Instructor: Rainsong
Date: November 19, 2019 (Tuesday)
Seminar: Topic: to be annoucned– Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at noon New York Time — text format in the PSC #lecture room (Discord) — Instructor: Rainsong — Search LECTURE102 Note change of date and time for this week only
Rainsong: Might as well tuck last night’s bit about luck in here, for the log:
Chirotractor Yesterday at 4:58 PM Normal folks a p zombies Suppose itd be apropriate for me to ask so.ething about luck 😛
Rainsong Yesterday at 5:27 PM Kate: Yea, also tired, which I knew I would be, so I have a couple vacation days Chiro: as the topic for tomorrow? Or to discuss now?
Chirotractor Yesterday at 5:32 PM yes
Rainsong Yesterday at 5:37 PM Can start that by pointing out that it’s bad luck to be superstitious… and why this is so
One of the reasons is completely mundane. Take, for example, the superstition that it’s necessary for a ship’s captain to wear a picture of an anchor on his or her body for a sea journey to be safe, and for the ship and her complement to return to port intact
Doesn’t matter much whether the picture is a tatoo or a necklace or an embroidered pattern on clothing, for our purposes
If the captain doesn’t do this, the crew will be distracted by worrying about it, and therefore more likely to make mistakes that endanger the ship and crew
Likewise, people who believe it’s bad luck to walk under a ladder, having realised they’ve walked under a ladder, they’re going to be distracted and worried and more likely to collide with a wall or step out into traffic without noticing
There’s also the thoughtform caused by the sheer number of people who believe in such things, which itself pulls ‘bad luck’ to the person who walks under that ladder, using basically micro-pk to make it more likely that, for example, a well-fed gull or pelican flies over and happens to release a package of nitrogenous waste….
Chirotractor Yesterday at 5:43 PM well also every step you take that isn’t under a ladder is just more good luck being compaounded on you! aslo… I was eating so thanks for that :\
Rainsong Yesterday at 6:06 PM Oh, the gull/pelican part? In my opinion, the Secret/Law-of-Attraction people take it too far, but attention and focus and intention have a habit of bringing about micro-pk incidents, mucking with the statistical probabilities, and therefore with luck
Popular superstition is lop-sided in favour of bad luck, but I suspect that may be because people were trying to ‘rationalize’ why bad things happen
Less need to rationalize the good stuff… On the other hand, I’ve spoken about folk remedies for rattle-snake venom poisoning before. There are all sorts of bizarre remedies for it. Some of them are more likely to kill you than the snakebite is
But that’s exactly why they gained currency. If you are bitten by a rattlesnake in most of their North Ameican range, you have a 90% likelihood of survival, if you do nothing at all about the bite
That survival rate increases if you clean the wound, to avoid salmonella poisoning
But because rattlesnakes are viewed as being terribly dangerous in ‘pop culture’ type of knowledge and lore, if someone takes a folk remedy and survives the bite, that is seen as evidence the remedy works
Chirotractor Yesterday at 6:14 PM nod
Rainsong Yesterday at 6:22 PM It’s possible, of course, to use this to your own advantage, by attaching a clear intention for some kind of luck or another to an object (jewellery is a popular choice, but a cotton puff works as well and you can buy a hundred for a dollar in the cosmetics section of dollar stores and many grocery stores…) Of course, the evidence for how well the charged item works will vary with how improbable the desired outcome is I’m sure you’ve heard to old joke about usinf garlic to repell elephants in Chicago
Chirotractor Yesterday at 6:25 PM works pretty well
Rainsong Yesterday at 6:25 PM If you’re going for ‘highly improbable’, I’d suggest backing up the basic oomph with some orgonite or a well-charged stone
re elephant-repellant: yep, so far so good Some kind of all-out radionics device can be good here, too, as it can keep working when you’re not
Chirotractor Yesterday at 6:46 PM I think people also do bad luck superstitions as a way of introducing control because like w/e let good luck run rampant or whatever
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Fox Yesterday at 8:07 PM Is orgonite actually a thing? I thought that was superstitious baloney
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:10 PM Yep, it’s a thing. Some types of it work. Some other types (mostly the pretty ones, sadly) don’t. It’s one of those things that looks like it shouldn’t work, but does
Fox Yesterday at 8:17 PM I am interested in the specifics of this why does the pretty ones usually not work?
