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Foundations of Energy Work

Intermediate Energy Work

Advanced Energy Work Part I

Axioms of Energy Work

The Subtle Body

Energetic Awareness

Conceptualization Vs Visualization

Path of Least Resistance

Anchoring

Introduction

Like most tools in witchcraft, energetic constructs are tools used to channel, anchor, program, and/or manipulate energy. Constructs can range from simple forms such as spheres or platonic solids to complex forms like a replication of a house or object. The applications of energetic constructs are nearly limitless. Building a construct can be the focal point of a spell or a single component.

What is an energetic construct

Energetic constructs are projections of form in any dimension of space and/or time. The energies used in constructing them are programmed before, during, or after their creation. When a construct is made, its form can either act as conduit or node to the target, or represent the space a spell will occupy. It can be used to modify aspects of the target or space, or as a method of guiding a spell to its desired destination. Constructs can also be used to create wards, thoughtforms, and/or anchors for spells.

Foundations of energetic constructs

All constructs follow the Axioms of Energy Work. There are limitations to what they can and can’t affect. At their core, they are minute manipulations of quanta of information that acts as building blocks for our tangible reality. These manipulations can be programmed and modified to possess their own properties, or designed to influence the properties of the energies it interacts with. Their form can be as important as their programming. If one was to create a ward for their home, it would be more effective to create a perfect energetic replication of the house rather than a simple toroid projection. This can also be aided by symbols/sigils for protection and magically insulative materials such as salt or brick dust. These aids should be considered when a structure is being built, so that they do not interact in unforeseen ways.

Energetic Half-Life

Without anchoring a construct, it will slowly dissipate into the surrounding environment in order to restore equilibrium with the environment. A construct must be tethered to something that is conductive to thermal, electric, or combustion energy; this is to say, that thoroughly binding a construct to a conductive metal such as copper (through thermal or electric conductivity); a piezoelectric crystal such as quartz; or an organism such as a plant that produces energy via a redox reaction. The energy required to sustain a construct is so minute that a piezoelectric crystal is more than sufficient at powering it, even under normal atmospheric pressure.

Anchoring

When anchoring a construct it is important that conduits to it are properly distributed to points of most stress. This can be conceptualized as a hydrodynamic system, in which pressures interact in complex ways. The goal here is to have equal, or desired, distribution of energy throughout the form. By linking energetic conduits, like those within the subtle body, from the anchor to these points of highest stress, the energy produced or conducted to the construct can be distributed as needed.

Spatial Form

When creating a construct that occupies space, it is important to take what ambient energies exist in that space into consideration. If it overlays within physical objects, how will their ambient energies interact with the construct? How can their effects on the construct be mitigated? How can the energies be incorporated into the construct's purpose, if at all? It is rare for an object’s energy to be metastable or inert. While the properties of ambient energies may not affect the construct, they may interact with the anchor.

Temporal Form

When creating a construct that exists through a period of time, it is vitally important that the half-life of the energy is taken into account when choosing an anchor. If an anchor isn’t effective at containing or generating energy, the construct will need to be regularly charged. If the anchor doesn’t generate its own energy, you’ll need to consider how much energy is charged into it in order to sustain the construct for as long as you want it to. If a construct is designed to exist solely through time and not within space, visualization will very likely not be of any assistance. The anchor used to sustain it will need to be static and exist within the same relative frame of reference. This means that if an anchor is used to cast retroactive magic, a form of energetic projection,the anchor for the construct will have to had existed in the same relative location throughout the period of the spells focus in order to be most effective.

Correspondence

Constructs can be used as a correspondence, or node, for a working rather than the working itself so long as it contains the same energetic properties and frequencies as the object, person, location, or idea. However, if a construct is used as a taglock, it is very important to consider the principle of least effort. As the spell may satisfy its intention merely by attaching to the construct.

Projection

Visualization, or imagining, a construct will not give it form or existence. Visualization should merely be used as a mould or blueprint for the construct and nothing more. Projecting a construct can happen a few ways depending on ability and approach. Visualizing and then propagating the construct all at once is possible but can be difficult without practice. Gradually using your energetic body and senses to form each individual aspect of the design is a lot easier for some individuals. Visualization is not required for this process, because energetic senses can be used to feel the form, rather than creating a mental image. It can be helpful to draw a physical blueprint of the construct first. It is also possible to cause a mitosis-like action within your subtle body fields to project a construct. (Size allowing). The density, frequency, and precision are very important to consider when planning a construct as these qualities will have a large impact on the final product.

Multi-Dimensionality

Constructs can be made in more than one dimension of space. This is to mean any number of axises of space that are all separated by 90°. Again, doing this kind of projection can render visualization useless. The benefit of casting into higher spatial dimensions is the level of interaction with other spellwork. In higher dimensions of space, spells cast within two or three dimensions become very easy to avoid as they are like shadows.

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