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The point of these rules is to eliminate doubt and establish the veracity of the magic I'm experimenting with.
I know that there is a lot of magic that can't be directly observed, but in my book there's no point in dabbling in the deeper things like that, if I can't even do something on the surface level. Until I can accomplish such a feat, magic will only be "theoretical" to me.
I need to eliminate doubt in the minor things so that I can know (not "hope" or "feel") that what I'm doing later on is actually working. Doubt may actually end up impeding my progress in the later stages so I believe I should eliminate it in the early stages, so that there is no doubt when it comes to the unobservable.
RULES:
1. The feat has to be observable in the physical world (I can see it in front of my face, with my own two eyes, while awake and not in any "induced state"). I don't trust "astral visions" or "astral projection", it can just as easily be your imagination. I've had very realistic lucid dreams of me looking down at my body in my room and feeling light and flying around, I do not trust those experiences as "evidence". Something that you "feel" could just be a "Placebo Effect" or self delusion.
2. The feat has to be instantaneous (I made something very specific happen with intent, at the very moment of evocation/focus). This is very important for establishing that it was the result of intent. Something can always happen a week or so after and then you'll tell yourself - "it must have been what I did", but you don't really know that.
3. The feat is repeatable (I was able to repeat the feat with the same level of scrutiny, at least 3 times). This takes out the whole "it was luck or random chance" factor. It leaves no room for doubt.
4. The feat is inexplicable through "natural phenomenon" and is indisputably the result of my intent. Where "nothing is left to chance" and it can't be explained by "coincidence", or "luck", or anything like that (I can't explain it away under any circumstances, the feat is outside the laws of the physical world).
Bonus: Capture it on camera (not necessary, but it does help to eliminate the possibility of self delusion). What I saw with my eyes should match what I see in the video.
However little or big the feat is, it must meet these 4 criteria for me to completely accept that it really happened.
Example 1:
If I could launch a tiny pebble as a projectile at a nearby target (wall), through some magical means, at least 3 times, and it could not be explained through natural phenomenon (I didn't throw it by hand or something like that), that would be a successful experiment, I'd have no doubt that it worked.
Example 2:
If I could heat up a sheet of paper to the point that it catches fire, through some magical means, at least 3 times, and it could not be explained through natural phenomenon (no use of an accelerant, friction and/or external heat like sun light), that would be a successful experiment, I'd have no doubt that it worked.
So I am looking for minor things like that to test, and I have found such a thing like this to test recently, I'll probably post the results back here in this thread.
I know that there is a lot of magic that can't be directly observed, but in my book there's no point in dabbling in the deeper things like that, if I can't even do something on the surface level. Until I can accomplish such a feat, magic will only be "theoretical" to me.
I need to eliminate doubt in the minor things so that I can know (not "hope" or "feel") that what I'm doing later on is actually working. Doubt may actually end up impeding my progress in the later stages so I believe I should eliminate it in the early stages, so that there is no doubt when it comes to the unobservable.
RULES:
1. The feat has to be observable in the physical world (I can see it in front of my face, with my own two eyes, while awake and not in any "induced state"). I don't trust "astral visions" or "astral projection", it can just as easily be your imagination. I've had very realistic lucid dreams of me looking down at my body in my room and feeling light and flying around, I do not trust those experiences as "evidence". Something that you "feel" could just be a "Placebo Effect" or self delusion.
2. The feat has to be instantaneous (I made something very specific happen with intent, at the very moment of evocation/focus). This is very important for establishing that it was the result of intent. Something can always happen a week or so after and then you'll tell yourself - "it must have been what I did", but you don't really know that.
3. The feat is repeatable (I was able to repeat the feat with the same level of scrutiny, at least 3 times). This takes out the whole "it was luck or random chance" factor. It leaves no room for doubt.
4. The feat is inexplicable through "natural phenomenon" and is indisputably the result of my intent. Where "nothing is left to chance" and it can't be explained by "coincidence", or "luck", or anything like that (I can't explain it away under any circumstances, the feat is outside the laws of the physical world).
Bonus: Capture it on camera (not necessary, but it does help to eliminate the possibility of self delusion). What I saw with my eyes should match what I see in the video.
However little or big the feat is, it must meet these 4 criteria for me to completely accept that it really happened.
Example 1:
If I could launch a tiny pebble as a projectile at a nearby target (wall), through some magical means, at least 3 times, and it could not be explained through natural phenomenon (I didn't throw it by hand or something like that), that would be a successful experiment, I'd have no doubt that it worked.
Example 2:
If I could heat up a sheet of paper to the point that it catches fire, through some magical means, at least 3 times, and it could not be explained through natural phenomenon (no use of an accelerant, friction and/or external heat like sun light), that would be a successful experiment, I'd have no doubt that it worked.
So I am looking for minor things like that to test, and I have found such a thing like this to test recently, I'll probably post the results back here in this thread.