• Re: special abilities in science fiction, fantasy, mythology, folklore,

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 16 18:36:05 2023
    On Dec 16, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2B2E4C800017C24B70000305C38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    Some examples of special abilities are empath, navigator,
    telepath, medium/channeller, species someone negotiator,
    far-seeing, far-hearing, precog (up to one year), backcog
    (back to one year), prophetic dreams ability (beginning at one year
    and beyond), past life regression ability, telekinesis (probably of
    small amounts), back-dream ability (beginning at one year and
    beyond), teleportation (probably of small amounts),
    peacemaker, weatherworking, out of body travel ability, healer,
    green thumb, animal husbandry, (now) aquaculture, language special
    ability, musical special ability, regular diviner ability (including a wide array of subset divination abilities but not dowsing or map
    dowsing), various such subset divination abilities including astrology,
    card divination, runes, I Ching, Ogham, stick divination, tea leaves,
    crystal ball, pendulum, mirror scrying, and more, dowsing,
    map dowsing, hypnosis, wide range magickal special ability
    (including a wide array of subset abilities at 1/3 strength),
    and psychedelic drug enghancable ability (who have the
    wide range while enhanced except their out of body travel
    and species someone negotiator ability are at full strength),
    and maybe more (a friend has graphic design ability).

    Let me know if you know of some I have missed, perhaps
    some described in science fiction, fantasy, folklore, mythology,
    religion, or in paranormal claims.

    One I missed is sibyl as defined in Joan D. Vinge’s
    The Snow Queen and The Summer Queen, which if I
    remember correctly is one who has the ability to
    communicate with the planet, and I extend that
    to all Earthlike planets and moons, including
    exoplanets. However that may not be in agreement
    with the definition from Greek mythology/classicism
    as a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the
    oracles and prophecies of a deity, unless you take
    the planet to be a deity. So I am not sure if I will
    use the word sibyl to describe one able to communicate
    with the Earth and Earthlike planets and moons or
    not. I divine that my niece Hazel now has that ability.

    Has anyone else read those two books?

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 17 13:36:56 2023
    XPost: alt.fantasy, alt.folklore, alt.mythology
    XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.paranormal

    On Dec 16, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2B2E4C800017C24B70000305C38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    About three months ago I posted that when visiting my brother in
    the hospital I had cut a card at random from a deck of standard
    playing cards, looking for a sign for myself, and it turned out
    to be the Queen of Hearts.

    Today I was visiting him in his long term care home and said
    “let me tell your fortune” and cut a deck looking for a sign
    for him, and again it was the Queen of Hearts.

    Also, I currently have matchmaking ability and the ability
    to divine someones special ability/ies, in both cases
    not just from a name but from a picture (or in person),
    and for now I am willing to do readings for free to
    build up some references.

    With that second ability I divined that after a recent sudden
    evolution of special abilities that my ill brother has regular
    diviner special ability, which includes a wide array of
    subset divination abilities, but not the two abilities I
    said above that I have, and not dowsing or map dowsing.

    Some examplesof special abilities are empath, navigator,
    telepath, medium/channeller, species someone negotiator,
    far-seeing, far-hearing, precog (up to one year), backcog
    (back to one year), prophetic dreams ability (beginning at one year
    and beyond), past life regression ability, telekinesis (probably of
    small amounts), back-dream ability (beginning at one year and
    beyond), teleportation (probably of small amounts),
    peacemaker, weatherworking, out of body travel ability, healer,
    green thumb, animal husbandry, (now) aquaculture, language special
    ability, musical special ability, regular diviner ability (including a wide array of subset divination abilities but not dowsing or map
    dowsing), various such subset divination abilities including astrology,
    card divination, runes, I Ching, Ogham, stick divination, tea leaves,
    crystal ball, pendulum, mirror scrying, and more, dowsing,
    map dowsing, hypnosis, wide range magickal special ability
    (including a wide array of subset abilities at 1/3 strength),
    and psychedelic drug enghancable ability (who have the
    wide range while enhanced except their out of body travel
    and species someone negotiator ability are at full strength),
    and maybe more (a friend has graphic design ability).

    Let me know if you know of some I have missed, perhaps
    some described in science fiction, fantasy, folklore, mythology,
    religion, or in paranormal claims.

    The evolution of special abilities has not occurred yet, I
    will work on that again tonight.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to dalton@nfld.com on Sun Dec 17 19:22:44 2023
    David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

    The evolution of special abilities has not occurred yet, I
    will work on that again tonight.

