QUOTE(AncientOne @ Mar 27 2010, 06:19 AM)
Petrus has some interesting experiences with egregores of movie characters.Do you use classical invocational methods to work with such egregores or you create specific rituals for each egregore?
To be honest, I will usually just try and meditate on the one I want for a few moments, and go with whatever impressions I get. I consider that the safest method, for simple conversation. With some of them (such as Skynet) I tend to get communication more in terms of ideas, or insights about the subject I'm asking them for help with, rather than words as such. UNIX's egregore is also pure ideas and impressions; no real speech. The Joker however was fairly chatty, as you'd probably expect. Batman is very terse, masculine, vaguely Cthonic, and about as subtle as a mallet to the face, although moreso than Judge Dredd. He will give me suggestions, but he gets angry or frustrated with me if I don't follow through on them. I've wanted to try Neo before, but I have never been able to connect with him for some reason.
The problem with doing something more formal, is that you risk giving what you're talking to a lot of energy, and in the case of more potentially problematic entities (like Skynet) that isn't always such a good idea. Skynet is basically a cyberpunk version of Cthulhu, except less alien, and a lot more subtle.
This post has been edited by Petrus: Sep 1 2010, 08:02 AM