At least one dot then takes on a psychic Resonance, which becomes the Instrument.
* Energy work is usually perceived as "drawing on inner energy." Most Awakened psychics will have at least one dot of Avatar, allowing them to store Quintessence. Particularly suited to Mind, Prime and Spirit, it's probably not as compatible with Correspondence, since Awareness is typically limited to an extension of existing senses, while Correspondence transcends them. Already an insight into things most Sleepers never notice, Awareness is a powerful potential conduit for many kinds of magick, given that every Sphere begins with an expansion of the senses. * Awareness is possibly the most solid foundation of the self-Awakened Esper. While any other type Instrument might theoretically come into play later, Cards (especially Tarot), Eye Contact, Gadgets and Inventions (psi-tech more personal and "attuned" than ordinary devices), Herbs/Roots/et.al., and Prayers/Invocations are all plausible expansions of the Psychic Arts practice. Instruments: Awareness, Energy, Thought Forms, Meditation, Esoterica (Visualization, Psychonautics, Transhumanism, and/or Parapsychology), Bodywork, Symbols, Gems/Stone/Minerals, and Group Rites (roughly in that order) are all possibilities for a self-taught psychic mage. Even Psychic Awakened can't just Will things into existence without the proper advancement, but they can train their minds to give them access to their innate abilities. Similar to both Reality Hacking and Yoga, but more intuitive and personal than either, the Psychic Arts are the various means by which one invokes the inner potential and brings it into the outer world. Wherever they develop, though, all their magick comes from the spark within. They might develop strong faiths in God or gods, learn wizardry ancient or modern, or filter their techniques through a scientific lens of psychic phenomena or transhumanism. Star Stuff mages usually Awakened on their own even if they don't stay Orphans, most began that way, and their magick is a very personal, internal thing. It's certainly true for the Awakened, and every person is capable of learning a small portion of that, if only through Awareness. Not just in the touchy-feely "everyone is special" way, but in the sense that we are all, literally, possible gods-in-training. Here's the one nearest and dearest to my heart, the psychic focus/paradigm that doesn't break the system's need for Instruments:Įveryone has infinite potential. I thought we could share some custom foci (yeah, I guess there's no escaping that clunky word), and see what others think of them.