by Aleister Crowley Sat May 28, 2011 9:14 amAn Esper is a person that is capable of displaying and utilizing unique psychic or psychic-related abilities. They are generally more attuned to one type of ability although they can display additional abilities, just not as prominent as their main power.
The source of the esper's power comes from their personal reality within the mind. Apparently, all human beings have a personal reality within their minds; specifically their consciousness. It is possible to develop it individually, and will lead to that person attaining supernatural powers, therefore making them an Esper. The more powerful or more growth a personal reality becomes, the stronger the powers of the Esper are.
A commonly seen test is the use of Zener Cards where the student cannot see the cards, but must guess the right symbol. Other methods include using drugs and electric shock to change a person's brain. There are also methods of training abilities; such as "Columbus' Egg", where a telekinetic esper has to balance an egg upside-down without breaking the egg open (this is considered a high-diffculty technique) and also playing Poker blindfolded, and sometimes as punishment for students they must win 10 times consecutively before allowed to leave. Also, the values a person inputs or sets into their Personal Reality can affect the abilities produced, and that each ability has a "true form".
The growth of personal reality is correlated with the brain's processing ability, and can become more powerful if there is a stronger mental processor, usually augmented by technological upgrades. If that processing ability is deterred, usually due to some injury, mental backlash, or disruption in the concentration or consciousness, the power can either lose its strength or become unusable.
Personal reality is the source of what is known as An Involuntary Movement or AIM.
This phenomenon is where an Esper involuntarily produces an invisible energy field that all espers involuntarily produce as an extending interface between their personal realities and proper reality, allowing the manifestation of their powers in the real world. It is also shown that there are several different manifestations of one's AIM, and one's AIM can resonate with others of the same type.
In itself AIM is relatively harmless as it cannot be detected by regular humans; however, AIM is toxic to magicians and is also shown to have anti-magic capabilities in sufficient amounts. Since AIM is a different form of energy compared to magical mana that magician's use, interactions between the two can cause severe disruptions as they attempt to cancel each other out. In the same retrospect, Espers are unable to endure magical mana due to that nature of disruption.
The source of the esper's power comes from their personal reality within the mind. Apparently, all human beings have a personal reality within their minds; specifically their consciousness. It is possible to develop it individually, and will lead to that person attaining supernatural powers, therefore making them an Esper. The more powerful or more growth a personal reality becomes, the stronger the powers of the Esper are.
A commonly seen test is the use of Zener Cards where the student cannot see the cards, but must guess the right symbol. Other methods include using drugs and electric shock to change a person's brain. There are also methods of training abilities; such as "Columbus' Egg", where a telekinetic esper has to balance an egg upside-down without breaking the egg open (this is considered a high-diffculty technique) and also playing Poker blindfolded, and sometimes as punishment for students they must win 10 times consecutively before allowed to leave. Also, the values a person inputs or sets into their Personal Reality can affect the abilities produced, and that each ability has a "true form".
The growth of personal reality is correlated with the brain's processing ability, and can become more powerful if there is a stronger mental processor, usually augmented by technological upgrades. If that processing ability is deterred, usually due to some injury, mental backlash, or disruption in the concentration or consciousness, the power can either lose its strength or become unusable.
Personal reality is the source of what is known as An Involuntary Movement or AIM.
This phenomenon is where an Esper involuntarily produces an invisible energy field that all espers involuntarily produce as an extending interface between their personal realities and proper reality, allowing the manifestation of their powers in the real world. It is also shown that there are several different manifestations of one's AIM, and one's AIM can resonate with others of the same type.
In itself AIM is relatively harmless as it cannot be detected by regular humans; however, AIM is toxic to magicians and is also shown to have anti-magic capabilities in sufficient amounts. Since AIM is a different form of energy compared to magical mana that magician's use, interactions between the two can cause severe disruptions as they attempt to cancel each other out. In the same retrospect, Espers are unable to endure magical mana due to that nature of disruption.
