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A favorite sci-fi speculation of mine is that all that goofy geomancy and similar "edge of seeming like it means something" stuff in occultism is some alien int
by api 6y ago
A favorite sci-fi speculation of mine is that all that goofy geomancy and similar "edge of seeming like it means something" stuff in occultism is some alien intelligence attempting to send us the knowledge required to come visit them. They've found some exotic way to influence minds at a distance, or to transmit information such that minds might "resonate" with it, or something. What we end up getting are distorted glimpses of theories of quantum gravity, how to build an Alcubierre drive, etc., but we think its angels, demons, and ghosts and basically construct a cargo cult around it.
- Gravityloss 6y agoArthur C. Clarke: Childhood's End
- nine_k 6y agoRather like Lem's "His Master's Voice" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice_(novel))
- funnybeam 6y agoSounds like an Interocitor
- Izkata 6y agoDrop the occulty aspect and this is the premise of the 1985 movie Explorers: A kid sees in a dream what he thinks is a circuit board, so he takes a drawing to a techy friend of his who fills in the missing parts and builds it. Turns out to create a solid floating sphere, that they get the idea to use for space travel - and end up meeting the aliens that sent them the dreams. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al75vXD6koc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al75vXD6koc (That said, the stylized form of the circuit in the dream could totally be the source of the occulty aspects - a gear looking like a sun, for example, as seen in the trailer at about 0:23, not to mention the flying aspect)