Hearing how XM, portals and the Ingress Scanner Device may have caused 'Shaping' made for a compelling read...
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Hearing how XM, portals and the Ingress Scanner Device may have caused 'Shaping' made for a compelling read yesterday. I'm reminded of Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law... "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," in particular because if we operate under the assumption that past civilizations have encountered Exotic Matter Portals as well, their interaction with them would not have been aided by such modern technologies as Scanner Devices.
Today we get to look at the third image from Carrie Campbell's Vision Journal. It continues upon the same theme, and as with the previous ones there is an incredible amount of data to parse as we seek to find meaning in this frenetic mix of inspiration, chaos and epiphany.
I hope that in our conversation today we will be able to continue to uncover meaning and ideas from within this artifact as we have with the first two Journal Pages. I continue to be amazed by some of the observations that have been made, and have no doubt that we will be able to assemble these insights into a map with which we can begin to navigate our way through this exciting and uncharted territory.
While today's Journal page will certainly require much thought, I was particularly struck by the idea of 'Shaping' and what that might mean, not just today, but across time. My question today is, how might 'Shaping' have affected us across time? What major figures in our past may have been Shaped, and how might this have affected the today we exist in now? (A passcode reward for thoughtful contributions, as always.)
Dive Deeper:
Journal Page #1: http://goo.gl/U8ojW
Journal Page #2: http://goo.gl/tmKKJb
The Shaper Glyphs Package: http://goo.gl/oTy9q
Felicia Hajra-Lee's novel, The Niantic Project: Ingress, is available on Google Play ( https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=BKE4MsCPlX8C ) and in the Amazon e-book store ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Niantic-Project-Ingress-ebook/dp/B00CTSZQ9Q ). #nianticprojectingress
My take on the "shaping" idea is that throughout human history and anthropology we come across a plethora of "missing links" which neither forensic nor anthropogenic methods have been successful in explaining.
ReplyDeleteThis leaves me to conclude that the aforementioned "missing link" phenomena is in fact a manifestation of the outside influence of xm anomalies and/or shaper influence.
My only concern is, if these leaps forward are indeed the result of intelligent ingress, the only question that remains is; Are "their" intentions hostile or benign?
I prefer:
ReplyDelete"Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
Charles Frager You make a compelling argument that Shapers = all explanations of dieties in all cultures. Taken in that context the answer to your question would be: *Yes *. For if that is what they are then there are surely both alliances on that side of the firewall. Assuming Shapers exist, why do we follow on with the assumption that they have a united purpose? How do we know the same battle for control isn't happening in their world too?
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