Magick, Technomancy and Witchcraft

Basics of Technomancy

In order to understand how and why a Technomancer accomplishes what he/she does, it first becomes necessary to understand the basics of both Magick and Science.

What is magic?
In Action, Magic is the art of manipulating reality through the force of directed will.
As Doctrine, Magic is the discipline of mastering one's thoughts, ideas, emotions and physical movements such that certain actions, words, or thoughts have a power in reality. The discipline is more important than its effect.

What is it for? 
Magic is an art of self-transformation. High magic is for those who wish to transform themselves into better individuals. Low magic is for those who want worldly power. The definition of high and low or dark and light has many detractors, in effect all acts of magic are similar, but the dividing line here is intent. If the intent is positive, that is, the magic you perform is to manipulate reality to serve humanity, it is good magic. If it is selfishly created to serve oneself, it is not good.

What is science?
Science is essentially a method of studying a set of information (or, to be technical, "data"). This method of studying data (called, for obvious reasons, the "Scientific Method") can be applied to virtually any body of knowledge. For example, the science of languages is known as linguistics, and the science of knowledge is known as epistemology. (Talk about heavy-duty terms!). The point is, the word "science" does not refer only to specific disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, and physics, but to any set of material studied using a set of guidelines known as the scientific method.
Science does not set out to prove anything. Rather, science seeks to classify and explain the world about us (and beyond) and to test the validity of our classifications and explanations by trying to disprove them.

So knowing this, how can Magick and Science work together?
All things in the universe, have an innate magick. Energy, be it Odic Force, Life Energy, Electricity or Molecular Kinetic Energy, is present in everything that exists. Just as Life Energy can be manipulated by a Witch, to determine the course or flow of the power, so too can the Force or Energy of a non-living thing. (though generally not to the extent that Life Magick can alter the course of probabilities, Technomancy can often be used as a conduit for such energies.) 

For example, if two witches are in an internet chat room and one mentions what a hard time she is having and asks the others to pray for her, most witches would light a candle or say a ritual or some other such basic "good luck - good health" type of spell. Now, as is the case with most magick, the closer your proximity to the intended recipient, the better the chances of the spell having the desired effect. 

A Technomancer, could use the flow of energy across the internet to transfer the spell energy directly to the recipient, as opposed to sending it out into the universe where it may or may not reach it's final destination unchanged or with the full intensity and effect.

This of course, is a very low level use of Technomancy and many TechnoPagans (those witches who hang out online) are already aware of the ability to achieve this, just not the reason why it works. And as we all learned in school at one time or another, the best way to find out how something works is to Hypothesize, Experiment and reach a conclusion. So, in order to accomplish our goals, we must first learn 2 things:

The Basic Principles of Magick          The Basic Principles of Science