Human Invisibility

Most people have wished to become invisible at some point in their lives.  Whether in a particularly embarrassing situation or trying to do something they perhaps should not do, being invisible would be very useful in many circumstances.  What if you involuntarily and spontaneously became invisible though?

Spontaneous Human Invisibility

What if you could become invisible at will?  I happen to have some ideas about that.  I think that most esoteric or occult methods for invisibility won't make you physically invisible but something more like "psychically invisible."  By that I mean that you simply won't register in the minds of others.  Of course, if you touch someone or talk to them they will probably snap out of it, but that's just me musing on the subject.

I think that if one wanted to try to make themselves psychically invisible then they could try a variation of the shielding technique I give in this post.  That variation would be to imagine you and your aura as transparent, or that you are blending into your surroundings.  Visualize this as you form the shield.  Know that you will be unnoticed.  It's very hard to get any kind of concrete data on how effective this is from the personal perspective, but I've tried it before and it seemed to have the desired result most of the time.  You should probably experiment with the efficacy of this technique before relying on it too much.

Inspiration from Fiction

In various magic and energy working circles one will sometimes encounter people drawing inspiration from a work of fiction.  A symbol from an anime, a spell from a novel, etc.  The opinions on this are most likely varied, but I am of the opinion that it's not necessarily a bad practice.

Many fictional concepts can be developed to work in the real-world, such as being used in an actual spell or energy working technique.  I think that this would be most obvious in Chaos Magic where users are prone to incorporate anything and everything into their practice.  Energy working is another "anything goes" type of practice in which anything that can be imagined can be utilized.

It's important to recognize that you are borrowing or taking inspiration from something fictional though, rather than trying to pass it off as a real tradition.  Drawing symbols to invoke changes in matter is not how real-world alchemy is done, but if you can find something to help you in a fictional representation of alchemy then I see no problem in using it.  It is, however, important to make sure you aren't incorporating detrimental things into your practice.

Then we have the converse of the above:  People mistake real-world concepts for the inventions of fiction.  Examples that come to mind are ki and chakras.  Just as we may take ideas and inspiration from fiction, so do the creators of fiction take ideas and inspiration from real-world occult traditions and practices.  I usually only see this brought up when ignorant people try to deride someone else's practice for being "made-up" or "fake."

You may not be in favor of taking ideas from fiction because of the confusion or derision it can draw.  I happen to be a fan of "If it works, use it," but I most often draw the line at incorporating fiction into serious practice, mostly because of the issues it can cause.  If you do intend to adopt fictional concepts or ideas into your practice, be aware that this won't always be met with a warm reception.

Spoon (and Fork) Bending

Anyone that's interested in psychokinesis is aware of the idea of bending a spoon with your mind.  This has become a stereotype of ESP and PK research/ability.  When I was starting out with psi I tried my hand at bending cutlery using the instructions at forkbend.com, back when it was called fork-you.com.  I'll let you peruse the site and decide whether you want to try it or not.  I just want to leave some pictures of my results; maybe you'll find them motivating.  The three pictures below are of my first successful fork-bending.

The following three pictures are of my first successful spoon-bending.

These two are by far my best attempts.  I've had limited success since but I don't really play with this anymore.  Once I accomplished it a couple of times, I got bored.  In case you want to skip right to the chase, here is the beginning of the how-to at forkbend.com.  Note that I did not do any of this in a group setting.  While it may be easier (as the site suggests), it is not necessary to be in a group the first time.  Good luck!

How To Make a Psi-Ball

A psi-ball is a concentrated ball of your own psychic energy/life force/qi/ki/prana.  It is widely considered as the basic starting point for the practice of psionics.  I'm going to give you a procedure for making a psi ball of your own and you can be the judge of whether there's anything to the idea.

Sit somewhere comfortable, close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths to relax.  Once you are completely relaxed and breathing normally (whatever that may be for you), with your eyes still closed, draw your attention to the top of your head.  Visualize and actually feel a large ball of glowing white energy above you.  This energy is infinite.  See (and feel) a beam of energy coming from this larger sphere and entering the top of your head.  As you breathe in draw the energy into yourself.  As you breathe out, feel the energy flowing down your arms to your hands.

Place your hands close together, like you are holding a small ball (five or six inches across) in your hands.  Breathe in the energy and feel it entering you; breathe out and feel it flowing down your arms to your palms.  As you force the energy down your arms and to your hands, force it out of your palms and form a ball with it.  Visualize the ball and feel it forming.  Inhale energy and then exhale it into the ball, making it more concentrated.  Keep pouring energy into the ball in this way; actually feel the energy as you do this.  After a short while you'll feel a very real presence in your palms.  Some people feel this as a tingle, some as a heat sensation, and for some it's like a magnetic repulsion.

I've found that tactile imaging (feeling the energy, not just seeing it in your mind) is more effective for me than simple visualization, but do what works best for you:  visualization, tactile imaging, or both.  It can take some time to get the hang of doing all of these things at once, but practice will make it easier.

And that's how you form a basic psi-ball.  When you get good at this there are lots of ways to expand the practice, such as adding colors or using different shapes.  Even programming the energy to act as a thoughtform is possible once you're proficient.

The Plethora of Kinetic Abilities

If you hang around in psionics-oriented forums and communities for very long you will eventually see such fancy terms as "pyrokinesis" or "electrokinesis" or even "geokinesis."  I can understand the desire to want to differentiate between things that you may be affecting with terms specific to the substance.  However, I think that there comes a certain point when it becomes cumbersome and unnecessary.  All of this is why I prefer the umbrella term of psychokinesis.

Thinking about it logically for a second, all of these abilities consist of you using your mind to control or move something.  This would qualify them all as psychokinesis.  I just don't see the reasoning behind giving a fancy name to every particular way you could possibly use psychokinesis.  In my opinion, if you can move one thing with psychokinesis you should have the same ability to move another substance unless there's some kind of psychological block in place.

Words like "pyrokinesis" are convenient for telling people that you're working on  manipulating fire through psychokinesis.  Terms like "atmokinesis" or "aerokinesis" seem to overlap, as I imagine there would be a lot of air manipulation going on if you were manipulating the atmosphere.  Because of this, I just think that sometimes it's superfluous to use these terms.  I have nothing against people that use these terms, but they probably shouldn't be surprised when others have to ask "What is that?" and the practitioner has to explain it anyway, perhaps defeating the purpose of the specialized term.

In summary, I don't really care much for it.  I prefer to just use the umbrella term of psychokinesis.  I recognize that these designations must be useful to someone though, so to each their own.  I sometimes substitute "telekinesis" for "psychokinesis" when around people that don't know what psychokinesis means.