition in a near death, out of body,
,lucid dream or other high impact experience,if it’s yours ,still has common elements that are shared by others with similar experiences.There is a map.There are coordinates and waypoints that remain consistent once a sample population is big enough. Stable worlds are good ! -
Eurovision × Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
#Eurovision #Noetic #esc #esc2024 #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #eurocultura #Irlanda #Letonia #Israel #Georgia
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Eurovision × Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
#Eurovision #Noetic #esc #esc2024 #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #eurocultura #Irlanda #Letonia #Israel #Georgia
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Eurovision × Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
#Eurovision #Noetic #esc #esc2024 #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #eurocultura #Irlanda #Letonia #Israel #Georgia
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Eurovision × Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
#Eurovision #Noetic #esc #esc2024 #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #eurocultura #Irlanda #Letonia #Israel #Georgia
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Eurovision × Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
#Eurovision #Noetic #esc #esc2024 #SidiLarbiCherkaoui #eurocultura #Irlanda #Letonia #Israel #Georgia
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I think of psychic and magical energy as a gas due to its intangible and diffuse nature. Just as a gas can fill a space and spread out evenly, psychic energy can permeate and interact with the environment similarly, so linking psychic energy to how a scent diffuses through a room is useful. So, one way that I permeate a space with magical energy is through enchanted candles that I make.
The problem with burning the candles is, well, they burn. They get used over time. Considering it takes a lot of effort to enchant my magic candles, it gets annoying. Well, my husband surprised me yesterday with a candle warmer! I don’t post my magic gear on the Internet, so this is just a picture with a regular, mundane scented candle.
Since I don’t have to actually burn the candles, my magic candles last a lot longer. When I do quick and dirty magic on the go, I use breathing techniques to pull the energy into me, transmute it, and breathe it out. I call it a dragon’s fire breath technique. Using candles is a more latent version of that.
When I think of the phase state of psychic and magical energy, I liken it to a liquid or a gas. Some people refer to it as astral energy. I prefer not to use the term ‘astral’ when describing the phenomenological, noetic realm of subjective experiences, as it carries celestial connotations. ‘Astral’ connotes cosmic things, such as what is in space. I would use the word ‘astral’ if I were referring to the noetic space of outer space, particularly around the physical bodies of planets.
When I am referring to psychic energy, I am normally referring to the field, ambiance, and psychic atmosphere here on Earth where many of the structures emerge from human consciousness and intelligence. For example, I live in Atlanta near an important genius loci and nexus, so the psychic energy that flows around here is as natural as the skylines, concrete, and streets of Atlanta. Instead of being like the celestial light from the sun, it is more like the light from satellites and buildings. Genius loci are not technically natural. They emerge as a consequence of human architecture. For example, a green space in a city isn’t natural; however, it exerts an influence on people and makes them feel more relaxed.
Energy is not a thing; it is an abstraction. It is something we derive from reference frames and relationships and is not necessarily something that we observe. The energy in something is stored as potential by a field, i.e., a structured set of relationships and correlations within that structured set. A structured set is a collection of categories, variables, or dimensions where there are binary operators between those categories, dimensions, or sets. Energy is a scalar that describes the ability to produce a change or for a system to take action, and the potential energy of a system is held within the relationships defined by operators that connect the objects or entities. A simple way to think of energy is that it is a description of the behavior of something or how something causes something to behave. In certain esoteric contexts, energy and spirit can be interchanged, albeit I make a particular distinction later on in this post. So, in that sense, the spirit of the place, i.e., the genius loci, is how people interact with the space and how the space affects people such that their behavior is changed. So, the spirit of the place is manifest through how people interact with that space. The connotation is not originally naturalistic; instead, it is a reference to how temples and gothic architecture affect people. Gothic architecture was designed to evoke notions of the sublime, for example. The spirit of the place is manifest in how you feel when you walk into the cathedral.
I reject the solipsistic and human-centered view many occultists have. Empirically observable instances of psychic phenomena manifest through the art of magic imply that causality is inverted. Instead of mental entities supervening on, being emergent from matter, and being epiphenomena, physical states are subsets of a psychic domain. That would mean that all physical objects are phase states of a psychic realm. And, being manifestations of that psychic realm means that physical objects have ‘what it seems like to be’ that thing. Many occultists operate in a very human-centric or solipsistic paradigm where they believe that only things they recognize as having subjective experiences have those experiences. Since causality is inverted, that means that every infinitesimal cell of physical space, including the energy, matter, and physical objects that emerge from it, has a higher-dimensional aspect of what it seems like to be that cell. Physical reality is able to maintain its coherence because all aspects of physical existence have a higher-dimensional noetic aspect that is able to perceive itself. The cosmos can see itself where humans are manifestations of that. Consensual reality is cosmologically maintained by the mutual reference frames of the interconnected experiences of atoms, rocks, and all the way up to suns. If I experience you and you experience me, it creates a correlation and a local frame of reference within a manifold. Human intelligence is not integral to reality on a cosmological level because everything has a subjective experience, albeit unintelligent entities do not have the will to deliberately cause change. You are not just perceiving the cosmos. The cosmos is perceiving you.
