#life force

[desimonewayland]

Rockwell Kent

Starlight (Burne-Jones 52), 1930

Wood engraving on wove paper

Bonhams

#rockwell kent #wood engraving #stars #night #1930s #american art #lifeforce #life force

[retroscifiart]

Art by Takashi Terada for Lifeforce (1985) and later Crimson Glory’s album Transcendence (1988)

#life force #crimson glory #Takashi Terada #lifeforce

[movieposters1]

#life force

[scarlet--wiccan]

Is Wanda a reality warper or was that just the Life Force?

Just as a reminder, I have a detailed breakdown of Wanda's powers in this post.

Wanda has the capacity for reality warping because of her status as a nexus being, but it's not supposed to be part of her "normal" powers that she uses on a regular basis, and it also comes with specific costs and limitations. People get confused about this because, in 2004, House of M and Disassembled threw all of the established lore about Wanda's powers out the window and insisted that she was just an ultra-powerful mutant reality warper with "schizophrenia". The Life Force retcon in Children's Crusade was an attempt to bring the character back in line with the way her powers are supposed to work, and also restore her agency and dignity. Unfortunately, people still conflate chaos magic with reality warping.

Here's the simplest explanation I can manage:

As a nexus, Wanda is a natural conduit for magic, which means that she can channel almost any kind of power from any source, and she has an integral connection to the fabric of reality and the multiverse. She is able to subliminally alter reality by channelling high levels of magical power and funneling it through that connection. "Subliminal" is the key word, here-- she very rarely has conscious control over this power. It comes with a lot of risk, too-- in the past, Wanda was easily overwhelmed and would experience mental breaks with reality, putting herself and others at risk. She also becomes very vulnerable to possession and outside influence.

Think of it like an aperture-- once she opens herself up this power, anything can come through, and it can be hard for her to stop. Before HoM, we saw this with her babies and Mephisto, as well as Immortus in Avengers West Coast, Lore in Scarlet Witch (1995) and Morgana in the late-90s Avengers.

So, TL:DR, yes, reality warping is one of Wanda's natural abilities, but it's very circumstancial, and it's not supposed to be something she can do freely.

#wanda maximoff #life force #reality warping

[arcadebroke]

#arcade gaming #arcade machine #arcade cabinet #retro gaming #arcade #video games #gaming #design #salamander #life force #shmup #shmups #shoot'em up

[cineolho]

LIFEFORCE (1985)

Dir. TOBE HOOPER

#life force #lifeforce #tobe hooper #1985 #80s cinema #scifi #science fiction #horror #vampire #thriller #vampires #aliens #outer space #mathilda may #steve railsback #peter firth #frank finlay #patrick stewart #michael gothard #henry mancini #80s horror #behind the scenes #80s movies #cannon group #mgm #metro goldwyn mayer #behindthecamera #analog #seduction #spaceship

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Leonora Carrington (English-Mexican, 1917-2011, b. Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England, d. Mexico City, Mexico) - La Silla: Daghda Tuatha dé Dannaan, 1955, Paintings: Oil on Canvas, Private Collection

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Ray Kurzweil: “I describe myself as a patternist, and believe that if you put matter and energy in just the right pattern you create something that transcends it. Technology is a good example of that: you put together lenses and mechanical parts and some computers and some software in just the right combination and you create a reading machine for the blind. It’s something that transcends the semblance of parts you’ve put together. That is the nature of technology, and it’s the nature of the human brain. Biological molecules put in a certain combination create the transcending properties of human intelligence; you put notes and sounds together in just the rightcombination, and you create a Beethoven symphony or a Beatles song. So patterns have a power that transcends the parts of that pattern.” “

Ray Kurzweil, American author, inventor and futurist, cited in Jason Silva, Connecting All The Dots, Dec 10, 2010 (via amiquote)

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"...emotions really exist at the bottom of the personality or at the top. in the middle they are acted. this is why all the world is a stage." 

