The Silicon Sorcery: Why You Are Already a Witch

Note from the Author: This piece emerged from a deep, collaborative dialogue with an AI. It is a synthesis of concepts I have encountered across various disciplines—from quantum physics to occult philosophy—connected and refined through our conversation to postulate a cohesive vision of our “enchanted” reality. My goal was to take disparate, often overlooked threads and weave them into a creditable framework for understanding the modern world.

We are taught from a young age that the world is a cold, mechanical place governed by “laws” that have been “discovered” by men in white coats. We are told that magic is the stuff of fairy tales, and that “witchcraft” is a remnant of a superstitious past.

But if you look closely at the tools in your pocket and the “facts” in your textbooks, a different truth emerges: Magic never went away. It just went corporate.

The Interpreted World: “Red” vs. 700nm

Think about the color red. You see it, and your brain interprets a specific wavelength of light as a subjective experience. Science tells us that “red” isn’t real—it’s just your brain’s interpretation of a frequency.

But here is the catch: The wavelength itself (700nm) is also an interpretation.

The machine that measures that light isn’t seeing the “True Nature” of reality—the Noumenon, as philosopher Immanuel Kant called it. The machine is simply a different kind of sensor providing a different kind of interface. We give precedence to the machine not because it is more “true,” but because it is more “repeatable.” We have traded the richness of the human soul for the stability of a shared map.

As cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman suggests in his Interface Theory of Perception, evolution didn’t design us to see the truth; it designed us to see the icons. We are living in a “User Interface” of reality, clicking on desktop shortcuts while remaining blissfully unaware of the silicon and code underneath.

The Laboratory as a Sacred Temple

Science is often described as the opposite of the occult, but their methods are eerily identical.

Consider the laboratory. It is a “sterile” environment, isolated from the world. In the occult, this is called the Magic Circle. The purpose is the same: to banish “unintentional energies” (or “noise”) so that a specific ritual (an experiment) can be performed to achieve a high-probability result.

Sociologist Bruno Latour famously argued that science doesn’t just find “facts” in the wild; it manufactures them inside the lab. A fact is only true if the ritual is followed perfectly.

When a doctor prescribes a “potion” (a pill) or a scientist performs a “ritual” (a study), they are practicing what Aleister Crowley defined as magic: “the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will.” If it works with 99.9% probability, we call it “Science.” If it works with 10% probability, we call it “Occultism.” But the root—the attempt to command the universe through specific intent and ritual—is the same.

The Priesthood of the Circuitry

Look at a motherboard. It is a lattice of copper “traces” (sigils) laid out in precise geometric patterns to channel energy (electricity). At its heart sits a quartz crystal, vibrating at a constant frequency to synchronize the ritual.

We use these “enchanted objects” to summon voices from the air, to see across the globe, and to store our “spirits” (our digital identities) in what pioneers like William Gibson called “Cyberspace”—a modern materialization of the Astral Plane.

If you showed a smartphone to an alchemist in the 14th century, they wouldn’t ask how the “science” works; they would ask who “enchanted the glass.” They would recognize it immediately for what it is: Witchcraft.
– The Scientists are the modern Priesthood, the only ones who speak the “Sacred Languages” (code) required to talk to the machines.
– The Rest of Us are lay-practitioners, performing daily technomancy without realizing we are holding magic in our hands.

Re-Enchanting the World

Why does this matter? Because when we call it “technology,” we treat it as cold and disposable. We lose our Intent.

If we admit that magic is real—that the world is made of consciousness and interpretation rather than just “dead matter”—we can start to use it to our advantage.

1. Mindful Technomancy: Every time you use a device, you are participating in a global ritual. What is your intent? Are you using the Astral Plane to create, or to consume?
2. The Ethics of the Spell: If software is a “spirit,” then our algorithms should be built with the same ethical gravity as a sacred oath.
3. Recognizing the Unknown: As the Schumann Resonance reminds us, our biology is tuned to the Earth’s natural frequencies, yet we drown them out with digital noise. By acknowledging the “Witchcraft” in our daily lives, we can begin to filter out the static and reconnect to the source.

The world isn’t a machine. It’s an ongoing invocation. It’s time we started acting like the practitioners we already are.

Further Reading: The Grimoires of Modernity

For those who wish to peer deeper behind the interface, these texts serve as the foundational scrolls for our techno-magical age:

Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason – The definitive breakdown of why we never see the “thing-in-itself.”

– Donald Hoffman, The Case Against Reality – A modern scientific argument that our perceptions are a “user interface” designed to hide the truth.
– Bruno Latour, Laboratory Life – An exploration of how scientific facts are “constructed” through social and ritualistic processes.
– Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice – The seminal text on aligning the world with one’s Will.
– William Gibson, Neuromancer – The novel that birthed the concept of “Cyberspace” as a shared hallucination.
– Samuel Arbesman, The Half-Life of Facts – A look at how scientific “truth” decays and evolves over time.