A rock has a psychic form of experience; however, is a rock intelligent? I can draw psychic energy from a rock without encountering resistance; however, if I draw energy from a person without their consent, their will shall oppose me, much like how mass resists acceleration. That nuance is what separates panpsychism from animism. I do not believe that the rock has a “soul”; instead, it has a fractal, recursive, and chaotic higher-dimensional structure that gives it a qualia I.e., of what it seems like to be a rock; however, a rock cannot apprehend and understand its experience of being a rock. Self-similar structures that feed back into themselves are chaotic. However, it lacks the will to choose its next experience, nor does it possess the intelligence to apprehend its own existence. It’s like light, which can be emitted and absorbed. In this sense, it is sufficient to be called astral light. Metaphysically, the closet thing these objects have is called ousia, which roughly connotates a spirit.
Culture is implicit in any piece of technology. It serves as an abstraction for how humans teach, learn, and employ particular pedagogies. Language is culturally learned, and not just a reflection of human intelligence. As language evolved, societies began to develop standardized terminologies and methodologies for toolmaking. Cultural adaptation and technological innovation are closely intertwined processes. As cultures evolve and encounter new challenges, they develop novel technologies to address these challenges, thereby creating further cultural change and adaptation. Conversely, technological innovations can disrupt existing cultural practices and social structures, often prompting cultural resistance, adaptation, or transformation.
Implicit in any form of technology or anything that comes from human technology is human culture, intelligence, and will that is implicit in the design. Unlike something natural and spontaneous, like a rock, something like a knife was designed and manifested from a cultural form to cut. A way to think of the essence or ousia of an object is through its function. So, the essence of a knife is to cut. The essence of a gun is to shoot. This means that things that are a consequence of human intelligent design have aspects of human will that can resist you; however, it is an extension of the prototypical aspects created via human intelligence and will.
Complex human tools are closely correlated with the emergence of languages to encode precision and standards. For example, mathematics and numbers allowed for the creation of more precise tools, also with the ability to communicate these standards through culture. This also applies to gods. Many big ancient gods arose and came into being when human civilization began; therefore, the intelligence of those entities is anthropic manifestations of human intelligence and will. Many pantheons of gods are extrinsicly connected to human societies and civilizations – if those civilizations did not exist, neither would those gods. Gods are shaped by human cultures and belief systems, and they derive their significance and characteristics from the needs, values, and experiences of the people who worship them.
I’m using ‘existence’ in an abstract ontological sense. Existence is a categorical proposition. If I have a category called ‘beds’, then an instance of a bed would mean that the bed exists. If I have a category of ‘vaba81’ and ‘1gabaha’ is a subset of ‘vaba81’ such that ‘vaba81={1gabaha}’, then ‘1gabaha’ exists as an instance of ‘vaba81’. The problem lies in the epistemological justification. Can we empirically and objectively observe it? Frequently, objectivity gets conflated with empiricism. Objectivity means consistency. For example, 1+1=2. That is objective; however, it is not empirical, since mathematics is metaphysically a priori and epistemologically rational. How humans know 1+1=2 is something we do not know, in that we do not get this information from how we interact with the world. There is an epistemological and ontological debate about whether numbers are real and exist in a Neoplatonic sense or if they are a product of the human brain. Obviously, I assume that numbers exist in a Neoplatonic sense.
Whether we can empirically observe something or not is not metaphysically important, especially within the context of Boolean Logic. When we consider the existence of circles, squares, and even real numbers, we treat these mathematical and geometric objects as if they are real; however, we have never empirically observed a circle or even a ‘1’. We have observed circular objects, and we have observed symbols for ‘1’. Gods occupy a similar metaphysical niche in the noetic sphere.
I exist separate from a person’s representation of me in their mind; however, I exist in a noetic sphere as does that image in their mind in the same way a picture of me exists as do I, though I am not the picture. In this sense, I am referring to the image of gods. Personally, I am an atheist, so I do not believe they are real, so I assume people work with psychic systems and entities in the form of a god. The difference between these two is that 1+1 is always 2, while fictions, mythologies, civilizations, and religions change. Math (numbers and geometrical shapes) and logic have more of a tautological and objective nature than theistic fictions, albeit they both exist in the noetic sphere because one changes and is true in all cases deductively, and the other is not. We can say that theistic pantheons are fictions since they change over time per integrals of human experience and culture; however, Mathematics does not revise itself. It just accumulates.
We infer existential import from whether or not we can observe real instances of a proposed category. Magic, Idealism, and Panpsychism are metaphysical cases against realism. Parapsychological experiments that demonstrate and support hypotheses that show intentions, expectations, and beliefs affect physically disconnected and non-local systems are empirical cases against realism. Metaphysical realism is predicated on the idea of a mind-independent universe; however, the ability for our intentions to influence the world and the ability for us to gain information about the world outside of physical events are counterexamples to that idea. If our intentions can affect the world around us, then it implies that reality is not entirely independent of our minds but rather intertwined with it. This challenges the notion of a purely objective reality existing independently of human consciousness. Whether or not gods are real isn’t relevant; instead, what is relevant is the categories they supervene on and whether they supervene on human intelligence.
