Katagami-sama, The All-Purpose Servitor Options

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「Katagami-sama」

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誕生日: 一月五日二千六年

The characters used to spell Katagami-sama's name mean "God of Forms." By "forms," the implication is of "martial arts forms." But as it stands, this name "God of Forms" is meant as a slight pun concerning his fox-spirit attributes of shape-shifting.

Katagami-sama (the name) is, in actuality, an acronym for a much longer name. His full name is Kagayakashikute Taiyouno Shiniryuu-Kitsune-Sama. (The "gami" part is an alternative pronunciation for the character that is pronounced here as "shin" meaning "divine" or "god".) In Japanese the full name looks like this: 輝かしくて太陽の神竜狐様. This can be translated as "Glorious Solar Draconic Fox God."

He is an all-purpose being, more than a simple servitor. At this point in time, only one who has a contract with him can call upon him for assistance, and there is a specific format for the contract. This ensures that he will only respond to as many people as he can handle. As he evolves and grows he will be able to take on more contracts. There are no limitations on him except that his power can grow only in direct proportion to his wisdom, and as his wisdom grows, so does his compassion.

Katagami-sama's greatest asset is his growing understanding of hitsuzen. The Kodansha Japanese Desk Dictionary (Second Edition) defines hitsuzen as:

A natural fore-ordained event. A state in which other outcomes are impossible. A result which can only be obtained by a single causality, and other causalities would necessarily create different results.

I will be using this thread to build upon Katagami-sama, proposing experiments, posting results, and offering contracts on his behalf. Please be advised: Everything surrounding Katagami-sama and his operations will be terribly auspicious. I will not speak in common Chaos Magic lingo, but you're absolutely free to think in such terminology. The reason for this is to build a reality around Katagami-sama, free from the trappings of foreign paradigms. This will be the way of things until such a time that Katagami can navigate paradigms as proficiently as a human being (at the very least).

Katagami-sama is not yet ready to be employed as he is still in development. I have purchased a box (seen below) in which I have lined the bottom with ashes from incense. I have also placed six drops of sandalwood oil. The box is kept closed at all times during his development.

..:: 優雅さ ::..

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Today I began work on a mandala to aid with divination. Katagami-sama requested that he help with the project. Here is what we came up with:

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The standard three-interlocking squares with the symbols for the four directions, the elements I associate with them, the Sun, and the Moon were all my influence. Katagami-sama suggested that instead of simply having the symbol of the moon in the lower right corner, I should spend more time on it, putting in symbols for the lunar cycle. It was also his idea to include the tai chi and the i-ching trigrams in the center. It was also his idea to include four hanzi (Chinese characters) that appear on i-ching coins. I opted to place the Tibetan syllables for the mantra "om mani padme hum" around it, and Katagami-sama suggested that I place Tara's mantra in there as well.

This piece will be used for performing readings using the i-ching or tarot (I still have a deck that I haven't used in years). Since Katagami-sama's influence helped in the creation of this piece, it is partially dedicated to him. It is also dedicated to the enlightened masters who help in the art of divination itself. I plan to have it laminated as soon as I can get to a place that does lamination.

Also: You can click on each image to see a little playing around in Photoshop I did with each.