Step-by-step procedures: what you need, when to do them, and what can go wrong.
A procedure
Digital banishing
Close the working with a digital gesture and a return to ordinary attention.
What it is
To make the end of a working deliberate.
At a glance
- When
- At the end of every working.
How to do it
- Name the working.
- Close every tab, window or account used for it.
- Clear the namespaced storage or cache.
- Write the close line in the ledger.
- Do something ordinary for ten minutes.
- Do not reopen the working until the next session.
What you need
- The Digital Banishing Switch or a checklist
- The ledger
- A closing line
A worked example
The switch closes the working window, removes the storage key, logs 'closed 22:14' and opens a blank page.
What can go wrong
- The working is left open 'in case'.
- The close is performed but the attention does not return.
- The switch clears data that ordinary work needs.
Background
Keeping a record
A close line with the date and the method.
Related entries
Instruments
Practices
Related
One of 110 entries in the Technomancy workshop. How a working is built Is it wrong somewhere?
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Every entry that names Digital banishing, grouped by section.
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- Cast a glitch oracle Related
- Record an EVP session Related
- Consult an AI oracle Related
❖ Workings 4
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- The Solar Sigil Card Protocols
- The Mars Firewall Ward Protocols
- The Jupiter Archive Blessing Protocols
⚙ Instruments 2
- The Digital Banishing Switch Protocols
- The Random Rite Generator Protocols
✧ Practices 2
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- Cyber banishing Protocols
▤ Glossary 1
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- Cast a glitch oracle Question, aspect, source, capture, reading and close.
- Consult an AI oracle Question, aspect, prompt, reading, independent check and close.
- Close an egregore A public close: announce, archive, release the members and mark the record.
- Forge a sigil The full sigil procedure: sentence, reduction, glyph, aspect, charge, hide, forget.
New entries, when they land
Occasional notes when a section of the grimoire is added or revised. No account, no tracking across sites, and one line to leave.