A sample from the article published in Magick on the Edge From Immanion Press.

A few years back I was watching Star Trek one day, as well as a healthy dose of Sliders and Quantum Leap on television.· It was probably a couple years before I started magical work.· I watched as the multiple realities converged in the space/time continuum.· Thousands of Enterprises representing different possibilities appeared on the screen.· Of course, many of these possibilities represented very different realities from the show’s normal reality.· I watched and nodded with the intuitive little voice that said yep and ignored the message.· Of course, years later I would and could not so easily ignore that inner voice.· These shows loosely refer to a theory in quantum physics known as the “Other Worlds” or “Many Worlds” theory.

Basically, the many worlds theory states that any event that has multiple possibilities creates a new quantum universe for each possibility.· Stated another way, all possibilities from all choices exist somewhere in the quantum soup or matrix of possibilities.· I am not a mathematician nor a physicist but if I really struggle with the math involved I can get some basic equations completed.· The math and physics just do not inspire me. However, the idea does.· I pursued a shamanic way of thinking about quantum realities and unlike the show Sliders, threw out the notion that a magnetic destablilizer was needed to access other quantum realities.·· For a long time, I was hesitant to talk about the other worlds theory with other magicians because I could not get tangible results from the process of learning how to work with the quantum matrixes that the other world theory presents.· I have however, in the last year, been able to get real world results by figuring out ways to manipulate and use those quantum strings.

The theory was approached shamanically through deep meditations, visualizations and even vision quests.· I truly have much more work to complete, with my observations, but I was able to work backwards with the help of some recent movies to provide the ideas.·· This allowed me to provide some of the foundation steps to work with the theory that I did not have.· Of course, the most influential movie was “What the Bleep do we Know?”· While potential technically inaccurate, the movie generated tremendous hype, excitement, and enthusiasm in some of the most magically inclined individuals.· I decided to experiment with two of the more interesting characters in the movie, Dr. Quantum and Duke Reginald (aka Reggie).· Dr. Quantum is the comic book hero mentioned in the movie and Duke Reginald was the small African-American child on the unending court of possibilities.

Foundational Ritual 1:

This is a variant of a ritual I have tried several times with several successes.

Walking the Quantum Worlds: Dr. Quantum and Duke Reginald (aka Reggie)

Statement of Intent: To walk the quantum worlds and be introduced to the quantum possibilities.

Participants should banish by their preferred method.

Each participant should quietly sit and meditatively breathe for 15-20 minutes while clearing their heads.· At this point, each participant should extend some white string between each participant, back and forth, to create an interconnected mesh of connections.· While tossing the string back and forth, the participants should evoke Dr. Quantum and Duke Reginald.

A simple evocation for this is to simply ask Duke Reginald and Dr. Quantum to come forward while concentrating completely on the interconnected threads that should represent the quantum possibilities and threads. Ouranian Barbarian or sigilization can be used to form a mantra to repeat, to deepen and strengthen the trance state. During my first couple rituals, we used a black light reactive string with a black light strobe light. Participants should visualize and imagine the interconnected threads as the quantum matrix of endless possibilities. Once gnosis has been achieved, the participants should ask Dr. Quantum and Duke Reginald to impart knowledge of how to access and manipulate the quantum matrixes to manifest, skip to, or experience other quantum realities. When all participants come out of the trance state, everyone should banish the state by first destroying the interconnected strings and then laughing. I have done this ritual several times and found it very effective. At this point in my magical development, I have found I no longer need the help of Duke Reginald and Dr. Quantum to access the quantum matrixes shamanically . . .

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