David, until I started this thread did you know what a Rerajahan was? did you know that these mystical drawings were inserted in keris during construction? I would not blame you if you did not because its not common knowledge. The fact that it is not even mentioned once in this entire forum despite all the years says it all.
Now how did this John Chang guy know that such a "device" was hidden in the keris? Either he made a more then casual study of keris construction or it is as he claimed that he could simply "see" it. The fact that he calls it a FU points in the latter direction.
You say you have watched the video of him, then you know a full team of Scientists was sent to discover if he was a fraud. Could your magician friend you speak of duplicate what john chang does just wearing his underpants with a metal detector passed over his body? My "belief" in John may not have occurred without such rigorous testing. John has refused to communicate any further with the public so its clear he is not after fame. He is also a wealthy man so he is not after money. Nor does he want to teach you anything actually many have sought him out and he has refused to teach them despite large sums of money being offered.
Now to your last question if your thought and breath went into making something you are forever connected to it energetically.
Such an energetic connection can be used by a skilled person to hone in on the maker of the object. John uses this link to speak to the spirit of the dead maker. If he really can communicate with Empu's of the majapahit period then yes he is an expert in keris because what better teacher could you have then direct communication with an empu majapahit?
If your intention from the beginning was to create something to serve Mr X and his family then that is what that ISI will do because that is what you have programmed it to do. In this sense the ISI does not enjoy true free will but it has life. In western magic such an entity is sometimes called a servitor for good reason.
Part of the contract is that the owner will feed the ISI via incense smoke which renews and builds its energy.
The question about the Empu's energy is more complex. It requires a knowledge of mantras. Is the power of a mantra solely derived from the person who utters it or in uttering it is the person tapping into something universal and outside himself? Every breath you take you are tapping into something outside yourself prana (chi) and manus (Li) are two different things however.
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