Anything I may have Forgotten:
I am far from infallible. I have a poor memory. Things do not always occur to me, and when they do, I might well fail to remember them. I may add updates to this work in the future. I may accept suggestions from others, for consideration and discussion. In fact, I should very much like to discuss that which I have originally included here myself, with any who may be interested. But for now, bear in mind that in any event, this work is most certainly and always shall remain incomplete, for a full knowledge and understanding of such things as I have undertaken to detail is of course beyond the scope of Man.

Balance:
There are a great many things that fit under the heading of Balance which themselves might be typically considered Great Forces by many. Such as Good and Evil, Chaos and Order, Beauty and Beastliness, Right and Wrong, Ignorance and Knowledge, Wisdom and Foolishness, and any of countless opposites, most of which would fall under other categories. Love and Hate, for example, or Fear and Courage… many opposing Emotions work together towards Balance. Up and Down, Left and Right, In and Out… Directions, Dimensions… Basically I imagine one could name any two opposites and they add up to Balance, but most are best left in their own groups. Any rate, all Forces and Subforces are intricately interconnected, influence and are influenced by each other greatly. The greatest of Balance's pairs are most closely connected to the Senses, whether the Classic Five (commonly the case with Beauty and its opposite) or the other five described in this work. Of course, of any Balanced Pair, no one can exist without the other. Nor would it be good or proper for it to do so. Balance is some of the most powerful stuff in the Universe, and doesn't bear tampering with.

Coincidence:
Has its own page, discussing also the concept of Coincidence Magi.

Dimensions:
There are of course the Classic Three physical dimensions of Length, Width, and Depth. (Some might call depth 'height,' or width 'breadth,' or any of them some other words, but what you call them is of little relevance.) What dimensions amount to is distance (and direction). This is true of all dimensions, not just the Three. Distance, of whatever sort, generally doesn't seem to do very much. It seems to sort of sit there, waiting to be traversed. Some are easier to traverse than others, but may take more time. Time, of course, is commonly considered the Fourth Dimension, though some would disagree with that ranking. Then there are other Dimensions, which may not have common names. You might simply call them parallel universes, alternate dimensions, or some such. Perhaps some might refer to the Fifth Dimension as Hyperspace or Warpspace or Subspace or somesuch. Are there Dimensions beyond the Fifth? It is difficult to say, but it seems probable. Again, they all represent distance. It may be difficult, even presently impossible to travel from the first Three into the Fifth or subsequent Dimensions, but once the technique is understood, it will be done much faster than we traverse any of the Three. However, once in the Fifth Dimension (though it be faster travel within, as well as entrance), it will be much like our own familiar physical Dimensions- indeed, it will include them all, itself, albeit perhaps in a somewhat altered, unfamiliar form.

Time, as I have said, is commonly considered the Fourth Dimension. Again, something of a distance through which to be traveled. Time, unlike other Dimensions, moves itself, or at least seems to. It depends on one's vantagepoint, of course. Is Time a bus, travelling on the road of the Universe, and you merely a stationary passenger on that bus, not moving yourself, but being swept along forward as Time itself moves? Or is Time simply another road, sitting still while we all walk on it? Or, is there some other bus travelling the road, and again we're simply passengers? Perhaps on the bus of Life, which travels across Time? All difficult questions to surely answer. I will say, I have considered Time, like Love, to be a Great Force itself, and it may be difficult to remember it is merely a member of a larger category of Force.

Why should Time be so great itself? Well, it may be slow moving, at least most of the time. (It doesn't seem to move at a constant speed, though many would have you believe appearances can be deceiving, and whatever you think, Time is definitely a constant, perhaps unless you travel faster than light. Personally, I disagree.) But however slowly it moves, it rarely if ever truly stops moving. It is indomitable. Given the passage of enough Time, all things may come to pass. Wounds, physical and emotional, may heal. Perhaps not all wounds, but most. Emotional are generally harder to heal than the physical. Mortal powers and doctrines rise and fall. Monuments crumble. Troubles personal and cosmic come and go. Everything changes, Everything stays the same. Time measures the Dimension between the birth and the death of the Universe. The Universe itself may have limits to its physical Dimensions, or it may not; it is hard to say. Once you get to the edge of the Universe, what is beyond that? It is impossible for me to conceive of finity; infinity seems so much more obvious. As for the finity or infinity of Time… again, infinity seems more likely, in both directions. Was the Universe therefore born at all? Perhaps as we know it, but before that there can't have been Nothing. There surely must simply have been Something Different. And surely, Time ran back through that, and any antecedents it may have had. And if our familiar Universe should die, however many billions of years hence, Time will continue beyond it, into whatever comes next. So when I said Time is the Dimension between the birth and death of the Universe… I misspoke. Really, it is difficult to describe the immensity and power of Time. But I've tried.