A rock is not extrinsic and emergent from human design, so there is no structure of human will that is intrinsic to it. Therefore, there is no will. If you tried to extract, evoke, or invoke the energy – the ousia, of an object to do something opposite its ousia, there will be resistance. The ousia, or essence, of a gun could be considered to be its ability to project force or cause harm through the expulsion of a projectile. The opposite of this essence embodies peace, non-violence, or something represented by a gesture like an open hand offering help or friendship. If you tried to evoke the spirit of a gun for a non-violent manifestation of peace instead of peace through violence, martial applications, there would be resistance and dissonance. The spirit of the gun itself is not resisting you; rather, an extension of human spirit is resisting you. Ousia is more abstract than spirit. Ousia is an abstract class that something belongs to, so the existence of a car, a gun, a knife, a building, so on and so forth is an instance of a prototypical abstraction, i.e., a blueprint. We can think of these categories as existing in a noetic sphere, so instances of my computer that I am typing this on have an ousia that is connected to a form in that noetic sphere. The thing that is analogous to a spirit or a soul – ousia, is a manifestation and an aspect given through human consciousness and intelligence. The ability for these objects to resist your will is a manifestation of collective human will, resisting you.
The only natural things around me, at the moment, are the sky and the ground. Since I live in a metropolitan city, everything around me is manmade; therefore, implicit in everything is human will manifested through the infrastructure and technology around me. Since the city I live in is a manifestation of human intelligence and civilization down to the laws I must follow in this city, the energy I would draw from objects around me has a quality analogous to mass implicit in the will that creates it. Laws and politics in a democratic Republic, like the United States, are manifestations of the collective will of the people; therefore, it has mass. That means that the laws of a metropolis, like Atlanta, have mass and resistance to wills that run counter to that. That is in part why it is so hard to influence political events. You are trying to influence something that is massive. It’s easy to do in a small city because you have fewer people; however, it is very difficult to do with metropolises since the genius loci of the city is massive. In my experience, when a genius loci gets large enough, it exerts an attractive force that draws people with sympathy to it and manipulates possible futures to create a teleological point where a person being drawn there is inevitable and a matter of time, similar to how the singularity of a black hole behaves.
#Animism #Astral #astralProjection #astrology #ATL #Atlanta #candle #candles #geniusLoci #gothic #husband #LGBTQ #magick #Metaphysics #noetic #occult #occultism #occultists #pagan #paganism #panpsychic #panpsychism #paranormal #Parapsychology #psychic #witch #witchcraft
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I think of psychic and magical energy as a gas due to its intangible and diffuse nature. Just as a gas can fill a space and spread out evenly, psychic energy can permeate and interact with the environment similarly, so linking psychic energy to how a scent diffuses through a room is useful. So, one way that I permeate a space with magical energy is through enchanted candles that I make.
The problem with burning the candles is, well, they burn. They get used over time. Considering it takes a lot of effort to enchant my magic candles, it gets annoying. Well, my husband surprised me yesterday with a candle warmer! I don’t post my magic gear on the Internet, so this is just a picture with a regular, mundane scented candle.
Since I don’t have to actually burn the candles, my magic candles last a lot longer. When I do quick and dirty magic on the go, I use breathing techniques to pull the energy into me, transmute it, and breathe it out. I call it a dragon’s fire breath technique. Using candles is a more latent version of that.
When I think of the phase state of psychic and magical energy, I liken it to a liquid or a gas. Some people refer to it as astral energy. I prefer not to use the term ‘astral’ when describing the phenomenological, noetic realm of subjective experiences, as it carries celestial connotations. ‘Astral’ connotes cosmic things, such as what is in space. I would use the word ‘astral’ if I were referring to the noetic space of outer space, particularly around the physical bodies of planets.
When I am referring to psychic energy, I am normally referring to the field, ambiance, and psychic atmosphere here on Earth where many of the structures emerge from human consciousness and intelligence. For example, I live in Atlanta near an important genius loci and nexus, so the psychic energy that flows around here is as natural as the skylines, concrete, and streets of Atlanta. Instead of being like the celestial light from the sun, it is more like the light from satellites and buildings. Genius loci are not technically natural. They emerge as a consequence of human architecture. For example, a green space in a city isn’t natural; however, it exerts an influence on people and makes them feel more relaxed.
Energy is not a thing; it is an abstraction. It is something we derive from reference frames and relationships and is not necessarily something that we observe. The energy in something is stored as potential by a field, i.e., a structured set of relationships and correlations within that structured set. A structured set is a collection of categories, variables, or dimensions where there are binary operators between those categories, dimensions, or sets. Energy is a scalar that describes the ability to produce a change or for a system to take action, and the potential energy of a system is held within the relationships defined by operators that connect the objects or entities. A simple way to think of energy is that it is a description of the behavior of something or how something causes something to behave. In certain esoteric contexts, energy and spirit can be interchanged, albeit I make a particular distinction later on in this post. So, in that sense, the spirit of the place, i.e., the genius loci, is how people interact with the space and how the space affects people such that their behavior is changed. So, the spirit of the place is manifest through how people interact with that space. The connotation is not originally naturalistic; instead, it is a reference to how temples and gothic architecture affect people. Gothic architecture was designed to evoke notions of the sublime, for example. The spirit of the place is manifest in how you feel when you walk into the cathedral.
