Foggy season energy. Nervous system buffering. And a truth that lands like a lantern in your hand:

We are already living inside what would have been considered magic for most of human history.

GPS that never sleeps. Instant “scrying” through a black mirror. Money moving through air. Prophecy… in your dashboard.

In this episode, you’ll learn:In Episode 101, we explore what it means to be a modern Magus—not in fantasy terms, but in human terms. We look at the real history of the Magi, the Renaissance bridge figure John Dee, and why the overwhelm so many of us feel isn’t a personal failure…

…it’s initiation.

You’ll also learn the Centaur model (human + machine partnership), and we’ll practice a powerful micro-tool called The Intentional Amplifier so you can bring conscious creation into everyday life—starting immediately.

• Why technology didn’t replace magic… it fulfilled it

• Why your nervous system feels dizzy in an exponential world

• The “identity lag” that makes modern life feel overwhelming

• The Centaur approach to AI: wisdom + computation

• A real-time practice to reclaim agency: What state am I about to amplify?

• • A somatic Debug Mode reframe: “My influence travels farther than I can see.”

  Reflection Prompts (also in the weekly Vibe Letter)Where in my life am I already wielding “magic” without noticing it?

• • What tools or skills do I treat as ordinary that were once impossible?

  • What kind of Magus do I want to be (in human terms)?

  • Where am I still telling an old story about being small?

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  You aren’t broken. You’re being initiated.

  Chapters / Timestamps00:00 Intro + fog season “buffering brain”

  01:41 Seasonal threshold (North + South Hemisphere)

  03:12 New question: who am I becoming?

  04:38 Stewart Brand quote: “We are as gods…”

  05:50 The receipts: apps as modern magic (Waze, Venmo, FaceTime)

  07:35 What the Magi really wanted (4 eternal desires)

  09:15 John Dee: the bridge between spirit + systems

  13:55 The 80s payphone moment vs GPS “guardian angel”

  16:18 Nervous system vertigo, Faust, and unearned power

  20:30 The Intentional Amplifier + becoming the Centaur

  25:18 Initiation Chamber visualization + prompts, challenge, and closing

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