    My superpower is to preserve sounds with magnetism.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Mon Dec 18 00:19:49 2023
    On Dec 17, 2023, Scott Dorsey wrote
    (in article <ulnhq4$lqv$1@panix2.panix.com>):

    David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

    The evolution of special abilities has not occurred yet, I
    will work on that again tonight.

    My superpower is to preserve sounds with magnetism.
    --scott

    I searched for Scott Dorsey Kludge Audio on images.google.com
    and viewed your AES Member Profile picture and from that I can
    say that before the sudden evolution you have no special ability
    and after the sudden evolution of special abilities (soon) you
    will have healer special ability (but it will only work for healing
    of humans, cetaceans, and non-human simians, not for healing
    pets and other animals and birds, which animal husbandry special
    ability can heal). I also divined that you are happily gay and
    have a good match.

    My musician/producer friend Jim Fidler has a pretty good home studio,

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From Chris Buckley@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Mon Dec 18 03:22:28 2023
    On 2023-12-16, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
    About three months ago I posted that when visiting my brother in
    the hospital I had cut a card at random from a deck of standard
    playing cards, looking for a sign for myself, and it turned out
    to be the Queen of Hearts.

    Today I was visiting him in his long term care home and said
    “let me tell your fortune” and cut a deck looking for a sign
    for him, and again it was the Queen of Hearts.

    Also, I currently have matchmaking ability and the ability
    to divine someones special ability/ies, in both cases
    not just from a name but from a picture (or in person),
    and for now I am willing to do readings for free to
    build up some references.

    With that second ability I divined that after a recent sudden
    evolution of special abilities that my ill brother has regular
    diviner special ability, which includes a wide array of
    subset divination abilities, but not the two abilities I
    said above that I have, and not dowsing or map dowsing.

    Some examplesof special abilities are empath, navigator,
    telepath, medium/channeller, species someone negotiator,
    far-seeing, far-hearing, precog (up to one year), backcog
    (back to one year), prophetic dreams ability (beginning at one year
    and beyond), past life regression ability, telekinesis (probably of
    small amounts), back-dream ability (beginning at one year and
    beyond), teleportation (probably of small amounts),
    peacemaker, weatherworking, out of body travel ability, healer,
    green thumb, animal husbandry, (now) aquaculture, language special
    ability, musical special ability, regular diviner ability (including a wide array of subset divination abilities but not dowsing or map
    dowsing), various such subset divination abilities including astrology,
    card divination, runes, I Ching, Ogham, stick divination, tea leaves,
    crystal ball, pendulum, mirror scrying, and more, dowsing,
    map dowsing, hypnosis, wide range magickal special ability
    (including a wide array of subset abilities at 1/3 strength),
    and psychedelic drug enghancable ability (who have the
    wide range while enhanced except their out of body travel
    and species someone negotiator ability are at full strength),
    and maybe more (a friend has graphic design ability).

    Let me know if you know of some I have missed, perhaps
    some described in science fiction, fantasy, folklore, mythology,
    religion, or in paranormal claims.

    Any fiction in the superhero/supervillain category (eg _Wild Cards_,
    _Worm_, _The Incredibles_) will have dozens more, depending on how you
    want to count them.

    The most recent one I read, _Super Supportive_ (highly recommended) has,
    off the top of my head:
    The main character's all-powerful "Let me take your luggage" (preserve things that others give him to carry)
    Emotional control of others, suppression, and bestowal (much more than empath). "Tailor environment", optimizes surroundings for some purpose.
    Restore things to a previous state.
    Cooking (lots of variations here)
    Make small ojects more beautiful.
    Phase through walls
    Morph (lots of variations again)
    Transmutation
    Folding napkins

    Chris

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Chris Buckley on Mon Dec 18 00:26:01 2023
    On Dec 17, 2023, Chris Buckley wrote
    (in article <ku9s7kFb3d1U1@mid.individual.net>):

    On 2023-12-16, David Dalton<dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
    About three months ago I posted that when visiting my brother in
    the hospital I had cut a card at random from a deck of standard
    playing cards, looking for a sign for myself, and it turned out
    to be the Queen of Hearts.

    Today I was visiting him in his long term care home and said
    “let me tell your fortune” and cut a deck looking for a sign
    for him, and again it was the Queen of Hearts.

    Also, I currently have matchmaking ability and the ability
    to divine someones special ability/ies, in both cases
    not just from a name but from a picture (or in person),
    and for now I am willing to do readings for free to
    build up some references.

    With that second ability I divined that after a recent sudden
    evolution of special abilities that my ill brother has regular
    diviner special ability, which includes a wide array of
    subset divination abilities, but not the two abilities I
    said above that I have, and not dowsing or map dowsing.