I reject the solipsistic and human-centered view many occultists have. Empirically observable instances of psychic phenomena manifest through the art of magic imply that causality is inverted. Instead of mental entities supervening on, being emergent from matter, and being epiphenomena, physical states are subsets of a psychic domain. That would mean that all physical objects are phase states of a psychic realm. And, being manifestations of that psychic realm means that physical objects have ‘what it seems like to be’ that thing. Many occultists operate in a very human-centric or solipsistic paradigm where they believe that only things they recognize as having subjective experiences have those experiences. Since causality is inverted, that means that every infinitesimal cell of physical space, including the energy, matter, and physical objects that emerge from it, has a higher-dimensional aspect of what it seems like to be that cell. Physical reality is able to maintain its coherence because all aspects of physical existence have a higher-dimensional noetic aspect that is able to perceive itself. The cosmos can see itself where humans are manifestations of that. Consensual reality is cosmologically maintained by the mutual reference frames of the interconnected experiences of atoms, rocks, and all the way up to suns. If I experience you and you experience me, it creates a correlation and a local frame of reference within a manifold. Human intelligence is not integral to reality on a cosmological level because everything has a subjective experience, albeit unintelligent entities do not have the will to deliberately cause change. You are not just perceiving the cosmos. The cosmos is perceiving you.
A rock has a psychic form of experience; however, is a rock intelligent? I can draw psychic energy from a rock without encountering resistance; however, if I draw energy from a person without their consent, their will shall oppose me, much like how mass resists acceleration. That nuance is what separates panpsychism from animism. I do not believe that the rock has a “soul”; instead, it has a fractal, recursive, and chaotic higher-dimensional structure that gives it a qualia I.e., of what it seems like to be a rock; however, a rock cannot apprehend and understand its experience of being a rock. Self-similar structures that feed back into themselves are chaotic. However, it lacks the will to choose its next experience, nor does it possess the intelligence to apprehend its own existence. It’s like light, which can be emitted and absorbed. In this sense, it is sufficient to be called astral light. Metaphysically, the closet thing these objects have is called ousia, which roughly connotates a spirit.
Culture is implicit in any piece of technology. It serves as an abstraction for how humans teach, learn, and employ particular pedagogies. Language is culturally learned, and not just a reflection of human intelligence. As language evolved, societies began to develop standardized terminologies and methodologies for toolmaking. Cultural adaptation and technological innovation are closely intertwined processes. As cultures evolve and encounter new challenges, they develop novel technologies to address these challenges, thereby creating further cultural change and adaptation. Conversely, technological innovations can disrupt existing cultural practices and social structures, often prompting cultural resistance, adaptation, or transformation.
Implicit in any form of technology or anything that comes from human technology is human culture, intelligence, and will that is implicit in the design. Unlike something natural and spontaneous, like a rock, something like a knife was designed and manifested from a cultural form to cut. A way to think of the essence or ousia of an object is through its function. So, the essence of a knife is to cut. The essence of a gun is to shoot. This means that things that are a consequence of human intelligent design have aspects of human will that can resist you; however, it is an extension of the prototypical aspects created via human intelligence and will.
Complex human tools are closely correlated with the emergence of languages to encode precision and standards. For example, mathematics and numbers allowed for the creation of more precise tools, also with the ability to communicate these standards through culture. This also applies to gods. Many big ancient gods arose and came into being when human civilization began; therefore, the intelligence of those entities is anthropic manifestations of human intelligence and will. Many pantheons of gods are extrinsicly connected to human societies and civilizations – if those civilizations did not exist, neither would those gods. Gods are shaped by human cultures and belief systems, and they derive their significance and characteristics from the needs, values, and experiences of the people who worship them.
I’m using ‘existence’ in an abstract ontological sense. Existence is a categorical proposition. If I have a category called ‘beds’, then an instance of a bed would mean that the bed exists. If I have a category of ‘vaba81’ and ‘1gabaha’ is a subset of ‘vaba81’ such that ‘vaba81={1gabaha}’, then ‘1gabaha’ exists as an instance of ‘vaba81’. The problem lies in the epistemological justification. Can we empirically and objectively observe it? Frequently, objectivity gets conflated with empiricism. Objectivity means consistency. For example, 1+1=2. That is objective; however, it is not empirical, since mathematics is metaphysically a priori and epistemologically rational. How humans know 1+1=2 is something we do not know, in that we do not get this information from how we interact with the world. There is an epistemological and ontological debate about whether numbers are real and exist in a Neoplatonic sense or if they are a product of the human brain. Obviously, I assume that numbers exist in a Neoplatonic sense.
Whether we can empirically observe something or not is not metaphysically important, especially within the context of Boolean Logic. When we consider the existence of circles, squares, and even real numbers, we treat these mathematical and geometric objects as if they are real; however, we have never empirically observed a circle or even a ‘1’. We have observed circular objects, and we have observed symbols for ‘1’. Gods occupy a similar metaphysical niche in the noetic sphere.
I exist separate from a person’s representation of me in their mind; however, I exist in a noetic sphere as does that image in their mind in the same way a picture of me exists as do I, though I am not the picture. In this sense, I am referring to the image of gods. Personally, I am an atheist, so I do not believe they are real, so I assume people work with psychic systems and entities in the form of a god. The difference between these two is that 1+1 is always 2, while fictions, mythologies, civilizations, and religions change. Math (numbers and geometrical shapes) and logic have more of a tautological and objective nature than theistic fictions, albeit they both exist in the noetic sphere because one changes and is true in all cases deductively, and the other is not. We can say that theistic pantheons are fictions since they change over time per integrals of human experience and culture; however, Mathematics does not revise itself. It just accumulates.
