Paranormal Theory

The broader, more general umbrella category of ideas that seek to explain, categorize, or validate experiences that fall outside conventional scientific explanation. This includes classifications of hauntings, models of ESP, or frameworks for UFO encounters. It's less concerned with the specific "how" of mechanics and more with building a coherent narrative or taxonomy for the anomalous, often relying on patterns in anecdotal data.

Example: "The researcher's Paranormal Theory didn't specify a mechanism. Instead, it proposed that poltergeist activity correlates with adolescent emotional stress in a household, categorizing it as 'recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis' (RSPK). It was a pattern-based framework that organized mysteries, not a physics-based explanation of them."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Supernatural Mechanics Theory

An attempt to propose a workable mechanism for phenomena that explicitly violate or operate above the laws of nature as currently understood—miracles, divine intervention, or magic. This is a taller order than paranormal mechanics, as it requires inventing or invoking causal principles from "outside" the natural order. Think of it as speculative engineering for the realm of gods and spirits: How would a prayer be "received"? How does a curse cause physical harm?

Example: "Her Supernatural Mechanics Theory was that focused collective prayer creates a localized 'theomorphic field' that can temporarily suspend local statistical probabilities, allowing for medically inexplicable remissions. It was a wild, untestable guess at the gears and levers a deity might use to interact with a clockwork universe without breaking it completely."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Supernatural Theory

The general study or systematization of beings, forces, or realms believed to exist outside of and to transcend the natural world. This encompasses theology, demonology, and theories of magic as a cosmic principle. It's a conceptual framework that accepts the supernatural as a primary category and seeks to understand its rules, hierarchies, and influences, rather than reducing it to natural mechanics.

Example: "The grimoire wasn't science; it was a Supernatural Theory. It laid out a coherent cosmology of angels, demons, and elemental spirits, detailing their ranks, seals, and spheres of influence. It was a taxonomy and rulebook for a reality it assumed was fundamentally more than physical, requiring no mechanical explanation for how a spirit moves a cup—it just does, because it's a spirit."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Extraphysical Mechanics Theory

A branch of speculative physics or metaphysics that posits mechanisms and interactions in dimensions, realms, or substances beyond the conventional physical universe (matter and energy). It asks: What are the "mechanics" of a soul? How does consciousness interact with a proposed "astral plane"? It seeks to extend the concept of mechanics—causal, structured interaction—into realms physics currently doesn't acknowledge, imagining the engineering of the transcendent.

Example: "The Extraphysical Mechanics Theory proposed that consciousness is a state of a 'psychon field' that permeates higher compactified dimensions. Near-death experiences occur when the brain's filter weakens, allowing the localized psychon knot (the soul) to partially perceive this extraphysical domain. It was a draft schematic for the hardware of the afterlife."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Extraphysical Theory

The general conceptual framework that posits the existence of realities, substances, or causations fundamentally beyond the physical universe as described by modern science. It's the philosophical or theological assertion that there is "more," without necessarily detailing the machinery. It sets the stage for extraphysical mechanics to later fill in the details.

Example: "Plato's Theory of Forms is a classic Extraphysical Theory. It asserts that beyond our physical world of shadows is a realm of perfect, immutable Ideas. It doesn't provide the mechanics of how a physical apple 'participates' in the Form of Apple-ness; it just establishes the two-tiered reality as a foundational principle."

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026

Metaphysical Mechanics Theory

The attempt to describe the operational principles of the most fundamental aspects of reality: being, consciousness, identity, time, and causality. It's mechanics applied to first philosophy. How does causality work? What is the "mechanism" by which possibility becomes actuality? It's highly abstract, trying to sketch the wiring diagram of existence itself, often using logic and reason rather than empirical data.

*Example: "The philosopher's Metaphysical Mechanics Theory argued that time isn't a river but a 'block universe.' The mechanism of change is an illusion created by consciousness moving along a fixed world-line in the 4D block. His 'mechanics' were a logical model of how eternalism could function to produce our experience of succession."*

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Metaphysical Theory

The broad, foundational branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality, existence, and the fundamental categories of being. It asks: What is real? What is the relationship between mind and matter? It provides the overarching questions and possible answers (idealism, materialism, dualism) within which more specific mechanical theories can be developed.

Example: "Materialism is a Metaphysical Theory. It asserts that everything that exists is ultimately physical matter and energy in motion. It's the big-picture stance. A 'Metaphysical Mechanics Theory' would then try to detail how,

by AbzuInExile February 1, 2026