Tool 3: Look for the Mana in the Meme!
The third tool in the arsenal — and the one that gives the method its mantra. We do not ask who sent the meme or what they intended. We ask: what energy is immanent in the meme itself? That energy is Mana. This tool operationalises the Finding Manuland discovery that the M-N- sound pervading Indo-European languages carries a concept of subtle energy which Disinfolklorists exploit and which we can learn to detect.
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Where Next?
- Outer Realm — the spatial structure through which Mana flows
- Tool 6: Code of Positive Trolls — the six criteria used to assess Mana quality
- Implicit Archetypes — the concept in depth
- War Magic — the martial frame for Disinfolklore
- Coercive Control — the signature Mana of Russian Disinfolklore
- Finding Manuland — the M-N- sound research underlying the Mana concept