Chirotractor Yesterday at 8:20 PM Some pretty orgonite
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:26 PM I don’t know why for sure. My guess is that the ratios aren’t right. The small decorative pieces usually don’t have as much metal as the ‘recipe’ calls for. Some people have said the kinds of resins used are the problem. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Orgonite-Pendant-7-Chakra-Heart-Layered-Orgone-Gemstone-Reiki-Spiritual-Energy/202636516441
There’s an example, of something pretty but with too many pretty stones, instead of the half-and-half resin and metal Chiro’s pretty example might work well, however. Notice all the metal in there? I’ve experimented a little bit with the stuff. Made a puck of casein plastic and copper, with a single quartz point inside. It puffs ‘energy’-stuff out the sides like it’s going out of style I have something like that heart, but itthe stone’s all garnet and the metal is gold… It just sits there. Decent paper-weight, lovely pendant necklace. Otherwise, nothing
ally Yesterday at 8:32 PM I had a patient last week that coincidentally was wearing an orgonite pendant, had never seen one in the wild before.
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:32 PM Cool. They are increasingly popular
ally Yesterday at 8:33 PM Any clues for reason for the comeback?
Chirotractor Yesterday at 8:34 PM magic is ‘in’ doing magic now is like smoking weed ten years ago
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:34 PM Also, easy ‘anyone can use this without much skill or knoweldge’ stuff gains popularity when there is political and/or economic instability
ally Yesterday at 8:34 PM Fair enough
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:35 PM And, of course, with things like Amazon and Ebay, it’s considerably easier to get one’s hands on such things than in the past
ceahhettan Yesterday at 8:37 PM True.
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:41 PM Apparently, you can combine the pot with the magic, if you want to: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Opal-Orgonite-Pyramid-Pendant-Pot-Leaf-EMF-Protection-Orgone-Energy-w-Shungite/352834474029?hash=item522692d02d:g:IfEAAOSwwS5dtQNa eBay Opal Orgonite Pyramid Pendant Pot Leaf EMF Protection Orgone Energ… Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Opal Orgonite Pyramid Pendant Pot Leaf EMF Protection Orgone Energy w/ Shungite at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! allyYesterday at 8:42 PM Makes it totally chill, man
Wayfarer Yesterday at 8:42 PM Lmao
Rainsong Yesterday at 8:42 PM No idea. I was referring back to Chiro’s comment that smoking weed was the ‘in’ thing to do a decade ago, while magic is the current ‘in’ thing…. and while I was skimming through orgonite pendants on ebay, this showed up in the listings So, really, I just thought it was funny
ShadowRain Yesterday at 8:58 PM re: pretty ones not working, I figure it’s kind of like those “crystal grids” where people put in a lot of things because they make a pretty picture but when you look at the energy it’s just like :nauseated_face: just because stuff is pretty and has properties you like, doesn’t mean they actually do anything together corrrectly
Rainsong Yesterday at 9:03 PM That’s also true I am still amused that orgonite’s the same stuff used as radar ‘absorption” on some kinds of military aircraft (ie, “stealth”)
Fox Yesterday at 9:08 PM where did you hear about that I wonder . Does the military … also call the material “orgonite”?
RainsongYesterday at 9:10 PM The description was of the components and ratios, rather than by name of the entire matrix Came across it quite a few years ago while reading about the B-2 Stealth bomber
Chirotractor Yesterday at 9:26 PM I more meant that a whole lot of people are doing it but you dont talk about it in ‘polite society’
Rainsong: Now that we have those tucked away….
