{"id":509,"date":"2025-03-15T21:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=509"},"modified":"2025-03-15T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:32:58","slug":"tools-of-my-trade-the-altar-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"Tools of my Trade: The Altar Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/altar-ego.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/altar-ego.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/altar-ego.jpg 805w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/altar-ego-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spikevision.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/altar-ego-768x649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Altar Ego on my altar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my constructs is the Altar Ego. This is a glass sculpture of a human head that serves as the central focus of my altar. It has been covered in PVC tape and is wearing a gas mask. It wears a stainless steel box chain necklace that was made for me by a friend many years ago. On this chain is an emblem of chaos pendant.<br>Upon the brow of this mask is an \u00c6gishjalmr medallion. The figure looks alien by design. It is sleek, inscrutable, and somewhat sinister in appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I begin each session of magical work by syncing myself with this construct. It is an agent or servitor which facilitates the expression of my intent. I envision this as analogous to a compiler which converts my magical source code into executable code for the Universe to run. In addition to this primary function, it also serves as my magical alter-ego for certain workings of sympathetic magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my constructs is the Altar Ego. This is a glass sculpture of a human head that serves as the central focus of my altar. It has been covered in PVC tape and is wearing a gas mask. It wears a stainless steel box chain necklace that was made for me by a friend &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/?p=509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tools of my Trade: The Altar Ego<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spikevision.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}