Need help about a really difficult explanation of a science fiction term (霊子反応 / Spiritual Particles Reaction ??)


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**I'm reading a game with science fiction theme, and there is 1 part I don't
understand what the F was the writer trying to conveys here, so much thanks if
anyone can even decipher what he wrote here (or correct me If I was wrong)**

霊子反応 ( Spiritual Particles Reaction)

精神、もしくは霊的な素粒子。 (Spirit Particles or Spiritual Elementary Particles)

一定したペクトルのエネルギーをもっており、生物の精神的な要素によって反応する特性を持つ。 It has stable/fixed energy's
vector (?), and characteristic of reacting according to the spiritual element
of the living organism.(??)

精神感応触媒などを介す事によって、任意に霊子を操作し、物理現象などに対し作用して不可思議な事象を起こすことが出来る。 Through a
telepathic catalyst or the like (?), it is possible to arbitrarily manipulate
Spiritual Particles and and cause mysterious phenomena by acting on physical
phenomena.(???)




This is how magic might be explained using scientific terms when a day comes
when science can understand magic. You have parsed the sentences mostly
correctly, but it may be difficult to make sense of them unless you are
familiar with both fantasy and scientific terms.

  * **霊子** : Perhaps this should be translated as "spiriton" using the [English suffix _-on_](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-on#Suffix), but a similar concept is better known as _mana_ in typical fantasy works.
  * **一定したベクトルのエネルギー** : It says "fixed vector's energy", not "fixed energy's vector". This means this energy flows in a fixed direction (like blood in your body always flows from arteries to veins). It's a common belief that there is a constant flow of mana in one's body, right?
  * **精神感応触媒** : "Spirit-responsive catalyst". This refers to something like (non-disposable) magic items (e.g., wands, talismans, crystals) in general. Just as a stereotypical wizard needs a wand to release the mana in the body, an item that works as catalyst (reaction booster) is needed to control the 霊子 in the body. "Catalyst" is a word rarely used in occultic contexts, but it's a relatively easy word in chemistry. "Telepathy" may not be a good translation because this has nothing to do with communicating with others.
  * **物理現象などに対し作用して不可思議な事象を起こす** : This is a basic explanation of magic or supernatural power in general. For example, psychokinesis causes a mysterious phenomena by acting on the physical phenomenon ruled by the law of gravity.




This is how magic might be explained using scientific terms when a day comes
when science can understand magic. You have parsed the sentences mostly
correctly, but it may be difficult to make sense of them unless you are
familiar with both fantasy and scientific terms.

  * **霊子** : Perhaps this should be translated as "spiriton" using the [English suffix _-on_](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-on#Suffix), but a similar concept is better known as _mana_ in typical fantasy works.
  * **一定したベクトルのエネルギー** : It says "fixed vector's energy", not "fixed energy's vector". This means this energy flows in a fixed direction (like blood in your body always flows from arteries to veins). It's a common belief that there is a constant flow of mana in one's body, right?
  * **精神感応触媒** : "Spirit-responsive catalyst". This refers to something like (non-disposable) magic items (e.g., wands, talismans, crystals) in general. Just as a stereotypical wizard needs a wand to release the mana in the body, an item that works as catalyst (reaction booster) is needed to control the 霊子 in the body. "Catalyst" is a word rarely used in occultic contexts, but it's a relatively easy word in chemistry. "Telepathy" may not be a good translation because this has nothing to do with communicating with others.
  * **物理現象などに対し作用して不可思議な事象を起こす** : This is a basic explanation of magic or supernatural power in general. For example, psychokinesis causes a mysterious phenomena by acting on the physical phenomenon ruled by the law of gravity.