Rainsong: Is anyone up for a seminar today?
Chirotractor: Possibly!
Rainsong: Preference for topic, or should I just open my handy-dandy notebook to a random page?
TehOldeSourcerer: I won’t be around due to psychiatrist appointment but will check in periodically :thumbsup:
Rainsong: Fair enough. I hope the medical appointment goes well 😀
Wayfarer: I’m more or less here as well.
Rainsong: Hihi 🙂
Rainsong: Hmmm. No topic requests? Random topic from the handy-dandy notebook it is, then
Rainsong: :facepalm:
Rainsong: Opened to “Colour Sending / Russian Pulse Sending”…
Wayfarer: The Russians!?
Rainsong: Technically, Soviet, true enough. I’d be surprised if they’ve completely abandonned it, though. Revised and refined? Sure. Abandonned? Probably not.
Chirotractor: I see your putin a lot of work into this one
Rainsong: This style of telepathic Sending is used primarily for Sending short, basic messages and concepts. By ‘short’, I mean a single letter or word, a colour, a shape, and so on.
Rainsong: Doesn’t sound very useful, huh?
Rainsong: At the time this was being developed, submarines had to surface to communicate with their base, surface ships, aircraft, and so on.
Rainsong: A submarine is more vulnerable when she is at the surface, so being able to communicate from deep water has military significance.
Rainsong: Being able to communicate from under thick sea ice, even more so
Rainsong: At the time, there was no way to do that
Rainsong: It’s not exactly impossible to come up with codes in which a single letter or other concept stands for a message.
Rainsong: For example, “blue cube” could mean “Costa Rican anti-submarine airpcraft are circling over your anticipated position”
Chirotractor: high stakes pass the construct
Rainsong: Exactly so.
Rainsong: And it can also be used for low-stakes pass the construct 🙂
Chirotractor: I dunno I feel like excluding nuclear armaments would just.. I dunno take something away
Rainsong: Granted, but still there is something to be said for practicing with lower stakes to start with, kind of like learning to play poker in games where the buy-in is lower than ten thousand dollars
Rainsong: Speaking of, there are some games in which a few easy codes would probably be handy if one wanted to cheat for some reason
Rainsong: To Send a colour, first choose a colour. You can pick one you happen to like, or roll dice to detemine which colour to use, or pull random crayons out of a box…. However you feel like choosing, just choose a colour.
Rainsong: Then, find your pulse. The caratid artery is good for this. Stick a couple fingers up against the side of your neck, under your lower jaw. Move them around slowly until you feel some regularly rhythmic pressure (the ‘pulsing’ part of the pulse…)
Rainsong: Focus lightly on your intention to Send the colour to whomever you’re going to Send it to. If you’re playing Shapes and colours online, for example, focus on the chatroom’s name-list if you’re broadcasting to the group, and open a PM window to ‘narrowcast’ to a specific individual.
Rainsong: Puff oomph/psi/stuff in short bursts, one per pulse beat, to the person/persons, while thinking or saying the name of the colour, once per puff.
Rainsong: Visualising the colour (either a splash of colour or an object that happens to be that colour) and/or scribbling with a crayon of the appropriate colour is a helpful backup.
Rainsong: Some people choose to visualize the colour as the main focus, instead of the word.
Rainsong: Either way, it’s all good.
Rainsong: In the first case, you risk getting a response of “What the fluff is ‘cinnabar’?!”
Chirotractor: an island in pokemon I think
Rainsong: In the second, the name of the colour might be wrong, if the person sees an ‘orange-y red” and doesn’t know the difference between scarlet and vermilion
Rainsong: Questions and commentary at this point?
Chirotractor: Nope!
Rainsong: Should we grab a second short topic?
Chirotractor: Sure? Naw?
Rainsong: Casting illusions?
