A Browser for your Will

Anyones paradigm, for how one should focus their will, is completely subjective. Thus I consider a true magickal path to be one enriched with a perspective not just of ones self but of what a being can actually achieve in their existence if they were to set their minds to it. For those already partially knowledgeable in the game I should mention that I equally hold both the Traditions and the Technocracy in a state of equal contempt and appreciation. I hold them in contempt for their misinformation games of propaganda over who controls the masses and for putting so much effort into stifling a middle path of true individuality and personal growth. Surprisingly I appreciate them for providing such awesome sharpening stones for my personal growth. Through a now unaffiliated perception of them both I can see that it was because of each of them that I have become who I am now. Yet they will never gain my allegiance for I distrust either one of their paths. Well as the other Hollower and Chaote websites do refer to, each mage has their own techniques for getting reality to conform with will and so I've developed a neutral perspective for both groups. I should mention that while the game Mage: The Ascension refers to its contents as merely a game I personally find this partially absurd although a requirement because of certain legalities. In any case I thought that the peruser of this web page might want to better understand what bias if any might potentially be written into what it is you are hopefully going to continue to read. With that said.....

The Avatar & how it Manifests

To begin dispensing information I'd like to start by referring to my personal paradigm of what an Avatar is. To begin with I should mention that I consider reality to be an expression of multiple souls desires. To the definition of a soul, I consider the soul to be the symbol for all that makes up a beings collective spark in existence. Because of this I can only suggest that the only way to define a soul is to measure what it is aware of. Once doing so one should have a general idea as to its content however thats still suggesting a lot. As to the nature of reality and how it is but the expression of desire. This will be explained quite thoroughly among the spheres below and thus I find that wasting space here repeating myself pointless. To the point I would like to say that I believe that reality can only be transformed by desire and that I consider it impossible to rip it apart magickally. That happens to bring me to the subject of paradox which is the nature of reality to comply only with what is desired the most. Its often referred to that paradox is the whip of reality striking back when a mage has attempted to bend it farther then what the collective wishes it to be bent. This is also synomonous with what the collective believes. Much of the disinformation spread by the Traditions holds that Paradox is your enemy when in truth paradox is the measure of your own abilities within the realm you exist. If you cause paradox to happen it is not because of anyone else other then yourself that you can blame considering how you attempted to jump from one probability to another distant probability stream when such a jump is not properly adjusted respectively to its distance. In my opinion, I don't believe any time paradox must be gained should count as a success in a magickal roll but only as an out right botch by the mage. Of course I do believe that something should happen somewhere near what the mage was attempting but of course just falling short of it fully manifesting in the ideal way the mage had in mind. I should also note that the Technocracy has also had its share in the disinformation about Paradox however their magick of science has proven that utilizing the desires of the collective can negate Paradox entirely yet even they have moments of weakness. As to the spheres I have a rather different approach I'd like to try. This happens to be my personal approach to studying the spheres and like I said before, just about everyone has their own way they perceive thus try to keep an open mind while reading the following. Also consider that if one were to simply utilize this sphere system one could enact a game system designed in any particular world since the main aspects of Mage: The Ascension rely on two things, the spheres and the world of darkness motif. It can be considered that one could choose to replace the WoD motif with one of their own devising and I'm working on a project similar to this already. I hope to soon have a working model in place but for now I can only give you what has already been created and modified. One should also consider revising the spheres as well and again this is left up to ones personal creativity as I have what you see before you.

PRIME: Or perhaps what it is more well known as the sphere of potential and desire. Thus to master this sphere one must first master their inner most desires and channel them along with what they know the Void, and perhaps if the mage is wise what the collective, considers to be the most desirable. This sphere is mostly useful for how it teaches one on the generation of Gnosis/Quintessence and how all patterns of reality require this in order to even exist.

