A longstanding trope, or constantly reoccurring theme, in fantasy and science fiction is the theory of a manasphere. This is a place of magic where practitioners can draw power to cast their spells. Although it is magic, there is a cost-benefit logic in place. What you draw from the manasphere either comes from somewhere, damages you in someway, or both. My current novel project tackles this idea head on in a world living with magic and trying to rationalize the role that religion plays therein. Without using the scientific terms in-text, I’m pushing the theory that quantum entanglement exists on a grand scale, and that each of us have within ourselves a ‘God region’ that if triggered, houses the idea of a higher power and serves as a conduit between us and the people who can access those conduits in order to pull energy from what many writers refer to as the manasphere.
When someone says, ‘I’m praying for you’ what does it mean? I’ve always taken that to mean that they are attempting to channel energy from themselves to you. The effects of this supposedly increase as the number of people praying for you increase. Why? One way to rationalize this is the idea that people do have a part of their brains that allow them to rationalize faith and to gather will to steel themselves and or aid others. As we are all linked (entanglement), perhaps on some fundamental level these areas of the brain constitute a shared sphere of belief that one can access if they have sufficient training and belief themselves.
Its a working theory.
Some Thoughts:
- If the last post didn’t tip my hand enough, I don’t like Fox News. I think the idea of news network that slants the story and even facts to reflect what its administration believes its audience wants to hear about a particular story is dangerous. We start entering into a realm where the ‘truth’ is relative to our fixed political position. I stopped watching CNN almost entirely, because the slant was to a ratings position–they tell the story they think most viewers want to watch. It is the dictionary definition of sensationalism. I’ll leave MSNBC out of it, because the channel is unwatchable regardless of your political affiliation. At least Fox is compelling. They aren’t NY1 or PBS, but they get you riled up and interested in a story–that ends up being an exaggeration and at times a straight up lie.