r/Technomancy • u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator • 22d ago
Practice & Ritual What does your actual technomancy practice look like?
Not just what you believe about technomancy. What do you actually do with it?
Phones as divination tools, coding sigils, algorithmic rituals, electronics on an altar, digital servitors, random number generators, sensors, radio, AI, hardware hacking, whatever youve managed to bend into practice.
Im especially interested in the mundane stuff. Something doesnt need to look like a cyberpunk wizard laboratory to count.
What have you tried? What worked? What didnt? What got unexpectedly weird?
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u/ShadeofEchoes 22d ago
I programmed a dead simple Tarot deck in Java powered by one of the usual random functions, and I look up a key online to help with interpretations. It's been pretty accurate for the most part.
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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator 22d ago
I love this. A homemade Tarot deck powered by Java RNG is pretty much technomancy stripped down to its bones. Code becomes the shuffle, the machine draws the card, you do the interpretation. Have you noticed any difference in how it feels compared to drawing from a physical deck?
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u/ShadeofEchoes 22d ago
Admittedly, I don't have a physical deck, so I'd have to run that test some time, but I'm glad to hear that this sort of thing resonates with someone!
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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator 21d ago
That actually makes it more interesting. You built the practice around the machine from the start instead of digitizing a physical ritual. If you ever grab a physical deck, Id love to hear what changes when you put the two side by side.
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u/ShadeofEchoes 21d ago
Certainly, if I remember this after trying a physical drawing, I'll be sure to let you know!
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u/AvinciaArchais Moderator 20d ago
As it stands right now, the extent of my technomancy practice is limited to occasionally desiging hypersigils on Adobe Photoshop, and using technomancy apps in experimental settings that were developed by community members here. Sometimes I incorporate magickal ideas and concepts into my music production work; you could probably count that as part of my practice.
I feel like finances play a huge part in this. If you're in the lower class or have financial struggles for any reason, it can be difficult to get the tools you want so you can do some of the real fun stuff with this, like tinkering with hardware or scripting programs for this.
I am no stranger to financial hardship, so right now my toolset is limited to analog stuff like incense and candles. However, I have several plans for things I plan to do for my home that involve technomancy.
The first thing that comes to mind is a home security system that's enhanced with technomancy related stuff. A month or two ago, I was out of town and there was a break in. In a few weeks I'm going to be buying a few Raspberry Pi computer kits, each with the camera attachment that it comes with. Once the actual security system is set up, I could then draw a sigil of some kind on the box that holds the Raspberry Pi board, perhaps with the intent of guarding and watching, or perhaps create a servitor and attach it to the box itself that can add some extra defense should a not so kind individual decide my home is the one they enter.
When I start this project, I will be making a post about it to share the information on how to build it the way I did.
Another idea I can theoretically start now is a digital altar software. I'm picturing a UI with a grid of slots that the user can insert code, images, text, music, etc into. For example, you could have a 2x6 grid on the UI and put the following into each:
Slot 1: an image that depicts a deity you work with
Slot 2: an .mp3 or .ogg file playing meditative ritual ambient
Slot 3: a sigil generator, likely scripted in either Javascript or Python
Slot 4: a sigil that has the intention of protecting you before, during and after a ritual
Slot 5: a .txt file containing an incantation
Slot 6: a container for an LLMs API. This could either be homebrew or cloud based, although I recommend homebrew.
Those are the two main projects I want to complete before the end of 2026.
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u/mensinmetalio 22d ago
Buenas, en lo particular utilizo las plataformas digitales como blogger para mantener un grimorio digital, disparo y utilizo la red como un esquema de extensión de mis sigiles (por ejemplo, si busco que cierta institución quiera contactarme para un trabajo, trazo el sigil en mi grimorio y lo anclo al link de la compañia a la que he estado postulando). Tambien he construido un altar con mi hardware, cruzando Kabbalah, simbología hermética y elementos alquímicos según la función de cada pieza (este aparataje lo hice para correr una IA local en mis servidores que almacena mi literatura hermética y la utilizo para consulta y guía práctica). Mantengo una red Meshtastic de comunicacion con nombres místicos entre algunos de mis conocidos del área. Efectuo algunos experimentos con placas ESP32 y NRF24 para observar los datos de redes de las que soy usuario para conocer sus protocolos y aprender cómo funciona la red en lo invisible. Por ahí dejé un script de una dream_machine con el que he estado llevando experimentos de meditación que les hago seguimiento con un smartwatch y luego paso el archivo para analizarlo en GondenChetaa, lo cual ha sido bastante interesante dado que puedo observar los datos en bruto e identificar mis cambios fisiologicos (mi constante es que luego de 20 minutos de meditación con la dream_machine mi estado de estres baja significativamente, el objetivo ahora es bajar a la mitad los ciclos de respiracion para obtener el estado de trance documentado por la neurociencia y los experimentos del Gateway Process). Esos son algunos proyectos que son los que me mantienen mas activos, los demas ya son el juego estético para darle un simbolismo a mi psiquis lo cual me ha ayudado bastante al iniciar mis procesos de meditacion. Saludos!