Sigils and Cybernetics

Symbol, Feedback, and the Engineering of Human Change

What happens when the ancient practice of sigil magic meets the modern study of feedback, regulation, and self-directed change?

In Sigils and Cybernetics, Daniel Taylor brings two very different disciplines into conversation to explore how human beings give intention form, navigate their circumstances, and participate in meaningful change.

Sigils concentrate intention into symbolic form. Cybernetics examines how systems respond, regulate themselves, and adapt through feedback. Their intersection opens a distinctive way of thinking about magical practice, attention, agency, and the relationship between symbols and lived experience.

This book explores:

• The nature, construction, and historical development of sigils
• The foundations of cybernetics and feedback systems
• Symbols as signals, cues, and instructions
• Magical, psychological, behavioral, and other interpretations of sigil efficacy
• Practical applications involving habits, creativity, attention, and self-direction
• Ethical safeguards and the design of a personal symbolic practice

Throughout, Taylor respects magical practice on its own terms without treating cybernetics as proof of magical causation—or reducing magic to psychology.

Combining philosophical exploration, practical examples, original diagrams, and historical references, Sigils and Cybernetics invites readers to reconsider how intention becomes action and how purposeful change unfolds.

Revised Digital Edition — 2026

112-page illustrated PDF · Eight full-page diagrams · Notes and Sources · By Daniel Taylor · ViridianMint Publishing

For readers interested in sigil magic, chaos magic, cybernetics, symbolic systems, and the philosophy of human change.