We infer existential import from whether or not we can observe real instances of a proposed category. Magic, Idealism, and Panpsychism are metaphysical cases against realism. Parapsychological experiments that demonstrate and support hypotheses that show intentions, expectations, and beliefs affect physically disconnected and non-local systems are empirical cases against realism. Metaphysical realism is predicated on the idea of a mind-independent universe; however, the ability for our intentions to influence the world and the ability for us to gain information about the world outside of physical events are counterexamples to that idea. If our intentions can affect the world around us, then it implies that reality is not entirely independent of our minds but rather intertwined with it. This challenges the notion of a purely objective reality existing independently of human consciousness. Whether or not gods are real isn’t relevant; instead, what is relevant is the categories they supervene on and whether they supervene on human intelligence.
A rock is not extrinsic and emergent from human design, so there is no structure of human will that is intrinsic to it. Therefore, there is no will. If you tried to extract, evoke, or invoke the energy – the ousia, of an object to do something opposite its ousia, there will be resistance. The ousia, or essence, of a gun could be considered to be its ability to project force or cause harm through the expulsion of a projectile. The opposite of this essence embodies peace, non-violence, or something represented by a gesture like an open hand offering help or friendship. If you tried to evoke the spirit of a gun for a non-violent manifestation of peace instead of peace through violence, martial applications, there would be resistance and dissonance. The spirit of the gun itself is not resisting you; rather, an extension of human spirit is resisting you. Ousia is more abstract than spirit. Ousia is an abstract class that something belongs to, so the existence of a car, a gun, a knife, a building, so on and so forth is an instance of a prototypical abstraction, i.e., a blueprint. We can think of these categories as existing in a noetic sphere, so instances of my computer that I am typing this on have an ousia that is connected to a form in that noetic sphere. The thing that is analogous to a spirit or a soul – ousia, is a manifestation and an aspect given through human consciousness and intelligence. The ability for these objects to resist your will is a manifestation of collective human will, resisting you.
The only natural things around me, at the moment, are the sky and the ground. Since I live in a metropolitan city, everything around me is manmade; therefore, implicit in everything is human will manifested through the infrastructure and technology around me. Since the city I live in is a manifestation of human intelligence and civilization down to the laws I must follow in this city, the energy I would draw from objects around me has a quality analogous to mass implicit in the will that creates it. Laws and politics in a democratic Republic, like the United States, are manifestations of the collective will of the people; therefore, it has mass. That means that the laws of a metropolis, like Atlanta, have mass and resistance to wills that run counter to that. That is in part why it is so hard to influence political events. You are trying to influence something that is massive. It’s easy to do in a small city because you have fewer people; however, it is very difficult to do with metropolises since the genius loci of the city is massive. In my experience, when a genius loci gets large enough, it exerts an attractive force that draws people with sympathy to it and manipulates possible futures to create a teleological point where a person being drawn there is inevitable and a matter of time, similar to how the singularity of a black hole behaves.
#Animism #Astral #astralProjection #astrology #ATL #Atlanta #candle #candles #geniusLoci #gothic #husband #LGBTQ #magick #Metaphysics #noetic #occult #occultism #occultists #pagan #paganism #panpsychic #panpsychism #paranormal #Parapsychology #psychic #witch #witchcraft
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I think of psychic and magical energy as a gas due to its intangible and diffuse nature. Just as a gas can fill a space and spread out evenly, psychic energy can permeate and interact with the environment similarly, so linking psychic energy to how a scent diffuses through a room is useful. So, one way that I permeate a space with magical energy is through enchanted candles that I make.
The problem with burning the candles is, well, they burn. They get used over time. Considering it takes a lot of effort to enchant my magic candles, it gets annoying. Well, my husband surprised me yesterday with a candle warmer! I don’t post my magic gear on the Internet, so this is just a picture with a regular, mundane scented candle.
Since I don’t have to actually burn the candles, my magic candles last a lot longer. When I do quick and dirty magic on the go, I use breathing techniques to pull the energy into me, transmute it, and breathe it out. I call it a dragon’s fire breath technique. Using candles is a more latent version of that.
When I think of the phase state of psychic and magical energy, I liken it to a liquid or a gas. Some people refer to it as astral energy. I prefer not to use the term ‘astral’ when describing the phenomenological, noetic realm of subjective experiences, as it carries celestial connotations. ‘Astral’ connotes cosmic things, such as what is in space. I would use the word ‘astral’ if I were referring to the noetic space of outer space, particularly around the physical bodies of planets.
When I am referring to psychic energy, I am normally referring to the field, ambiance, and psychic atmosphere here on Earth where many of the structures emerge from human consciousness and intelligence. For example, I live in Atlanta near an important genius loci and nexus, so the psychic energy that flows around here is as natural as the skylines, concrete, and streets of Atlanta. Instead of being like the celestial light from the sun, it is more like the light from satellites and buildings. Genius loci are not technically natural. They emerge as a consequence of human architecture. For example, a green space in a city isn’t natural; however, it exerts an influence on people and makes them feel more relaxed.