    Some examplesof special abilities are empath, navigator,
    telepath, medium/channeller, species someone negotiator,
    far-seeing, far-hearing, precog (up to one year), backcog
    (back to one year), prophetic dreams ability (beginning at one year
    and beyond), past life regression ability, telekinesis (probably of
    small amounts), back-dream ability (beginning at one year and
    beyond), teleportation (probably of small amounts),
    peacemaker, weatherworking, out of body travel ability, healer,
    green thumb, animal husbandry, (now) aquaculture, language special
    ability, musical special ability, regular diviner ability (including a wide array of subset divination abilities but not dowsing or map
    dowsing), various such subset divination abilities including astrology, card divination, runes, I Ching, Ogham, stick divination, tea leaves, crystal ball, pendulum, mirror scrying, and more, dowsing,
    map dowsing, hypnosis, wide range magickal special ability
    (including a wide array of subset abilities at 1/3 strength),
    and psychedelic drug enghancable ability (who have the
    wide range while enhanced except their out of body travel
    and species someone negotiator ability are at full strength),
    and maybe more (a friend has graphic design ability).

    Let me know if you know of some I have missed, perhaps
    some described in science fiction, fantasy, folklore, mythology,
    religion, or in paranormal claims.

    Any fiction in the superhero/supervillain category (eg _Wild Cards_,
    _Worm_, _The Incredibles_) will have dozens more, depending on how you
    want to count them.

    The most recent one I read, _Super Supportive_ (highly recommended) has,
    off the top of my head:
    The main character's all-powerful "Let me take your luggage" (preserve things that others give him to carry)
    Emotional control of others, suppression, and bestowal (much more than empath).
    "Tailor environment", optimizes surroundings for some purpose.
    Restore things to a previous state.
    Cooking (lots of variations here)
    Make small ojects more beautiful.
    Phase through walls
    Morph (lots of variations again)
    Transmutation
    Folding napkins

    Chris

    Thanks, Chris.

    I guess abilities can’t be to outlandish, though maybe some of
    the ones I listed already are.

    If you want to point me to a picture of you I could do divination
    for you in the same way I did for Scott.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 18 04:01:47 2023
    On Dec 18, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2B2FF8DD0000D9CF70000671338F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    On Dec 17, 2023, Scott Dorsey wrote
    (in article <ulnhq4$lqv$1@panix2.panix.com>):

    David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

    The evolution of special abilities has not occurred yet, I
    will work on that again tonight.

    My superpower is to preserve sounds with magnetism.
    --scott

    I searched for Scott Dorsey Kludge Audio on images.google.com
    and viewed your AES Member Profile picture and from that I can
    say that before the sudden evolution you have no special ability
    and after the sudden evolution of special abilities (soon) you
    will have healer special ability (but it will only work for healing
    of humans, cetaceans, and non-human simians, not for healing
    pets and other animals and birds, which animal husbandry special
    ability can heal). I also divined that you are happily gay and
    have a good match.

    My musician/producer friend Jim Fidler has a pretty good home studio,

    As I just noted on alt.religion.druid , the special abilities evolution
    was complete at 0725 UTC December 18, 2025, so unless I
    have been fooled again, you should now have healer special ability.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 19 20:32:22 2023
    On Dec 18, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2B302CE3000D0B6570000671338F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    On Dec 18, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2B2FF8DD0000D9CF70000671338F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    On Dec 17, 2023, Scott Dorsey wrote
    (in article <ulnhq4$lqv$1@panix2.panix.com>):

    David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:

    The evolution of special abilities has not occurred yet, I
    will work on that again tonight.

    My superpower is to preserve sounds with magnetism.
    --scott

    I searched for Scott Dorsey Kludge Audio on images.google.com
    and viewed your AES Member Profile picture and from that I can
    say that before the sudden evolution you have no special ability
    and after the sudden evolution of special abilities (soon) you
    will have healer special ability (but it will only work for healing
    of humans, cetaceans, and non-human simians, not for healing
    pets and other animals and birds, which animal husbandry special
    ability can heal). I also divined that you are happily gay and
    have a good match.

    My musician/producer friend Jim Fidler has a pretty good home studio,

    As I just noted on alt.religion.druid , the special abilities evolution
    was complete at 0725 UTC December 18, 2025, so unless I
    have been fooled again, you should now have healer special ability.

    OK, the special abilities evolution did not work yet. but
    I am trying again as I am reporting on the thread
    “D-moon onset, leading up to solstice”
    on alt.religion.druid . Hopefully I won’t have to try yet
    again leading up to the full moon close to Christmas Day.

    a D.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;
    And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)

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