>> Well, if ever I needed (more) proof that the ability to wield the Energy is *completely* independent of which Aspect you usually talk to, that'd be it.<<
Undifferentiated energy is independent, but it can also be tuned to different systems. Each religion has its own pool, some more open than others, different flavors of divine energy. But the way you use divine energy -- by holding yourself open for it to flow through -- is opposite from how you use mystical energy, by directing it mindfully.
It's possible to take energy from one religion, such as blessings, and transmute it for use in another -- you just lose a little in the process, like changing money at a bank.
>> (And "none atall" is also a thing; when I was but a baby witchka I saw a confirmed atheist - not exactly a bodybuilder, either - pick up a young lady *by the back legs of the chair she was sitting in* and hold her/it at arm's length using raw chi alone... you can't do that without cheating, the physics just don't work.) <<
Chi is life energy. It's among the less-differentiated forms. It is not divine energy. That makes it easier for people to use if they are not religious.
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Undifferentiated energy is independent, but it can also be tuned to different systems. Each religion has its own pool, some more open than others, different flavors of divine energy. But the way you use divine energy -- by holding yourself open for it to flow through -- is opposite from how you use mystical energy, by directing it mindfully.
It's possible to take energy from one religion, such as blessings, and transmute it for use in another -- you just lose a little in the process, like changing money at a bank.
>> (And "none atall" is also a thing; when I was but a baby witchka I saw a confirmed atheist - not exactly a bodybuilder, either - pick up a young lady *by the back legs of the chair she was sitting in* and hold her/it at arm's length using raw chi alone... you can't do that without cheating, the physics just don't work.) <<
Chi is life energy. It's among the less-differentiated forms. It is not divine energy. That makes it easier for people to use if they are not religious.