Chirotractor: Sounds good 😛
Rainsong: Start by doing some drawing or colouring, to get the imagination geared up for constructing a picture. No need to be fancy: stick figures and simple shapes are fine to begin with. As you get more practice, the warm-up becomes less necessary.
Rainsong: Pay very close attention to the flow of the lines. Close your eyes and pretend to see the same lines form in your memory or imagination.
Rainsong: Once that is reasonably clear, take a clean sheet of paper or a clear wall, and imagine the same lines being drawn there. Sometimes it helps to close your eyes when doing this.
Rainsong: It can also help to imagine a giant pencil or paintbrush or crayon making the line, sort of like a cartoon or in those explainer videos, drawing and erasing bits.
Rainsong: Practice this a few times.
Rainsong: Then do the same thing with oomph behind it, pushing from the tum-tum with the clear intention for other people (or a specific person) to see it as clearly as you are imagining it.
Rainsong: It can be fun for ‘drawing’ the imaginary figures in real time for guessing games, to set up sustained illusions for extended duration for the shiggles, and to make pictures to photograph or video-record on your phone.
Rainsong: Much like other visualization exercises, many people will find this easier to do with complex, animated scenes than with basic shapes, so try both.
Rainsong: Don’t worry if the first few look a bit wobbly. It improves with practice
Rainsong: Can be a fun way to amuse yourself at bus-stops or airports, building up an improbable-looking imaginary person in a seat nearby or fumbling with the automated check-in kiosk.
Rainsong: It would, of course, be rude to take up a seat or kiosk if the rest of them are full/in use
Rainsong: But when there are several available, give it a go, and watch the reactions of other people nearby 🙂
Rainsong: Questions? Comments?
Chirotractor: Never actually tried this sort of thing before
Rainsong: Give it a go, sometime. It’s fun to play with, great for sharpening skills, and passes the time when waiting to board a plane
Rainsong: (or sitting through your four-year-old nephew’s three-hour long ballet recital…)
Rainsong: (okay, so it’s only really half an hour… It feels like three hours)
Chirotractor: I’m a little unsure about how ‘present’ the thing is meant to be
Chirotractor: as much as you can manage I guess
Rainsong: Generally speaking, in the early stages, you’ll only being conveying an impression, or the kind of thing people see out of the corner of their eye.
Rainsong: What you’re aiming for, longer term is “How the lfuff is there an Asari straight out of Mass Effect riding the TTC?!”
Rainsong: “That’s a pretty amazing cosplay outfit”
Rainsong: Of course, it can be fun to make the illusion around yourself as a disguise, too. For example, stand in the middle of the room and make an impression of a banana tree around yourself. See if anyone notices 😉
Chirotractor: I dunno… that seems pretty.. bannanas
Rainsong: 😀
Rainsong: And people say psionics practice is boring…
Chirotractor: well tbf it is boring when you suck at it
Chirotractor: in much the same way as drawing cubes for four hours when you’re learning to art is boring
Rainsong: You have a point, as far as it goes, but at least there are many different beginner things to play with, even at the “I suck at this ” stage.
Rainsong: I was thinking more of the complaint — which, to be fair, I don’t get as often now — that “I’m working on making psiball constructs and I’ve gotten pretty good at it. What else can I do next?” The idea of even branching out into ‘cubs’ blows their minds
Chirotractor: Well.. i mean you could analogize it to woodworking and such
Rainsong: Hmm. Yes, you could.
Rainsong: That’s a field with some pretty serious acquired skill involved
Chirotractor: it also has a distinct stage where you know enough to build a few things but not enough to figure out how to apply those skills to other projects
Chirotractor: but like with the added difficulty that you have fewer opprotunities to see the results of other peoples projects with psi stuff
Rainsong: Good point
Rainsong: Have to say, though, basic macro-PK is really handy for holding up a plank or bit of wood siding you’re trying to nail to the wall