Daba wrote:
Note these are just thoughts and opinions based on my observations and how things 'seem'.

My view, though maybe controversial is that every sentient being is in some way a psyker, and cognisant thought must and always relates to the warp, though the level of manipulation to the warp varies from individual to individual and between species.

'blanks' are anything but. They are a 'negative' warp presence, which is disturbing to normal people who have a small to large positive warp presence. Creatures that use this ability, like Culexus may be a normal blank 'trained up' with his (inverse) psyker level, or one with a higher 'blank' potential to begin with (the others don't survive).

 Fezman wrote:
I'd forgotten about the Shadowlight.

So sorcery is a way of channeling the energies of the Warp, but the sorceror doesn't have to be a psyker?

Interesting! I'd been fuzzy on the difference between psychic power and sorcery. I'd kind of been seeing it as the difference between the Light and Dark sides of the Force in Star Wars, as the same basic source of power (i.e that of psykers) being used for different ends.

 Melissia wrote:
However, most people just were killed by the machine in the Cain books, rather than being made in to Psykers that way.