sorcery advise columm

[cptdeath]

so of course one of my idols and one of the most devious sorcerrors of all time was Shang tsung. i've been focusing alot of years now on draining life or chi or the soul of something to use it's power for my own. this strategy seems to tip the ballance in my favor quickly.

1 a body or vessel can only contain so much. i can't take more then i can hold.

this limitation is a bother and i would like some advise around it.

2 it is a great crime against nature and affects karma so much. i try to use power for good to maintain some good karma. how do i practice these techniques safley, as it does so much harm to take in someones spirit partially for a time i can't practice it with normal sparing partners. and it fuks my karma up. how to practice.

even when i do it without a directed target i feel as if an abomination of nature is occuring. even to practice is to upset things

3 i find it's very usefull when people use a technique that is powered by the soul. lots of martial arts teach breathing techniques to increase the body,s copacity for power. when I encounters an advesary of great power, often they sense i am weaker. since i've benn working at this no advisary of greater spiritual streangth has defeated me. in fact the more powerfull the more easily defeated they are. especially the young ones, when they use everything they got right off the bat. the energy the would put so much confidence in is ripped from there very heart and the attack not only fails but leaves them terrified as they sense what is happening, they turn pale white as they feel me touching there soul, taking from the heart of the attack and clearly feeding my power. i don't see a problem here but i'm allways learning and if you have experience then help me see my mistakes before i make them.

4 who should i avoid doing this to? what counters to this are their? who's been tought to protect themselves from this. why did they learn had they or a teacher of theres come across this in the past and been able to overcome it, how?

5 sometimes it pays to specialize, but what other methods or strategey has worked for you in the past. i would be willing to learn more.

6i feel i rely on this to much especially since i don't know any counter for it nor have i seen or heard of one. what do you rely on to much? maybee you think your psychic but sometimes your wrong or someones feeding you those visions. from time to time what we rely on is how we are programed and defeated. how could that happen to your magic. think of how you would counter your own attacks? think of ways to provoke that attack so that it may be used to control your opponents actions or how you would be controlled by an opponent. how do you defeat overconfidence?

i would like to post this thread to be sort of a general spell advise columm. what spells or whatever are you working on hexs curses vexs and vodo. I know it's what you do and were all here to help with a little insight on a public forum =)

so please share with me :grin (offers hand shake) :grin

yeah i start it off all well thought out and dry but besides the advise i'm looking for share with us your secrets and all you withcraft experience. and remmember to ask alot of questions for people who can't help but answer.

[BrassFusion]

Never feel guilty about soul-draining. In fact, I'll offer up my soul to be drained. I'm sure a few people on the board would be happy about my subsequent absence, and you might find yourself getting better at spelling and punctuating. Win-win!

[cptdeath]

your pretty

i've come to appreciate your presence very much. i never feel guilty. what it is is the price. i can't allways afford to pay. i like my good luck :clover

[BrassFusion]

Erm, thank you very much. Is this part of the soul-draining ritual? First you gain my trust, then you dive in for the spiritual equivalent of the jugular?

[Steven]

My advice in general:

1) purchase the X19 soul sucking device from E bay.

2) get a white lab coat.

3) wring your hands togethor while drooling and say "exxxxxxcelllent, my plan is in operation!!!, soon I will have complete power, ah ha ha ha ha!!!!!!"

[BrassFusion]

I was trying to be all sarcastic in light of the soul-draining thing, but I think he's taken a liking to me.

[Steven]

I was trying to be all sarcastic in light of the soul-draining thing, but I think he's taken a liking to me.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

careful....he'll suck your dang soul right outcher ass......

(Ed. Note: yes, Steven is being an idiot)

[AstralCrux]

(Warning spelling may be bad in this post, I really need sleep)

Blocking energy is much more challenging than using it. You can envision either a bubble or a shield surrounding and protecting you. The bubble is more effective for all around and I've been playing with it for a while, still not good at it.

What's the difference between soul stealing and energy draining?