And we try to measure Time. We use clocks, watches, hourglasses, sundials, calendars, and so forth. We understand such a small portion of Time, but what we do understand we may utilize as best we can. It's very useful, as my friend Temple will attest. I did want to say here, anyone who has a degree of mastery of one of the Great Forces or their subsets is great indeed. By mastery of course I mean a great understanding of and superior ability to utilize, not a control of. No one can control any of the Forces, though to the unenlightened masses, it may sometimes seem so. Even if one can time travel, they do not control Time.

Entropy must be mentioned here. I don't like the definitions I just read in a dictionary, for they don't have much to do with the only way I've ever heard the term used. So I'll not mention those definitions. Here is the term as I am familiar with it: A gradual running down of things. Entropy is that which eventually will consume, destroy, end the Universe and everything within it. It is in effect the same thing as Death (which, as obvious counterpoint to Life is one half of a Balanced Pair, and terribly important- many would call Death a Great Force itself, no less so than Life). But to me Entropy is not so much Death itself as it is that which leads to Death. Entropy is both living and dying. Living is dying. From the moment a person or animal or planet or star or cloud or element or anything is born, it begins to decay, to die. Generally it is a slow process, all a part of Time. Entropy is the dying, but for most of a thing's life, it is virtually indistinguishable from the living. Entropy is a minion, a Sub-subforce, of Time.

Life:
I could well see where one might list this as a Subforce of Biology, itself a Subforce of the Sciences. After all, it is inherent to the definition of Biology. And obviously, there are enough Subforces or Sub-subforces which I will plainly say could commonly be considered Great Forces themselves, but which nevertheless I feel compelled to place under larger categories. However, Life… is just too big, too important. It is in fact, in a way, above even the Great Forces. You will note the title of this work referring to the Forces which govern Life, the Universe, and Everything (a phrase being taken from the Creative work of my favorite Writer, Mr. Douglas N. Adams). Of course, to govern a thing does not necessarily mean to suggest that the governor is greater than the governed. In theory, in a free country or organization, the leader is appointed by and works for those he or she leads. So with the Great Forces: they may govern Life, the Universe, and Everything, but they do so in the interests and service of those all-encompassing, Highest Elements.

Why, then, do I seemingly demote Life to the position of a mere Force? Because… well, there may be any number of reasons, some of which I may not fully understand myself, others of which I may not be able adequately to articulate. For one thing, the very title of this work, the attempt to put name to that which is governed by the Forces… is dicey at best. So high are those Elements, they do not fit neatly into Human Comprehension or Language. Perhaps I simply wish to reassure myself that my words are as closely as possible understood as I mean them. "Everything" should be broad enough to be understood. The Universe is of course… the sum of all Dimensions, to the furthest Distance in all Directions, and all that is included therein. I hope that says enough. So what is Life? Surely it is more than simple Biology. It includes so much. Without Life, there would be no point in the Universe, in Everything. Life is that which perceives, utilizes, manipulates, attempts to understand those Elements. As the Minbari would say, we are the Universe made manifest, trying to understand itself. Life, of course, includes more than thinking beings such as ourselves. But most life forms will have some if not all of the Senses, and will influence and be influenced by various of the Great Forces. Life is an essence beyond mere physical bodies, particularly when speaking of Intelligent Life. The Mind, the Heart, the Soul…

Ah, the Soul. What to say…? Well, see "Ultimate Balance." …Which of course won't tell you anything.

Love: See: Emotions, under the heading of "Senses."

Money:
A man-made Force which taps into other Forces or Subforces, particularly Senses, physical needs and Emotions such as Greed. I intend to do away with it one day.

