The workshop vocabulary: a short definition and a practical note for each term.
A definition
Sigil
A condensed glyph made from a statement of intent and charged in a state of gnosis.
What it is
A condensed glyph made from a statement of intent and charged in a state of gnosis.
In practice
The glyph is the easy part. The charge, the forgetting and the record are what make it a working rather than a drawing.
Related entries
Related
One of 110 entries in the Technomancy workshop. How a working is built Is it wrong somewhere?
Mentioned by 2
Every entry that names Sigil, grouped by section.
▤ Glossary 2
- Charge Related
- Forgetting Related
More in Glossary
The entries either side of this one in the same section.
- Technomancy Magic made with technical systems: a working that uses a machine, a network or a program as its medium or its instrument.
- Charge The moment a symbol is loaded with intention and attention, usually in an altered state.
- Ledger An append-only record of constructs, feedings, readings and closings.
- Gnosis A narrowed, non-discursive state used to launch a working: drumming, breath, dance, exhaustion, sexual excitation or a long still sit.
- Field record The dated note of what was done, what was expected and what happened.
- Forgetting The deliberate dropping of a sigil's wording after it is charged, so the conscious mind stops editing the result.
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.