Energy is not a thing; it is an abstraction. It is something we derive from reference frames and relationships and is not necessarily something that we observe. The energy in something is stored as potential by a field, i.e., a structured set of relationships and correlations within that structured set. A structured set is a collection of categories, variables, or dimensions where there are binary operators between those categories, dimensions, or sets. Energy is a scalar that describes the ability to produce a change or for a system to take action, and the potential energy of a system is held within the relationships defined by operators that connect the objects or entities. A simple way to think of energy is that it is a description of the behavior of something or how something causes something to behave. In certain esoteric contexts, energy and spirit can be interchanged, albeit I make a particular distinction later on in this post. So, in that sense, the spirit of the place, i.e., the genius loci, is how people interact with the space and how the space affects people such that their behavior is changed. So, the spirit of the place is manifest through how people interact with that space. The connotation is not originally naturalistic; instead, it is a reference to how temples and gothic architecture affect people. Gothic architecture was designed to evoke notions of the sublime, for example. The spirit of the place is manifest in how you feel when you walk into the cathedral.
I reject the solipsistic and human-centered view many occultists have. Empirically observable instances of psychic phenomena manifest through the art of magic imply that causality is inverted. Instead of mental entities supervening on, being emergent from matter, and being epiphenomena, physical states are subsets of a psychic domain. That would mean that all physical objects are phase states of a psychic realm. And, being manifestations of that psychic realm means that physical objects have ‘what it seems like to be’ that thing. Many occultists operate in a very human-centric or solipsistic paradigm where they believe that only things they recognize as having subjective experiences have those experiences. Since causality is inverted, that means that every infinitesimal cell of physical space, including the energy, matter, and physical objects that emerge from it, has a higher-dimensional aspect of what it seems like to be that cell. Physical reality is able to maintain its coherence because all aspects of physical existence have a higher-dimensional noetic aspect that is able to perceive itself. The cosmos can see itself where humans are manifestations of that. Consensual reality is cosmologically maintained by the mutual reference frames of the interconnected experiences of atoms, rocks, and all the way up to suns. If I experience you and you experience me, it creates a correlation and a local frame of reference within a manifold. Human intelligence is not integral to reality on a cosmological level because everything has a subjective experience, albeit unintelligent entities do not have the will to deliberately cause change. You are not just perceiving the cosmos. The cosmos is perceiving you.
A rock has a psychic form of experience; however, is a rock intelligent? I can draw psychic energy from a rock without encountering resistance; however, if I draw energy from a person without their consent, their will shall oppose me, much like how mass resists acceleration. That nuance is what separates panpsychism from animism. I do not believe that the rock has a “soul”; instead, it has a fractal, recursive, and chaotic higher-dimensional structure that gives it a qualia I.e., of what it seems like to be a rock; however, a rock cannot apprehend and understand its experience of being a rock. Self-similar structures that feed back into themselves are chaotic. However, it lacks the will to choose its next experience, nor does it possess the intelligence to apprehend its own existence. It’s like light, which can be emitted and absorbed. In this sense, it is sufficient to be called astral light. Metaphysically, the closet thing these objects have is called ousia, which roughly connotates a spirit.
Culture is implicit in any piece of technology. It serves as an abstraction for how humans teach, learn, and employ particular pedagogies. Language is culturally learned, and not just a reflection of human intelligence. As language evolved, societies began to develop standardized terminologies and methodologies for toolmaking. Cultural adaptation and technological innovation are closely intertwined processes. As cultures evolve and encounter new challenges, they develop novel technologies to address these challenges, thereby creating further cultural change and adaptation. Conversely, technological innovations can disrupt existing cultural practices and social structures, often prompting cultural resistance, adaptation, or transformation.
Implicit in any form of technology or anything that comes from human technology is human culture, intelligence, and will that is implicit in the design. Unlike something natural and spontaneous, like a rock, something like a knife was designed and manifested from a cultural form to cut. A way to think of the essence or ousia of an object is through its function. So, the essence of a knife is to cut. The essence of a gun is to shoot. This means that things that are a consequence of human intelligent design have aspects of human will that can resist you; however, it is an extension of the prototypical aspects created via human intelligence and will.
Complex human tools are closely correlated with the emergence of languages to encode precision and standards. For example, mathematics and numbers allowed for the creation of more precise tools, also with the ability to communicate these standards through culture. This also applies to gods. Many big ancient gods arose and came into being when human civilization began; therefore, the intelligence of those entities is anthropic manifestations of human intelligence and will. Many pantheons of gods are extrinsicly connected to human societies and civilizations – if those civilizations did not exist, neither would those gods. Gods are shaped by human cultures and belief systems, and they derive their significance and characteristics from the needs, values, and experiences of the people who worship them.
I’m using ‘existence’ in an abstract ontological sense. Existence is a categorical proposition. If I have a category called ‘beds’, then an instance of a bed would mean that the bed exists. If I have a category of ‘vaba81’ and ‘1gabaha’ is a subset of ‘vaba81’ such that ‘vaba81={1gabaha}’, then ‘1gabaha’ exists as an instance of ‘vaba81’. The problem lies in the epistemological justification. Can we empirically and objectively observe it? Frequently, objectivity gets conflated with empiricism. Objectivity means consistency. For example, 1+1=2. That is objective; however, it is not empirical, since mathematics is metaphysically a priori and epistemologically rational. How humans know 1+1=2 is something we do not know, in that we do not get this information from how we interact with the world. There is an epistemological and ontological debate about whether numbers are real and exist in a Neoplatonic sense or if they are a product of the human brain. Obviously, I assume that numbers exist in a Neoplatonic sense.