Senses:
It did occur to me originally to include Love as one of the Great Forces & Powers of the Universe, but I thought too, that it was but one of many Emotions, all with their degree of power. And then, that Emotions themselves were but one type of Sense. And I have oft-times considered that there are surely more than the Five Classic Senses of (in something like the order of their subjective import to me, if such an ordering is indeed possible, knowable to myself or anyone) Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste & Smell. Therefore, I shall attempt to catalog here the various Senses.

As with Dimensions, there are different types, some more familiar than others. Dimensions include their Classic Three, perhaps best described as the physical. It has now long been known that there are other dimensions, beyond the physical; so too with Senses. The Senses do include the Classic Five, again to be described as physical. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, they do include Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste & Smell. These are commonly understood by and known to most; sadly not to all. I do not know how much I must needs, or indeed can, say of these. Sight is perhaps my favorite. There is the matter of convenience; I think it is the one of the Five which it would prove hardest to me to get along without (ironically, it is the one that works the worst on me). Also, there is the matter of all the great Beauty the world and indeed the Universe has to offer. Beauty, however, is not solely a visual thing. Beauty is itself a Subforce of Balance, though it might well be considered by many almost as a Great Force itself. It comes in many forms and formats, which may appeal to each and all of the Senses, not limited to the Five. However, I think there is nothing I need truly say about the Five Senses.

The Other Senses as I have long considered them include… I cannot say what all. I strive to maintain an open mind in all things. They do say, the man who knows something knows that he knows nothing at all. I'm not sure I agree entirely with this, but at least, if you know something, you should know that you cannot know everything. There is of course a great difference between knowing Nothing and not knowing Everything. I should say I know many things, but I shall never come close to knowing Everything. And when I consider how much is generally considered known completely, on certain subjects, and that I disagree with, I can but say that I further knowledge (or at least opinion) on those certain matters, rather than completing them. But the Other Senses, to my thinking, include, first, Thought. You may say, Intelligence, Reason, Sentience, Understanding, Logic, any number of such words. It boils down to Thought, though… the leaping of electrons from neuron to neuron, across the synapses. Is Thought a Sense, properly? Well, what are Senses? They are, I should think, that which provide us data on the world around us, allows us to interact with it, with each other, with ourselves. The Five provide us with physical data; you may say Thought allows us to correlate this data into useful information, but Thought can do more than that. It can indeed work independently of the outside world, and of the other Senses. In some cases, it may overrule the Five, it may convince the Five of things that are not empirically so.

Communication, I think it would only be right and proper to dub a Subforce, under the heading of Senses. It is terribly important. It is, however, somewhat tricky to place exactly. It owes much to Hearing, as well of course as to the ability to speak. (Speech itself, or Language, could perhaps be considered a Subforce unto itself, but perhaps it would be picking the nit too finely to think of separating it from Communication- although, perhaps what I mean to refer to is sound-making in general, or at least vocalization.) As Communication also first requires Thought, I believe that is the Sense I should place it after. I must say, I do feel some concern, calling it a Sense at all, but I can't think what else to call it. At any rate, I imagine it does more or less meet my standards for classification as a Sense. Perhaps I have no cause to feel a trifle odd about so categorizing it. Of course, as with all Forces, it interacts with more than the Senses preceding it in this list, but this does seem the best spot for it. I shall call it the Seventh Sense.

Another Sense is, or are, Emotions. There are of course many emotions. Many would say the greatest of these is Love, which itself comes in various forms. There is Familial Love, which I must conclude is to a great deal Biological. We are usually born with a natural, inherent love of our family, which it can be difficult to lose. In the course of Life, our love of family may be in some ways somewhat eroded. We may not particularly like our family. We might not choose ever to associate with them if we weren't related. But we'll still love them. Unless we are disabused of such feelings, perhaps through abuse. We may grow to hate our families, or at least wish nothing whatever to do with them. Some of us will, however, still harbor some love for our families, even in the utter absence of any recognizable or understandable reason for it. Some of us will be lucky enough to have families we do quite like; some of us may find that unlucky, embarrassing. We may prefer not to associate with our families even if they were people we would enjoy associating with if they were unrelated to us. Whatever the case, Familial Love rarely seems to have much of reason about it. It must surely be of some Biological nature yet unclear, at least to me.

