Light Side Magic

[Morgana Forceborn]

Is there such a thing? It's something I wanted to try and get Morgana involved in. Problem is most places I've looked only show the Sith Magic and Alchemy and the Dathomir stuff. If there is light side magic or Jedi magic, whatever it might be called, is there anyone who's trained in it who can teach me? Thanks

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

You mean Light Side Force traditions that require ritual and invocations and stuff? I kid you not, your best bet is probably stuff like Ewok shamanism, lol. In SW, most ritual/invocation methods of Force use are either associated with Dathomir, remote-world shamanism, or the ancient Sith.

 

[Corvus Raaf]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

We looked into this once and [member="Phylis Alince"] led the research but it faltered before we got to a conclusion. But if you're keen, we could restart the activity?

 

[Darth Carnifex]

*Sith incantations intensify*

 

[Ellie Mors]

Is there such a thing? It's something I wanted to try and get Morgana involved in. Problem is most places I've looked only show the Sith Magic and Alchemy and the Dathomir stuff. If there is light side magic or Jedi magic, whatever it might be called, is there anyone who's trained in it who can teach me? Thanks

The light side of the force is more of a passive use of the force, and any forms of 'magic' that would be light sided would likely be more of the use of alchemy without the presence of the dark side, meaning it would be neutral rather than either. Technically you could bolster its presence in the light side of the force, but it is hardly the same.

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

[member="Ashin Varanin"]

Oh wow. I legit didn't know Ewoks did magic like that lol.

[member="Corvus Raaf"]

Interesting as that sounds I don't think I'd be up to it. I mean if a Jedi master didn't get it done I doubt a padawan could

[member="Silara Kuhn"]

Oh I see. So it wouldn't be as strong as other magics then.

 

[Baara]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

My thing with the Gravewalkers is neutral, but as I stated in Baara's bio, it's not The Force and the energy of the dead celestial stopped flowing for good, so that would be out of the question...

 

[Baara]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

You mean Light Side Force traditions that require ritual and invocations and stuff? I kid you not, your best bet is probably stuff like Ewok shamanism, lol. In SW, most ritual/invocation methods of Force use are either associated with Dathomir, remote-world shamanism, or the ancient Sith.

Wait... Ewoks are shamans with actual magic? Holy feth that is awesome!

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Oh I see. So it wouldn't be as strong as other magics then.

Nah, there's nothing to support that, or the idea of the Light Side being more passive. Light Side Dathomiri magic is just as strong as Dark Side magic. Don't worry about it.

Oh wow. I legit didn't know Ewoks did magic like that lol.

Here - poke around a bit for yourself. Research > opinions.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shaman
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Force-based_organizations

 

[Ellie Mors]

Silara Kuhn Oh I see. So it wouldn't be as strong as other magics then.

The dark side of the force, i.e; sith magic, utilizes power with the force. The light side of the force is more or less passive, so it generally does not rely on brute strength/might/power. This leads to the perception of the dark side being more powerful, which in a technicality it is, but it all depends on the person using it and what it is being used for. That isn't to say a push from a dark sider will be any more powerful than one from a light sider, but more that a dark side tendril (a sith magic force ability that destroys anything it touches) isn't likely to have a light side variation, as anything that is intended to do lethal harm on another is generally a dark side ability, hence why a light side ability is more or less passive in comparison.

 

[Phylis Alince]

I am, hmm, the foremost proponent of Alkahest, Light Alchemy.

It's rather quite effective if I might say so myself.

Compared with the Dark, its power is not weaker, it is...hmm...different. It will not provide you poison or weapons which infect your enemies, but it will protect you greater than a Sith power will, when properly made.

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

[member="Silara Kuhn"]

I think I understand. Like you said, more a matter of the person using the magic that determines the strength.

[member="Ashin Varanin"]

I think the shaman thing would be more what I'm leaning towards.

[member="Phylis Alince"]

Now that sounds like the sort of thing I could get into. If you're free to teach that is.

 

[Fabula Caromed]

"The Dathomir stuff" isn't exclusively Dark-sided, despite what TCW would have you believe. There are more neutral/light Witches on Dathomir than there are Nightsisters. Allyans are the norm, Nightsisters are aberrant.

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Dark Side magic and alchemy is where it's at, yo.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Silara Kuhn"] - Sure, but the Light Side isn't passive. All throughout canon, there's an awful lot of very blatant, powerful things that can only be done by the Light Side, for which the Dark Side has no equivalent -- and there's a lot of blatant, powerful language used to describe those things. And they're often depicted as the heights of spirituality. On the one hand there's the tranquility needed to access the Light Side, and on the other hand there's what can be done with the Light Side, which is just as strong as the Dark and, frankly, often depicted as stronger.

 

[Corvus Raaf]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

I would recommend you pin Phyllis down to a thread on the subject.

Let it be said she is something of a hero to Corvus (even of her classification method is a little...lax)

[member="Phylis Alince"]

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

[member="Corvus Raaf"]

lol sorry that was the first thing I thought of.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

Aye, I do light sided Dathomir magic and can teach you Allayan witches ftw

 

[Morgana Forceborn]

[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Awesome, that's the sort of stuff I'm looking for. Are available enough to teach me?

 

[Elayne Hawk]

[member="Morgana Forceborn"]

Yeah totally, haven't had anyone to rp with on Elayne in forever.