[BrassFusion]

(Warning spelling may be bad in this post, I really need sleep)

Blocking energy is much more challenging than using it.  You can envision either a bubble or a shield surrounding and protecting you.  The bubble is more effective for all around and I've been playing with it for a while, still not good at it.

What's the difference between soul stealing and energy draining?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

One's an abstraction and one can be sexual.

[cptdeath]

1. i think it's the same thing just worded different. i would have to say there is a passionate exchange of energy or blending of the souls between lovers making for the best sex. in this form whatever is taken from one is replaced at they same time by the taker.

this is much different as it is very natural.

2. if you could the fuel that sheild use the stolen force to reserve more power for it. i'm not much for defensive magic myself. it sounds like it would be tough to rely on that as it would cost alot to maintain for extended periods and to have to protect all around even when not being attacked. to practice your sheild try to use it for extended periods at minimal, jus barley so as to keep it active at the back of your conciousness. at the end of the exercise extend it out for a short period and let it dissipate just like if you were to stretch out your arms as you yawn after a period of sitting idle. trying to consiously maintain a minimal and not letting it slip out of control to a higher level will most likley allow more control and confidence in your ability.

3 when active at a slight minimal and suddenly attacked in a direct manner you should eventually be able to react by focusing energy just to the parts of the sheild that recieve impact(i guess impact is a lose term) while still maintaining the other parts of the sheild at minnimal. this is a new way to precieve a higher level of sheild technology. of course a sudden powerfull push to cause the boubble to expand could catch an opponent off guard as the see the minimal and missjudge your range a way to use your deffense offensivley. off course if it misses you'll most likley be vounerable. a gamble of a tactic.

4 i would if ever to encounter a sheild like this expect to draw out your focus to one area as it would be easier to draw it in from the point of your focus then having to attack this energy in it's generalized form it would take longer and it would not have such an immidiate effect. but thats what everything i did would lead up to, over and over. attempting to get you to expell energy from a more focused point. i can walk right through a sheild but then it's all around me is'nt it.

5 define abstraction please i'm illiterate. wich is the abstraction and why by your observation

6 for the general beginers out there: i had mentioned in a private lesson earlier a simple exercise that will allow you to develope an asteral perception. now class it's simple. the point of the exercise is to allign all 5 senses to create a sixth sense.

next time at cc stand at the podium over the crowd and try it.

1 close eyes,clear your mind. inhale as slow as you can through your nose deep from the diaphram or your center of gravity.

2 slowly exhale through the mouth with your tounge depressed against the roof of your mouth.

3 repeat a few time keeping eyes closed for now.

4 around the third or fourth breath begin to become concious of one sens of perception at a time.

5 start first with smell as you inhale, remain concious of this as you include taste as you exhale

6 move on then to touch. feel the wood your leaning on in your hands the clothes on your back the shoes on your feet all at once.

keep breathing, eyes closed

7 as you maintin the senses your up to keeping your mind still clear add hearing to your consious efforts feel the air pressure around you feel the walls as the sound reverberates off of them feel it like a blind man hear it taste it smell it your touching it.

8 now just before you open those eyes remmember what it looks like before you look jus as you open those eyes.

9 the tricky part as you open your eyes just add that perception to the whole without letting it overshadow any of the other senses.

10 it's easy to get back on track if you screw up or lose focus there is no reason to ever let this exercise frustrate you.

also try this around hounted places but don't get to close unless you think you'll be able to handle it.

okay lesson over

[Homicidalheathen]

suck me.

[BrassFusion]

suck me.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I challenged him to do me, first, but he wouldn't do it.

[sudokryst]

Simple counter to soul draining*:

1) Compress preferred hand into fist.

2) Project thumb out of fist, such that thumb presses down on first finger and tip extends past knuckle.

3) With a smooth, driving motion, strike opponent's trachia with tip of thumb. Make sure to get your hips into the blow... that's the difference between a bruise and a tombstone.

And remember... HAVE FUN!

*This tutorial is intended for entertainment purposes only :innocent

[DJ Nocker]

lol, you have gotta be kidding