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AABN:  16035
Title: a book entitled, 'Psionic Theory'

Psionic Theory

by Archduke Parn Greyhaven

Magic is the ability to shape, control, harness, and utilize forces that
infuse the natural world and surround its inhabitants.  It is based on the
principle that through the use of incantations, somatics, and mana, these
external energies can be controlled and manipulated.

The key element of the previous statement is "external energy".  Magical
effects are produced externally by manipulating outside forces.  The power
does not come from inside the mage, cleric, druid or necromancer casting a
spell, but from somewhere else.  Mages draw their power from the cosmos,
and clerics attract power from the deities that they serve.  Druids gain
power from nature, and necromancers harvest it from the unseen spirits and
energies that surround us.

Another theory exists for gaining this power, and it is from within
oneself.  Not external energy, but internal energy.  This is called
psionics.  A psionicist shapes, controls, harnesses, and utilizes natural
forces that infuse his own being.  His effort is focused inward rather than
outward.  He must be completely in touch with and aware of even the tiniest
workings of his body and mind.

"Is psionics just another type of magic?"  That clearly is not the case,
but the question is misinformed because psionics is not magic.  Psionics is
the complete opposite of this.

This type of knowledge comes from long and intense meditation coupled with
intimate knowledge of anatomy.  The psionicist finds enlightenment in both
complete exhaustion and complete relaxation, in both pain and pleasure. 
The mind and body are only parts of a much greater unity.  Indeed,
discussing one without the other, as so many people do, seems nonsensical
to a psionicist.  They cannot be separated.  The body produces energy and
vitality, the mind gives it shape and reality.

Neither does the psionicist study or pray for his powers.  He carries them
with him wherever he goes.  As long as his mind and body are prepared, his
powers are available to him.