<Rainsong> Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
<Rowan> Hi Rainsong!
<Jael> Hello 🙂
<Rainsong> Welcome to another seminar here at the social club.
<Rowan> (again. I am a tiiiinsy bit hyper tonight.)
<Rainsong> Usual disclaimers apply, but considering who’s in here, I’m not going to bother explaining ’em.
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Rainsong Welcome to another seminar here at the social club
Rainsong The usual disclaimer applies: we will be discussing real-world psionics, rather than role-playing games. If this is a problem for you, you might want to try a different chatroom
Rainsong That said, just about anyone who is reasonably polite is welcome here; it doesn’t matter whether you have any experience or skill in any aspect of psionics. Newbies and the merely curious are welcome
Rainsong Are there any questions before we start this evening (or morning, afternoon, or what-have-you)?
Rainsong Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Aphanas Evening, Rain.
Rainsong Welcome to the Psionic Social Club seminar series. We will be discussing real-world psionics, rather than a role-playing game…
Rainsong …so, if you came here seeking an RPG, you might want to wander elsewhere before you get too weirded out.
Rainsong glances around the room
Rainsong Nah, none of you would get too weirded out.
Rainsong As mentioned in the room’s topic line (which you may or may not be able to see, depending on your chat client thing), tonight we will be looking at a topic that involves psiwheels.
Rainsong I am presuming that you are all familiar with psiwheels. If not, please let me know.
Rainsong For our purposes tonight, the term includes the paper origami waterbomb-base on a thumbtack, the short length of drinking straw on a sewing needle, various foil-on-pin contraptions, and any of the commercial psiwheels and energy wheels available.
Rainsong Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Rainsong Welcome to the second session of PSC’s Psionic Seminar Series, for the 2009-2010 Fall and Winter season.
Rainsong Because we had modem issues last week, we’ll be starting off with Breathing Exercises tonight, which were intended to be covered last time.
Rainsong The usual disclaimers apply: This is not a gaming room. Gamers are certainly welcome to stay, but we’ll be discussing real-world psionics rather than game rules. If that is a problem, you might want to wander off to another room before you get too weirded out.
Rainsong Are there any questions before we get started?
Rainsong Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Rainsong Welcome to the beginning of the 2009-2010 session of the PSC online Psionics Seminar Series.
Jael Thanks 🙂
Rainsong The usual disclaimer applies: if you are looking for a role-playing game, you may want to seek elsewhere before you get too weirded out.
Rainsong We are not opposed to gaming, by any means, but we will be discussing real-world psionics here.
Rainsong This year, we are trying something a bit new, in that there will be some attempt at coordination with the Psion Guild’s class series. The details have not really been worked out, at this stage…
Rainsong …but they were planning to handle the introductory/beginning how-to bits,
Rainsong and we will be mostly handling research-related topics, some obscure variations on basic how-to bits, and other bits that we haven’t already gone over ad nauseam….as well as the occasional review of basic bits.
Rainsong Consider it a bit of comparative methodology, because we _do_ do things a little differently than much of the Guild.
Rainsong Any questions or commentary at this point?
Jael Looking forward to it 🙂
ShadowRain sounds good to me 🙂
Rainsong There are two topics for this evening, both of which are fairly short: Basic Health Issues related to the practice of psionics; and an Introduction to Breathing Exercises.
Rainsong Any of you who have been around this corner of the online “energy” communities (this corner being PsiPog and its spinoffs, the Guild and its spinoffs, Dimensional Doorways, et al) will have heard rumors about potassium, orange juice, bananas and the like.
<Rainsong> Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the beginning of another series of elementary psionics seminars. For the record, we will be discussing (and practicing) real-world psionics, rather than playing a role-playing game. If you are looking for an RPG, you might want to try elsewhere, before you get too weirded out.
<Rainsong> We’ll get the administrivia out of the way, first.
<Rainsong> 1) Quite of a bit of this course is going to be in lecture format, with questions, and practice sections. In other words, I’ll blabber on of a while, and then stop for questions, and possibly discussion. This pattern might repeat a few times, before we get to the try-it section. This is intended to be a practical course. We might or might not discuss some theoretical stuff, at some point, if folks are interested, but we’ll be mostly concerned with how to do things. I also intend to discuss some history and research things, from time to time. Think of it as being like a high school survey course, with a similar format to a chemistry or physics class.
<Rainsong> 2) Skepticism is good. Pseudo-skepticism, not so much. For _much_ of this class, we are not going to be debating whether or not psi exists. That’s a fine topic in the main room, and in here outside of seminar time. We can even schedule chats for that topic if you like.
<Rainsong> 3) How long this course runs will be determined by how long people are still interested in showing up. The most important parts will be in the beginning, as the later classes will be assuming that everyone has already practiced the bits that we started with. Sometimes, these seminars have lasted only four or six sessions. Sometimes, they’ve gone on for years. I’m not concerned, one way or the other.
<Rainsong> 4) I’m not exactly what you would call a purist, as psionicists go. We will probably wander into, through, and around approaches which some people contend are not pure psionics. Not a problem.
<Rainsong> Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to the second in the autumn series of elementary psionics classes here at the social club.
<Rainsong> The usual warning applies: if you’re looking for an RPG, you might want to try a different room before you get too weirded out. We’ll be discussing real-world psionics, rather than GURPS or d20 rules.
<Rainsong>
<Rainsong> Last week, the concept of “visualization” was mentioned in passing.
<Rainsong> Much has been written about it elsewhere, and we will be using it for several purposes, but it is very simple.
Rainsong Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the second of your current series of psionics seminars
oyasumi *applause*
Rainsong The usual disclaimer applies: we are discussing real-world psionics. Not an RPG. If you are looking for a game, you may want to go elsewhere, before you get weirded out
Jael (Good evening, Rain)
Aphanas Evening, Rain
Rainsong Tonight’s topic, much like the first one of this series, is “Shielding”
Rainsong We will be expanding on the previous discussion
Rainsong Last time, we spoke of some of the many Shield forms for dealing with noise in the city.
Rainsong There are other uses for Shielding, and we will explore some of them this evening
Rainsong Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
Jael Good evening
Aphanas Good evening, Rain.
Raven eveningness
Rainsong Tonight’s seminar is a Basic Refresher on the topic of Psionic Shielding
Rainsong Unless Chan is looking for a game, my usual disclaimer about this not being a role-playing game is probably not necessary….
Rainsong However, just for the record, this is not a role-playing room, and we are discussing real-world psionics, rather than, for example, GURPS
Rainsong So far so froody?
Jael yep
Raven all shiny
Aphanas *nods*
Rainsong Is there anyone who wants a review of basic energy movement and/or what the Guild folks call “charging”, before we get into Shielding per se?
