When even games can be sources of occult inspiration...

[Taudefindi]

I know what this will look like at first glance...no, really, I know.
It's literally the only thing people are talking about(and with certain reason), but this video is much more than just that.
I'm inviting you to seek beyond the material world and see this video with the eyes of a mage, the eyes of an occultist.

A quick note for those that might not know about the game and the characters:

• Black Swan(the purple woman with a veil on her head)
• Acheron(the purple woman with a white jacket)

Black Swan is a Memokeeper, someone from a group called "Garden of Recollection" which as the name implies works to safeguard memories everywhere.Memokeepers surrender their physical form and become memories(or memetic entities, I forgot which one it was, but they're capable of travelling anywhere basically because of that).They can peak at other people's memories, changed them, take them, etc.

In this video she is trying to see the memories of Acheron.

Acheron is (allegedly)an Emanator of

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(an Aeon, is a godlike higher dimensional type of being).An Emanator is someone that got granted permission by an Aeon to take power from their path(each Aeon represents a "path", sometimes if two Aeons represent similar paths one will end up "taking over" the other's path into their own and the other Aeon will die/stop existing).

This sums up IX's path(Nihility):
The existence of Nihility is a mystery itself, enshrouded by layers of mist.
IX doesn't interact with the other Aeons. They believe that the ultimate fate of the multiverse is nothingness, and therefore, worthless.

Side note: nihility destroys everything, even memories.Nothing remains exactly because there is no worth in it.

Now, with the explanation out of the way...what do you see of occult representation from this video?

And for those wondering why there's a black hole in it, IX is represented as being a sentient black hole.So basically the black hole would be eihter IX of their/it's power.

Spoiler: ps

Did I made up an entire post just to show off this amazing animation?Yeah, I did

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

Not into anime, but will check it out.
Personally I like Airbender episodes. Seems to be closer to what we all want out of magic. Realistic? Probably not, at least on the physical plane.

Speaking of planes, what about good old Dungeons and Dragons? Great exercises in creativity and visualization, and to a degree, critical thinking.

 

[Taudefindi]

Not into anime, but will check it out.
Personally I like Airbender episodes. Seems to be closer to what we all want out of magic. Realistic? Probably not, at least on the physical plane.

Speaking of planes, what about good old Dungeons and Dragons? Great exercises in creativity and visualization, and to a degree, critical thinking.

This isn't anime(despite this animation looking like that).
It's a game called Honkai Star Rail.

I'm more a fan of TTRPGs like Call of Cthulhu or Mage rather than D&D, despite understanding why it is so popular.

 

[DiLoco_DelEted]

yea, Pathfinder was the last RPG I was briefly involved in.

 

[Accipeveldare]

This isn't anime(despite this animation looking like that).
It's a game called Honkai Star Rail.

I'm more a fan of TTRPGs like Call of Cthulhu or Mage rather than D&D, despite understanding why it is so popular.

D&D is so good tho T-T

 

[DreamerRaven]

Games can be an amazing source for magical inspiration, and also, can be spaces to do magic as well! Excerpt from somewhere else...

So I have some experience here. I haven't had a dedicated, physical ritual/sacred space for about eight years. sharing small apartments with my wife and sometimes roomies meant I had to retire my altar, no place for it, and often no privacy to do my work. This lead to me making sacred spaces internally, during meditation. however my memory is fallible, and i grew frustrated because my space would change between visits, making it feel less "mine," or "real."

the next step was realized thanks to Bethesda's Morrowind. I was inspired by the ritual spaces the developers built in the game, and began making my own. I found that my work was much more useful than if done solely in my head. It also helped me to explore LHP for the first time. I continued making my sacred spaces in their later games, working in fallout 4 now. so yeah, I'd say video games are a great place to do magic.

- SaintJamesy (In response to "Video games as a tool for mediating psychic content" [/r/Oneirosophy])

Endless possibilities indeed =)