Whether we can empirically observe something or not is not metaphysically important, especially within the context of Boolean Logic. When we consider the existence of circles, squares, and even real numbers, we treat these mathematical and geometric objects as if they are real; however, we have never empirically observed a circle or even a ‘1’. We have observed circular objects, and we have observed symbols for ‘1’. Gods occupy a similar metaphysical niche in the noetic sphere.
I exist separate from a person’s representation of me in their mind; however, I exist in a noetic sphere as does that image in their mind in the same way a picture of me exists as do I, though I am not the picture. In this sense, I am referring to the image of gods. Personally, I am an atheist, so I do not believe they are real, so I assume people work with psychic systems and entities in the form of a god. The difference between these two is that 1+1 is always 2, while fictions, mythologies, civilizations, and religions change. Math (numbers and geometrical shapes) and logic have more of a tautological and objective nature than theistic fictions, albeit they both exist in the noetic sphere because one changes and is true in all cases deductively, and the other is not. We can say that theistic pantheons are fictions since they change over time per integrals of human experience and culture; however, Mathematics does not revise itself. It just accumulates.
We infer existential import from whether or not we can observe real instances of a proposed category. Magic, Idealism, and Panpsychism are metaphysical cases against realism. Parapsychological experiments that demonstrate and support hypotheses that show intentions, expectations, and beliefs affect physically disconnected and non-local systems are empirical cases against realism. Metaphysical realism is predicated on the idea of a mind-independent universe; however, the ability for our intentions to influence the world and the ability for us to gain information about the world outside of physical events are counterexamples to that idea. If our intentions can affect the world around us, then it implies that reality is not entirely independent of our minds but rather intertwined with it. This challenges the notion of a purely objective reality existing independently of human consciousness. Whether or not gods are real isn’t relevant; instead, what is relevant is the categories they supervene on and whether they supervene on human intelligence.
A rock is not extrinsic and emergent from human design, so there is no structure of human will that is intrinsic to it. Therefore, there is no will. If you tried to extract, evoke, or invoke the energy – the ousia, of an object to do something opposite its ousia, there will be resistance. The ousia, or essence, of a gun could be considered to be its ability to project force or cause harm through the expulsion of a projectile. The opposite of this essence embodies peace, non-violence, or something represented by a gesture like an open hand offering help or friendship. If you tried to evoke the spirit of a gun for a non-violent manifestation of peace instead of peace through violence, martial applications, there would be resistance and dissonance. The spirit of the gun itself is not resisting you; rather, an extension of human spirit is resisting you. Ousia is more abstract than spirit. Ousia is an abstract class that something belongs to, so the existence of a car, a gun, a knife, a building, so on and so forth is an instance of a prototypical abstraction, i.e., a blueprint. We can think of these categories as existing in a noetic sphere, so instances of my computer that I am typing this on have an ousia that is connected to a form in that noetic sphere. The thing that is analogous to a spirit or a soul – ousia, is a manifestation and an aspect given through human consciousness and intelligence. The ability for these objects to resist your will is a manifestation of collective human will, resisting you.
The only natural things around me, at the moment, are the sky and the ground. Since I live in a metropolitan city, everything around me is manmade; therefore, implicit in everything is human will manifested through the infrastructure and technology around me. Since the city I live in is a manifestation of human intelligence and civilization down to the laws I must follow in this city, the energy I would draw from objects around me has a quality analogous to mass implicit in the will that creates it. Laws and politics in a democratic Republic, like the United States, are manifestations of the collective will of the people; therefore, it has mass. That means that the laws of a metropolis, like Atlanta, have mass and resistance to wills that run counter to that. That is in part why it is so hard to influence political events. You are trying to influence something that is massive. It’s easy to do in a small city because you have fewer people; however, it is very difficult to do with metropolises since the genius loci of the city is massive. In my experience, when a genius loci gets large enough, it exerts an attractive force that draws people with sympathy to it and manipulates possible futures to create a teleological point where a person being drawn there is inevitable and a matter of time, similar to how the singularity of a black hole behaves.