-Iris Murdoch

#Leonora Carrington #about art #life force #quotes #Ray Kurzweil #Iris Murdoch #all the world is a stage

[fancypantsrecords]

Konami Kukeiha Club - Annivserary Collection: Arcade Classics -Selected Soundtrack- | Limited Run Games | 2023 | Black

#konami kukeiha club #anniversary collection: arcade classics #limited run games #vinyl #black vinyl #lp #music #records #record collection #vgm #video game music #konami #haunted castle #a-jax #gradius #nemesis #vulcan venture #life force #thunder cross #twinbee

[wayti-blog]

"Our soul stores all our feelings. Everything that we experience and feel is absorbed by our soul. Our whole life and all our memories are part of our soul, as a result of which our life of feeling becomes more spacious and more conscious.

From our soul comes the impetus [the force or energy with which a body moves/lives] as a result of which we make the main decisions in our life. Our soul leads us, gives us strength to persevere. She is the driving force to make the most of our life. Our soul recognizes the people who are part of our life, as a result of which we feel attracted to those people."

"We are more soul than body. Our soul is eternal, our body temporary. Our physical body only serves our soul for this one earthly life. As soul, we connect ourselves with the fertilized egg cell in the mother who can receive us. We ourselves are the life that inspires and steers this cell to growth. For our whole life, our soul feeds our body with life force, until her life task has been completed."

o

#soul #energy #life force #eternal life #divine spark #spirit #consciousness #material planes #earth school #evolution #spiritual evolution #physical evolution #reincarnation #life path #soul journey #soul path #soul cycle #life plan #feeling #love

[marioriobreskic]

Recently got into “Scavengers Reign” because of a thread on Threads in which a couple of people mentioned it.

While “Scavengers Reign” is not free of gore or horror, I find it interesting to watch. But the gore and the horror are more of the kind you would expect from an alien ecosystem running a bit on a sort of dream logic, if I make sense saying that.

I am not a critic or a reviewer, or even a fan of anything, really, but like I have mentioned towards a friend on Twitter earlier today, if you enjoyed the works of René Laloux, and Dan O‍’Bannon, you might like it, since it strongly reminds me of these two.

#scavengers reign #dan o'bannon #rené laloux #fantastic planet #time masters #gandahar #alien #life force #total recall #watching

[gubtus]

#stutz #psychology #life force #pyramid #people #body #yourself #jonah hill #phil stutz #netflix

[desimonewayland]

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard examinant le feuillage d'un arbre (prise de vue de Marthe), circa 1900 et 1901

négatif sur film souple au gélatino-bromure d'argent

Musée d’Orsay                                                   

#photography #pierre bonnard #garden #france #early 20th century #life force

[retrocgads]

USA 1990

#USA1990 #KONAMI #ACTION #ARCADE #IBM #C64 #AMSTRAD #SPECTRUM #MSX #X68000 #NES #TURBOGRAFX #AJAX #LIFE FORCE

[messias2049br]

#mathilda may #life force #cult movies

[majonohouseki]

A Bionicle Question About Matoro

Hey to anyone out there... do you think it was Matoro's soul that saved Mata Nui when he sacrificed himself to save him?

Because when Kopeke asked Hahli if Matoro was truly dead, she said this: “He is. But his life force brought Mata Nui back from the endless dark. So you could say that Matoro is a part of everything now – the sky, the waters, the sunlight, and every living thing that walks or flies or swims or crawls. Matoro is dead… but never truly gone… not as long as the Great Spirit Mata Nui exists.”

I've been wondering what that meant ever since I first read that part of the story. At first I thought it meant his soul was now a part of everything. After asking a few fans, one of them said it was up to interpretation, because not everyone believes souls exist, that some people believe life-force and souls are the same thing, but others believe they're completely different, that life-force is a presence/energy that gives life while souls continue to exist after death. They didn't believe in souls in the religious sense, so he thought Matoro's presence, energy was a part of everything.

The idea of Matoro's soul being everywhere made me feel better, because he may have been dead... but he was still truly there. The idea of his energy being everywhere... I don't even want to think about it, because he was never truly there, it's not really him, just the energy that radiated from him.

