Dampers

Dampers are delicious quick-breads cooked over a campfire or in a Dutch oven… The word also refers to devices which pull, negate, or otherwise interfere with psionic signals. The device could be a Shield, but more often the word implies something with more substance. For example, for some people a…

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Gargoyle Constructs

Just a short note again today. For those of you who like practical jokes (or an extra defense against jokers) on Halloween, consider putting together a gargoyle construct on your house shield. You do have a house shield, right? A gargoyle construct can have an actual gargoyle shape, or it can simply…

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Under the Weather

As some of you know, I’ve been a bit under the weather lately. The testing of blood, urine, and so on is not the most pleasant of activities, but it is an example of the mundane uses of psionic training. The average, run-of-the-mill “Blue Psi-Ball” approach to getting rid of…

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Book Review – The Psions’ Guide

Remember the fluff-sites which claimed to be real-world psionics websites, but used game rules and die scores are part of the instructions? The design of the sites usually involved a weird toxic green colour, normally on a black background. Remember those? The Psions’ Guide – Applied Parapsychology is the print/hard-copy equivalent.…

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2008 Autumn Series – Class 1: Introduction to Psionics

Very basic beginnings (Administrivia, Friendly Definitions, a model of psionics, “drawing on the hand”, “steepled finger exercise”, and cobweb psiball) Instructor: Rainsong <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,…

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2008 Autumn Series – Class 2: Visualization, Basic Energy-Movement (Water in Pipes), Grounding (Frog Stance), Fatigue Banishing

Instructor: Rainsong <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.…

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