Automatic Invocation

Automatic Invocation - after Austin Osman Spare

Principle: Spare's automatic drawing becomes automatic diction. Mechanic: a self-feeding text loop that writes itself until coherence re-emerges.

sigilizeloop x3self-promptstop on coherence

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Seed (random line)

Sigil (compressed seed):

Current Loop Output

Final Text (when coherence re-emerges)

Ritual Options (click to unfold)

Sentences per loop 3

Max loops 24

Dissociation (adds chaos) 0.35

Coherence target (stop when >=) 0.62

Notes: "coherence" is a soft score from quick readability checks (structures + avg. word length + sane sentence lengths). Raise the goal for stricter stopping; lower it to end sooner.

Tip: Click Enter Trance, watch Current Loop. When it stops, Final Text is ready; edit and Export.

Automatic Invocation - Process Overview

Concept. Inspired by Austin Osman Spare's automatic drawing and sigil trance, this engine reframes those methods as an autopoetic text ritual. Hand and line become prompt and sentence; intention is displaced by recursion.

1. Enter Trance -> Seed. A random line from the corpus acts as the spontaneous mark, the initial stroke of attention.
2. Sigilize. The seed is compressed: lowercased, vowels and punctuation removed, repeated letters deduped. The result is a string of distinct consonants (a "sigil string").
3. Expansion. For each sigil letter, the system finds words that start with the same letter from small vocabularies (nouns, verbs, adjectives). The Dissociation slider controls random drops and insertions.
4. Autopoetic Loop. Using simple sentence skeletons, it generates k sentences, then feeds that output back as the next prompt. The program writes itself, echoing Spare's aim to bypass deliberate thought.
5. Stop Condition - Coherence re-emerges. After each pass, a quick readability score estimates whether sense has formed:
   • Balanced sentence length (about 6 to 26 words)
   • Average word length near 5 letters
   • Presence of common structures (e.g., "The X of Y", "Every X is a Y", "I am the X that...", "Between X and Y")
   • Low repetition (varied diction)
   When the score meets or exceeds the Coherence Target, the trance concludes.
6. Result. The final text appears below. Treat it as automatic writing in code: a practical echo of Spare's experiments in letting form arise from the subliminal.

Parameters. Sentences per loop sets k. Max loops caps iterations. Dissociation adjusts chaos. Coherence target controls when it stops.