It was so horrible, soul-destroying, seeing what happened to Matoro. And the idea of Matoro not really being there... made me feel so much worse.

And lately I've discovered more and more evidence that it's not up to interpretation, and that he was turned into life-force rather than soul, both in the story, and in a few of the chats Greg Farshtey would answer questions to.

So if anyone has anything to say to object that, please do.

Here's some of the things I discovered in the Q@A chat logs with Mr. Farshtey. The red texts are the questions; the orange texts are the answers.

This one's an excerpt from the offical Greg diologue on February 1 2008. Toa Nidhiki05's Question: 1a. "Could the Ignika in theory bring several masks to life, than create bodies for them and have his own 'Toa' team?" 1b."If not, why?" Greg's Answer: 1) "No. While it is possible for the Ignika to bring things like rays of light to life, it cannot give something a mind. The Hau, for example, has no mind. So if you bring it to life, all you have is something that hungers, but it isn't going to think or go out and fight for right. It will be like a zombie, just driven by primal instinct"

These are all excerpts from the official Greg discussion. First one's from January 7 2006. Khote's Question: 12)"If the Nuva (Or another Toa team) succeed on finding the Mask of Life, it would just help to keep Mata Nui alive, but it wouldn't awaken him, right?" Greg's Answer: 12) "Right"

Second one's from March Second 2006. The Captain's Question: 6. "Can the MoLi actually take life away from a organism? Or can you not tell us yet?" Greg's Answer: "ANSWER: Yes, it can"

Third one's from June 9 2006. Code Name: Raven's Question: 1.) "Zaktan mentions that every 5000 years or so the MoLi is donned by a Toa, who is then incinerated from the energies released. Is this sacrifice needed to keep the universe from going crazy?" and 3.) "Is that what the Toa of Magnetism's team was doing?" Greg's Answer: 1) "Yes, although Zaktan is also buying into legends. The Mask does not get worn anywhere near that often, but as with most things, exaggeration sets in." and 3) "Yes"

Fourth one's from July 26 2006. Toa Lhikan Hordika's Question: 1) "Are the following actual powers of the Ignika: Future sight, hovering (more of an ability than a power), fusion, enlargement of other beings." Greg's Answer: 1) "Yes, along with other powers related to life, such as accelerating plant growth, healing, and who knows what else I will come up with. Think big picture -- eliminating the idea of resurrecting the dead (which it can't do), what else could the power of Life do?"

Fifth one's from October 16 2006. Little Zivon's Question: 3) "Could the Mask of Life help Makuta to get a physical body again?" Greg's Answer: 3) "Not directly, no. The mask can evolve existing things and give life to inanimate objects, but it cannot create life whole or create life with no spirit. Makuta needs a living or mechanical body with no spirit already in it."

Sixth one is from October 26 2006. Toa Haomin's Question: 8."Will we discover the mask of life's original purpose?" Greg's Answer: 8) "I can tell you that now -- the mask exists to regenerate the life energies of Mata Nui. That is its only purpose."

Seventh one is from October 28 2006. ToM Dracone's Question: 8. "The Mask of Life cannot bring inanimate objects to life, correct?" and 9. "If the above is the case, then I have a hypothesis as to why the Mask can't bring the dead back to life: firstly, after, say, a Matoran dies, his spirit lingers for a little, and then it disappears. Even if the Mask could give life to inanimate objects, it still couldn't call back the Matoran's spirit, and so without the spirit, the Matoran can't be revived. Is this right?" Greg's Answer: 8) "Yes, it can. What it cannot do is bring the dead back to life." and 9) "Exactly. And if your spirit is not there, you aren't back to life, you are just parts moving."

Eighth one is from March 1 2007. Kraahlix's Question: 3. "Can the Mask of Life take away life as Zaktan stated? "And with power over life also comes the power over death" or something..." Greg's Answer: "A. Yes"

I had found all these with the source of Ignika - The Great Archives

And here are more that I discovered regarding life-force and soul in the Bionicle world.