ENTROPY: Probabilities are the primal force of manifestation. What actually manifests into reality are the probabilities that have the most potential to manifest. Entropy is the sphere that relates to how a mage can perceive and alter the probabilities that form a reality. Another way to consider entropy would be the perception of what the probability within the defining collective is on the probable transformational processes of reality.

TIME: Obviously after careful review time is the key to all of the other spheres. What many call time is the way definitions lay in correspondence to each other. It deals with exactly how the potential or desire of the limitless void manifests into the limited world of reality. So I would say that time is merely a type of correspondence that allows all other patterns of existence to be projected into existence. Even the Correspondence Point is a projection out of the Aether of time.

FORCES: Consider how gravity, love, and electricity work. Now consider the perspecive that reality really is just an illusion and ponder upon what forces really work behind the scenes and cause manifestations. The sphere of forces deals with what is defined and thus what can be perceived. A reality is defined by the forces that shape it, thus by learning how to define existence one can advance ones knowledge of how to transform it. While within a collective one must consider that the defining power of belief can rigidly prune what can be defined by ones will. However outside such collectives reality tends to be more mutable to the desires of ones will.

MATTER: A specific realm of manifested patterns. Matter is the typical perception of the smallest units of the material world. However this two is also an illusion. Even the sciences of the world are coming to understand this and it is only a matter of time before a new approach is taken to the whole subject. Matter is a useful sphere when it comes to chemistry though and like the spirit sphere it can be quite versatile in its applications. Perhaps one of its greatest applications is how it extends ones ability to define reality into much greater detail and variations in which forces and prime can be locked into a more easily controllable stasis.

LIFE: While matter carries out usually only a few chemical reactions and channels certain forces through reality, life can advance the desire of the mage by structuring matter into more complex and thus more desirable creations. It is also a great sphere when one wants to learn how collectives and identities function. Because of how this sphere teaches one to read the subtle signs of life it can be quite similar to what the spirit sphere offers one in the way of knowledges. Typically I consider life to be the version of the spirit sphere within the collective reality of the material plane along with various applications for healing and damaging far advanced beyond the spirit sphere which relates mostly to extended perceptions.

PARADIGMA: This is the sphere of glamour based magicks. This gets mainly into how the Changelings do magick and how their abilities have been simulated by mages. This sphere was generated by the tinkering of a Hollower and because of this you can expect to see an over-view of the way things are in addition to how to escape outmoded and decayed realities.

MEMETICS: This is yet another sphere I've added to my list of Mage specialization areas. It covers the higher realms of study covered in Paradigma. Memetics mainly covers the creation and use of the collective unconscious by mages. This leads into servitor creation as well as building dreamscapes. This sphere is also a revision of the once known spirit sphere and the technocratic dimensional science sphere.

CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence deals with patterns on a similar wavelength or rather it deals with those patterns that have a resonance with each other. By understanding how patterns relate to each other one can get a better perception of how to traverse them. This is most notably the sphere of perspective otherwise known as the over all perception. This sphere can be quite effective when utilized with certain mind and force sphere knowledges and combines well with all of the spheres in general.

MIND: This sphere provides an even more sophisticated perspective to the transformations of existence. It provides an understanding of ones being and ones conscious directive which gives one more control by having an awarenss of such. Perhaps the greatest application of this sphere is in how it can allow you to achieve greater states of being and clarity of perception. This allows one to maximize the most out of every moment and is practically something every mage needs to develop as it will greatly help one to master themselves and to develop a more powerful confidence and control over their actions.

PATTERN GENERATION: This is my unified theory of spheres sphere. While all the other spheres relate to specific areas of existence this sphere relates to how they are all perceived as a whole. Formally represented by a mages Arete I've taken into consideration that some might wish to perceive a more explained point of view of the spheres. In general this sphere deals with how the mage perceives all the spheres interacting and how they function together. It is also the sphere of dimensional awareness and how by understanding the various levels of existence one can direct an even greater influence in its transformation.