Topic: Ethereal Muscles

Direct Magic focuses on "ethereal muscles," which are parts of the mind that are normally unconscious but drive energy and magical results. Unlike chaos magic, which uses belief to communicate with the unconscious, this modality seeks to make these muscles conscious through a process similar to biofeedback. By gaining conscious control, a practitioner can engage these mental faculties in any environment without needing ritual trappings.

Sensory connections are a set of techniques used to observe the energy signatures of structures without actively sending energy. By following these connections back into the mind, Sententia identified specific ethereal muscles and learned how to awaken dormant ones. These muscles serve specialized purposes, such as communicating with spirits or managing internal body energy, similar to how different physical muscles handle specific movements.