Then there is the love of friends, which would hopefully have very obvious reason. We will have things in common with our friends, else we almost certainly would not have become friends with them in the first place. There will be things we enjoy doing together, things we will in some wise enjoy commiserating together, complaining together. We will have similar feelings and opinions on things. We will enjoy one another's company, conversing, et cetera.

After Friendship, there is Romantic Love, which needs must include Friendship. There will also be in most cases a physical attraction; again we see Beauty. Also, there will be something undefinable. Some may call it Chemistry, but it is surely more than just that. It must be… a kind of Magic. There will be just simply something... ineffable. Some kind of wonderful. Take two people who you may love equally as friends, have all the same things in common with, and find roughly equally attractive, and you just get on famously with both of them. In the complete absence of any manner of distinction between the two, or reason, you may be in love with one and not the other. Even if you find one well more attractive, you may be in love with the other (though your love will likely soon make him or her the most attractive person in the world, to your eyes). All these things will lead to Physical Love, which itself comes in various forms. Many may consider one of these forms the ultimate in physical love, but there will be disagreement, for I happen to disagree with what I would suppose to be the majority, and I do not think myself alone in this matter. However, that is all I wish to say for now on this subject.

And then there is the love of Beauty in its various forms, and love of concepts, ideas. You may love places, or animals, or trees, or sky, or freedom, democracy, your job, and more things than can be contemplated in one person's lifetime.

Besides Love, there are many emotions that are affected by and affect the outside world, how we perceive and react to it. There are Hate, Fear, Sorrow, Hope, Joy, Confusion, Frustration, Desire, and on and on. Some may consider one emotion greater than the others, some may consider them equally important. I know a certain Professor who would call Fear the greatest…. But again, I think most who would call one the greatest, would pick Love.

Another Sense is Imagination, Creativity. Tied to Thought, to Emotions, to all the Senses and of course the other Forces. Imagination is indeed an extremely important Sense, and very little would happen, or at least progress, change, without it.

Telepathy, Psychic abilities, Telekinesis, those sorts of things commonly referred to as Extra-Sensory Perception are but examples of another type of Sense. Many would refer to such things as a Sixth Sense, where in fact they are more aptly referred to as a Tenth Sense. Just for fun, let's label the Sense group of so-called ESP as "Psi."

Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, chiefly. Most other sciences would fall under one, or a combination of these. The Sciences are one of those Forces which are mostly strongly connected with others of the Great Forces, and could easily be confused with them. Indeed, I feel obliged to note that (as with all I write in this work), categorization of these Forces, perhaps especially the Sciences, is very likely subjective more than objective. Perhaps there are things I've listed as Great Forces or Subforces which others might rather list under the Sciences. In fact, I've described various Forces, such as Senses or Dimensions, as being Physical, which could well fall under the heading of Physics, obviously. Too, Life would seem apt to fit under Biology, as noted in its own entry in this work.

I must include the Sciences as a Force, however, because… Well, because so much depends upon them. The other Forces, mostly, act upon and/or react to them. In a large sense, the Sciences define Reality as we know it. They lay out for us what Life is like and what can or cannot be done within it. Sometimes people may believe Sciences clearly dictate that something cannot be done, at it is later discovered otherwise. That is not Science's fault, it is but our own imperfect understanding of things. We do get better, given Time.

Time: See "Dimensions."

Ultimate Balance: This is something which will include Everything. It is in fact the amalgamation of all the Highest Elements of Life, the Universe & Everything. It includes Magic: whatever cannot seem to be explained satisfactorily, reasonably, credibly, within that which may be understood in keeping with the various Great Forces, particularly the Sciences. It is the Source of All Things, the Creator. God, Infinity, All, Samsara or Dharma (I'm not quite sure which would be more like what I'm thinking of), what have you. All the other Forces as well as the Elements they govern add up to the Ultimate Balance. Total Understanding. Absolute Power. The Alpha and the Omega. Origins, souls, there are no words. Magic. That which cannot be adequately explained or grasped in Life. Perhaps not even in Death.