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Cybermancy refers to the act of using computer-driven divination systems. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. These systems may be based upon oracles originally created in non-electric media ( i. An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion an Infallible authority usually spiritual in nature e. , Tarot, Runes, or I Ching ) or may exist solely as software constructs. The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one The I Ching ( Wade-Giles) or “Yì Jīng” ( Pinyin) also called “Classic of Changes” or “Book of Changes” is one of the oldest of the These are usually divination programs, but may include reference materials, such as programs which track the phase of the moon, which practitioners of ritual magic need for timing their spells. Divination (from Latin divinare "to be inspired by a god" related to Divine, Diva and Deus) is the attempt of ascertaining Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a Conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events objects people and Astrologers have long used computers to create astrology charts. Astrology (from Greek grc ἄστρον astron, "constellation star" and grc -λογία -logia) is a group of Systems

Wherever known, cybermancy is controversial, and practitioners of divination tend to have mixed feelings towards it. A controversy or dispute is a commencement of a conflict between statements of accepted fact and a new or unaccepted proposal that disagrees with argues against Some people feel that having a physical medium (such as cards, in the case of Tarot) is important for channeling the correct energies, and that the "cold" interface between the practitioner and computer interferes with the lively, natural, human element required to perform divination. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. Others feel that the concept of divination remains essentially the same; the computer is a tool, just like a deck of cards, which assists the practitioner in focusing their energy on divination.

A simple example of cybermancy is the act of surfing to a random web page on the Internet in the hope of receiving divinatory guidance from its content - similar in this respect to bibliomancy. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Bibliomancy is the use of books in Divination. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses for 'magical medicine' for removing negative entities (This practice is described, but not named, in The Urban Primitive, page 184. )

Cybermancy has also appeared in role-playing games. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. For instance, in Shadowrun, cybermancy refers to a complex mixture of magic and implant technology (called cybertechnology), that allows the soul of a person to be trapped in an otherwise dead cyborg body. Shadowrun is a pen-and-paper Role-playing game set in an imaginary future where huge corporations control the lives of their employees and the return of magic has This procedure is not without its drawbacks though. The implant technology increases the chance of cancer and there is a constant threat of death (as the body is technically dead already). Many mages also state that individuals that have gone through this process have what is defined as a negative soul. Like a void that calls out to all living things to fill it. This makes casting magic around these people very difficult.

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