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<blockquote data-quote="Malcolm" data-source="post: 1425356" data-attributes="member: 11180"><p>you're welcome Randomling. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>"Spotter" is a term I made up for my writing on psychic experiences. Many other belief systems and other people have come up with similiar themes but no one that I know of before me listed "Spotting others 'gifts'" as a skill or ability. Until you. So I figured I owed it to you to out myself on the topic.</p><p></p><p>As for dealing with ghosts/spirits/energy beings/outsiders, the best I can give you are the two primary real-world examples and let you translate from there. Both of these approaches work with sentient beings and for cleaning memory engrams (places that store mental imagery such as the Tower of London)..</p><p></p><p><<note: under <u><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">no</span></strong></u> circumstances should it be thought that I endorse folks "doing" the two following rituals if they think they are seeing ghosts. Ever.>></p><p></p><p>1.) <u>Dismissal via Repulsion</u>: this ranges from your standard (heh) Exorcism to the drum beat ceremonies of some Tibetan shamans. This is a very active form of power using things which are distasteful or harmful to the ontological nature (rough trans: mental/spiritual paradigm) of the being. Usually this is just for physical manifestations (i.e. garlic for vampires) but works equally well against spirits.</p><p>This is a piting of will vs. will usually (Cha or Will based skill/roll just like Turning in 3E) but can also be just using the correct formula (the Dismissal spell is a gaming example). Its very physically exhausting and the more participants the better. Its also very "noisy" from what people describe psychically; practitioners of Chi-focusing also notice the "heat" from such rituals.</p><p></p><p>2.) <u>Dismissal via Release</u>: this is the more dangerous and rarer forms of getting ghosts or spirits to move beyond or disincorporate etheraly. This is a passive use of power, in that the psychic/shaman, etc. focuses on the connection between themselves and the being, and on the connection between their life force and the world and the connection between the being and the world. Using empathic projection techniques (i.e. funneling large amounts of emotional energy) with the being the psychic would then attempt to parallell the beings state of emotion with their own. Once this is achieved the psychic must then call up their own feelings of anger, loss, sorrow, hatred, those things which keep us attached to things in the real world, and begin to let go of such feelings. There are various methods of doing this, whatever works best for the person is always the best method to use. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p>- - Another way to do this, especially in the case of fully sentient roamings (i.e. ghosts that are aware of themselves and can move from place to place) is to "Lead by example". What this means is for the psychic to simply let the spirit follow them around and show them (the being) how they (psychic) lets go of the day to day anger in their lives and that negative feelings are not what makes up life. This takes longer but is safer when one is dealing with beings that are not inherently dangerous, just clinging (usually through fear of the unknown or sorrow) to life.</p><p></p><p>In both cases the practitioner will be severly drained (even those who are older/more experienced) both physically, mentally, and emotionally. Side effects afterward typically: small lapses of short-term and long-term memory loss, dissassociative disorder, stress, and irregular cycadic dreaming; physicals include: shaking, clumsiness, hyperness or sluggishness, etc. Some even report an intense feeling of calm. Basically the same reactions folks have after being in car accidents, or very traumatic experiences. </p><p>In either case the best thing to do after each is some sort of "cleansing" ritual, once again this should be done by a person who the practitioner feels comfy with and trusts and in a way that the practitioner feels their experience is "over". </p><p></p><p>Closure in all things is important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malcolm, post: 1425356, member: 11180"] you're welcome Randomling. :) "Spotter" is a term I made up for my writing on psychic experiences. Many other belief systems and other people have come up with similiar themes but no one that I know of before me listed "Spotting others 'gifts'" as a skill or ability. Until you. So I figured I owed it to you to out myself on the topic. As for dealing with ghosts/spirits/energy beings/outsiders, the best I can give you are the two primary real-world examples and let you translate from there. Both of these approaches work with sentient beings and for cleaning memory engrams (places that store mental imagery such as the Tower of London).. <<note: under [U][B][SIZE=4]no[/SIZE][/B][/U] circumstances should it be thought that I endorse folks "doing" the two following rituals if they think they are seeing ghosts. Ever.>> 1.) [U]Dismissal via Repulsion[/U]: this ranges from your standard (heh) Exorcism to the drum beat ceremonies of some Tibetan shamans. This is a very active form of power using things which are distasteful or harmful to the ontological nature (rough trans: mental/spiritual paradigm) of the being. Usually this is just for physical manifestations (i.e. garlic for vampires) but works equally well against spirits. This is a piting of will vs. will usually (Cha or Will based skill/roll just like Turning in 3E) but can also be just using the correct formula (the Dismissal spell is a gaming example). Its very physically exhausting and the more participants the better. Its also very "noisy" from what people describe psychically; practitioners of Chi-focusing also notice the "heat" from such rituals. 2.) [U]Dismissal via Release[/U]: this is the more dangerous and rarer forms of getting ghosts or spirits to move beyond or disincorporate etheraly. This is a passive use of power, in that the psychic/shaman, etc. focuses on the connection between themselves and the being, and on the connection between their life force and the world and the connection between the being and the world. Using empathic projection techniques (i.e. funneling large amounts of emotional energy) with the being the psychic would then attempt to parallell the beings state of emotion with their own. Once this is achieved the psychic must then call up their own feelings of anger, loss, sorrow, hatred, those things which keep us attached to things in the real world, and begin to let go of such feelings. There are various methods of doing this, whatever works best for the person is always the best method to use. ;) - - Another way to do this, especially in the case of fully sentient roamings (i.e. ghosts that are aware of themselves and can move from place to place) is to "Lead by example". What this means is for the psychic to simply let the spirit follow them around and show them (the being) how they (psychic) lets go of the day to day anger in their lives and that negative feelings are not what makes up life. This takes longer but is safer when one is dealing with beings that are not inherently dangerous, just clinging (usually through fear of the unknown or sorrow) to life. In both cases the practitioner will be severly drained (even those who are older/more experienced) both physically, mentally, and emotionally. Side effects afterward typically: small lapses of short-term and long-term memory loss, dissassociative disorder, stress, and irregular cycadic dreaming; physicals include: shaking, clumsiness, hyperness or sluggishness, etc. Some even report an intense feeling of calm. Basically the same reactions folks have after being in car accidents, or very traumatic experiences. In either case the best thing to do after each is some sort of "cleansing" ritual, once again this should be done by a person who the practitioner feels comfy with and trusts and in a way that the practitioner feels their experience is "over". Closure in all things is important. [/QUOTE]
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