Magick, Technomancy and Witchcraft

In General

"Still there are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments, one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable: life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only being." -Albert Einstein

Technomancy is often called the magical art related to use and manipulation of technology; The "machine magic". Modern Technomancy, however, deals less with this aspect of magick and more with the actual "How Does It Work" aspects of science and magick combined.

Magic involves the manipulation of forces which cannot be explained by science. But once an event, which was once thought to be magic can be explained, it then becomes scientific fact. This has happened countless times in human history.

The mystery of magic is unknown to most of the population. The knowledge is possessed by only a select community. But isn't science also like this? Technology is everywhere, but most people have no idea how things work. Look at your computer. Sure you can surf the Web and perform all kinds of miracles with it, but do you really know how it works? Probably not.

Magic can be manipulated in everyday life. Remember superstitions like throwing spilled salt over your shoulder? These are actually a form of folk magic. And we also take science for granted every day.

"Magic is a primitive form of science; where there are no scientific resources, people will use magic to explain phenomena." - Bronislaw Malinowski

Let us consider the fundamental principles. Technomancy is about modification of physics. The very essence of magic is that it makes the laws of physics work differently for limited time, thus making things interesting.

The prime concept is just that: glitches. To make catapult malfunction, you need to make its parts move in unexpected manner. To make a computer stop working, you need to turn a conductor (power cord, preferably) into nonconductor.

Technology College is related to the Movement College, Making and Breaking College (and for higher technology, Electricity College, which in turn is a part of the Air College).

At it's very basic level, Technomancy is defined as:

M = E ( D + R ) - O

Magick = Energy x (Distance & Resistance of target) - Outside Influence and energies.

(some photos on this site taken from TNT's Crusade Web Site)