#Animism #Astral #astralProjection #astrology #ATL #Atlanta #candle #candles #geniusLoci #gothic #husband #LGBTQ #magick #Metaphysics #noetic #occult #occultism #occultists #pagan #paganism #panpsychic #panpsychism #paranormal #Parapsychology #psychic #witch #witchcraft
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum : There is a spiritual discipline to fit every disposition. Most true paths have a physical component, a meditative component, a philosophical component etc. The classic #MartialArts have one emphasis early that then grows to encompass the others. Most paths have a similar process. One can be a student , a layperson or aspirant as a monk. Benefits of study tend to accrue regardless. Even strictly academic study of particular paths has benefit
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum : There is a spiritual discipline to fit every disposition. Most true paths have a physical component, a meditative component, a philosophical component etc. The classic #MartialArts have one emphasis early that then grows to encompass the others. Most paths have a similar process. One can be a student , a layperson or aspirant as a monk. Benefits of study tend to accrue regardless. Even strictly academic study of particular paths has benefit
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum : There is a spiritual discipline to fit every disposition. Most true paths have a physical component, a meditative component, a philosophical component etc. The classic #MartialArts have one emphasis early that then grows to encompass the others. Most paths have a similar process. One can be a student , a layperson or aspirant as a monk. Benefits of study tend to accrue regardless. Even strictly academic study of particular paths has benefit
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Friday #Noetic Spectrum: Either a microscope or telescope can bring things into view that would seem to belong in another #Universe. Without eyes to see or ears to hear most of us would hardly notice.We are lucky in that we have other senses also that help us navigate. But it doesn't end there. We have capacities that reach beyond the periphery of our vision and hearing. We would sooner acknowledge those in animals than set ourselves to the task of recognizing what is right in front of our noses
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Friday #Noetic Spectrum: Either a microscope or telescope can bring things into view that would seem to belong in another #Universe. Without eyes to see or ears to hear most of us would hardly notice.We are lucky in that we have other senses also that help us navigate. But it doesn't end there. We have capacities that reach beyond the periphery of our vision and hearing. We would sooner acknowledge those in animals than set ourselves to the task of recognizing what is right in front of our noses
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Friday #Noetic Spectrum: Either a microscope or telescope can bring things into view that would seem to belong in another #Universe. Without eyes to see or ears to hear most of us would hardly notice.We are lucky in that we have other senses also that help us navigate. But it doesn't end there. We have capacities that reach beyond the periphery of our vision and hearing. We would sooner acknowledge those in animals than set ourselves to the task of recognizing what is right in front of our noses
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1/2 Materialism is Alive and Well Dept: Science by nature imposes a set of filters that steer adherents away from talking about, much less experiencing much of what is on the #Noetic spectrum. It becomes pretty clear that most conversations with well known scientists reveal a connection between expectation and direct experience (or in this case a lack thereof) that reinforce one another. Bias towards materialism is an effective firewall against "spooky stuff" like precognition and clairvoyance-
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1/2 Materialism is Alive and Well Dept: Science by nature imposes a set of filters that steer adherents away from talking about, much less experiencing much of what is on the #Noetic spectrum. It becomes pretty clear that most conversations with well known scientists reveal a connection between expectation and direct experience (or in this case a lack thereof) that reinforce one another. Bias towards materialism is an effective firewall against "spooky stuff" like precognition and clairvoyance-
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1/2 Materialism is Alive and Well Dept: Science by nature imposes a set of filters that steer adherents away from talking about, much less experiencing much of what is on the #Noetic spectrum. It becomes pretty clear that most conversations with well known scientists reveal a connection between expectation and direct experience (or in this case a lack thereof) that reinforce one another. Bias towards materialism is an effective firewall against "spooky stuff" like precognition and clairvoyance-
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum: Our deprecation of the spiritual side of existence, of ourselves -is a very different situation than issues related to the pros and cons of organized religion. When we look at higher cognitive functions and wander to those edges where #Savant syndromes live we see hints of consciousness as a fundamental primitive- an awareness that is free of particular constraints and ironically without need of conscious attendance. We've barely scratched the surface of understanding
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum: Our deprecation of the spiritual side of existence, of ourselves -is a very different situation than issues related to the pros and cons of organized religion. When we look at higher cognitive functions and wander to those edges where #Savant syndromes live we see hints of consciousness as a fundamental primitive- an awareness that is free of particular constraints and ironically without need of conscious attendance. We've barely scratched the surface of understanding
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Wednesday #Noetic Spectrum: Our deprecation of the spiritual side of existence, of ourselves -is a very different situation than issues related to the pros and cons of organized religion. When we look at higher cognitive functions and wander to those edges where #Savant syndromes live we see hints of consciousness as a fundamental primitive- an awareness that is free of particular constraints and ironically without need of conscious attendance. We've barely scratched the surface of understanding
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Project Complete:
#GoPiGo3 on #Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa with #ROS #NoeticCompanion to BRJapon, “Hands On ROS For Robotics Programming”, 2020
https://github.com/slowrunner/Focal_Noetic_Hands_On_ROS/blob/main/Docs/Install_From_Image.md
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Project Complete:
#GoPiGo3 on #Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa with #ROS #NoeticCompanion to BRJapon, “Hands On ROS For Robotics Programming”, 2020
https://github.com/slowrunner/Focal_Noetic_Hands_On_ROS/blob/main/Docs/Install_From_Image.md
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1/2 Wednesday #Noetic Bits:Projection experiences while "dreaming" are fascinating in more than one way- we understand coordinates in terms of locations in physical space...but people are also coordinates...in people space ? You can go to a person without knowing or having ever been at their current location.It's not rare for that person to report seeing you, either in a dream or waking state.From a physics POV the information space we navigate would have to encode more than just space and time-
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1/2 Wednesday #Noetic Bits:Projection experiences while "dreaming" are fascinating in more than one way- we understand coordinates in terms of locations in physical space...but people are also coordinates...in people space ? You can go to a person without knowing or having ever been at their current location.It's not rare for that person to report seeing you, either in a dream or waking state.From a physics POV the information space we navigate would have to encode more than just space and time-
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On referents to the #Noetic spectrum: Experience of mind and cognition, up to and including experiences like #NDE ' s, #OBE and other extraordinary states or events. If one speaks of living "on the noetic spectrum" there is certain useful utility in a description that does not imply transcendence, awakening or mastery. While those are enviable endpoints much of the journey to them involves the struggle to integrate experiences that imply a world that is very much "more" than it seems to be