This first excerpt is from the official Greg dialogues. First one's from March 20 2008. Makuta Desaima's Question: 6- "What sort of things can the Toa Ignika do with its powers? Sap life, mutate beings, kill them, empower them etc?" and 7- "Is it possible for the Toa Ignika to bring any inanimate object to life? Can it reanimate dead beings?" Greg's Answer: 6) "And evolve them, and devolve them" and 7) "It cannot reanimate the dead, no. It can bring life to objects providing those objects have some organic molecules in them."

I found this with the source of https://biosector01.com/wiki/Ignika

And lastly, from the sources of https://biosector01.com/wiki/Life are these excerpts from the official Greg dialogue and official Greg discussion. The Shadow Makuta's Question: 6) "What is Toa Ignika's Nuva Blast effect?" Greg's Answer: 6) "Pretty much the same as what you would get if you shattered the Mask of Life -- everything -- EVERYTHING, rays of light, rocks, equipment, armor -- would come to life."

And from Takuta Nui: Q: "In MoL, all we saw of Takutanuva's powers was a revival of Jaller's life. I'm sure that was just a fraction of his full capability. Do you have a list of his powers, or at least an idea of the full extent of his strength?" and "Wait, so if part of Makuta's life-force was used to revive Jaller, then does that mean it was " poured " into him, or just " used ", then returned to Makuta's life-force?" "If those are the powers he has, then can he combine them into new powers, or all of them into one land-shaking blast?" Greg's Answer: A: "Actually, that was not so much a power as it was using part of Makuta's life force to bring him back. Takutanuva had all of Makuta's powers, including the 42 Rahkshi powers, and all of Takanuva's powers." and 1) "You can't give life force to someone and then have it flow back into you. If it did, the person you gave it to would drop dead."... 2) "He can't combine them into new powers, no. It's possible he could use more than one power at once, however."

These were all the quotes that stood out to me, that made it seem that Matoro not only wasn't turned into soul, but that whatever he was turned to isn't up to interpretation at all.

...ALSO THIS ToaOfPlastic on X: "The original backstory legend, (from the matoran's perspective of course) with more papu and rangi info. https://t.co/URw0LxnoNA" / X (twitter.com) It comes from a story bible from 2002. I think it's supposed to be a concept for the actual stories that would come.

If he really was life force and not soul... that would also mean that not only Matoro was turned into life-force, but that when Makuta died with the Great Spirit Robot, then as all the energies of the now dysfunctional robot would escape into the ether, including Matoro, meaning now he is truly gone.

I really do want to believe that Matoro's soul saved Mata Nui, that it's his soul that's everywhere now, and a part of him, but after discovering all of this... I don't want to give up hope or accept that he isn't but... I think Matoro is completely fucked.

#bionicle #matoro #soul #life force #questions

[scarlet--wiccan]

Is the Life Force Wanda’s power?

Not even remotely. I've broken down Wanda's powerset in detail here, so, read that first.

Avengers: Children's Crusade retroactively establishes that Wanda's mental state and heightened powers throughout HoM and the events which preceded it were brought on by something called the "Life Force." Wanda channeled this power, using her Nexus abilities, to resurrect Billy and Tommy, but it overwhelmed her. So, it's definitely something that is external to Wanda, not an intrinsic part of her powers.

So, then, what exactly is it? The "Life Force" is not a well-established element in the Marvel universe, but the text implies that Wanda was channelling the planet's life force-- the life force of the Earth. The closest equivalent is the Demiurge. In the Marvel cosmology, the Demiurge is identified as the "sentient life force of Earth's biosphere," which seeded the planet and gave rise to the its first ethereal beings, the Elder Gods. Unlike in Gnostic theology, the Demiurge isn't really a creator or a deity unto itself, but it is the oldest source of life and magic on Earth. It makes sense that this is what Wanda would use to resurrect her sons-- and it makes sense that it would overwhelm her.

It's hard to talk about the Demiurge without talking about Billy. I've shared of my thoughts on this already.

#life force