Spiritual Technology
The Begining of a Series Intended for Those Trying to Find Something that Works for Them
This series is for people who feel drawn to spirituality but haven’t found a practice that truly works for them.
We’ll explore different spiritual “technologies” as structured methods, akin to scientific tools each designed to produce specific inner and outer results.
Not to push a path, or any particular system of belief but to help find the one that actually fits.
While nobody can realistically claim to have tried them all to a sufficient level of mastery to speak of all of them. I for one have experience with many and intend to continue to do so. If you wish to join me in discovering spirituality and mysticism without subscribing fully to any particular solution, this is a good time to do so.
Scientific Technology vs. Spiritual Technology
When we hear the word technology, we think of science.
Microchips.
Medicine.
AI.
But technology, at its core, simply means:
A structured method designed to produce a result.
A telescope extends sight.
An airplane extends mobility.
A vaccine extends immunity.
In that sense, many spiritual practices function like technologies, or at least it’s usefull to be viewed as such.
While belief is part of the mechanism that makes them function, there are practices and results that when starting will be beyong belief.
First we explore and try, results start to show, then we start to believe, then it gets good.
Scientific Technology vs. Spiritual Technology
Scientific technology works primarily on the external world.
Engines move objects.
Algorithms process data.
Electricity powers systems.
Spiritual technology works primarily through consciousness and sometimes beyond it.
An intuitive walk feeds our creativity.
Meditation is the gym for our attention.
Prayer builds connection to the unseen.
Sound healing releases trauma.
Tarot reveals the subconscious.
Ritual brings us to a trance.
Trances bring us into contact with the unseen.
Lucid Dreaming reprograms the subconscious.
Astral Travel shows us the endless complexity of consciousness.
Each practice has results, then one practice builds and refines us for the other.
Both require practice.
Both require precision.
Both can be misunderstood.
Both can be used poorly.
Different Tools for Different Nervous Systems
Not everyone responds to the same spiritual technology.
Some people are naturally contemplative.
Meditation works for them quickly.
Others are relational.
Prayer or deity work feels alive and responsive.
Some are symbolic thinkers.
Tarot or astrology speaks clearly to them.
Others are somatic.
Breathwork or movement opens everything.
Just as some people prefer Macs and others Linux,
some respond to meditation,
others to sigil work.
Each person has different affinities.
Why Compare Them at All?
Because spirituality is often approached randomly.
A bit of meditation here.
A spell there.
A form of alternative therapy when emotional.
A prayer when desperate.
As scientific technology presses buttons in a laboratory. Spiritual practices can be seen as such. They are systems.
And systems reward coherence,
They need constant improvement,
Maintenance breaks and new equipment.
What This Series Will Explore
This series will compare different spiritual technologies:
What they are designed to do
What kind of person they suit
What kind of results they tend to produce
Where they overlap
Where they contradict each other
From foundational practices like breath regulation
to more complex practices like invocation or ritual timing.
Because spiritual maturity isn’t about doing everything.
It’s about finding the technology that actually works for you,
Learning to use it well,
Mastering if it solves your needs,
Finding suitable replacements and upgrades if your growth renders it obsolete.
"Meditation is the gym for our attention." I like how you worded that.