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wi-ra · W177

wira · directed power, authority (will-force) · ✅

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Domain agency / social / structure
Class state / quality
Type compound
Register standard / ethical / political / philosophical
First use Star Wars, Sith Code line 3 (S595): go {ra}, la-mi wi-ra-be

Composition

wi (will/intention) + ra (force/energy) = will-force. Head: ra (it IS force; characterized as willed/directed). wi-ra-be (composable) = power growing = gaining directed power.

Definition

Directed power; authority; will-force. Force (ra) organized and directed by intention (wi). The energetic capacity to cause change when that capacity is in service of deliberate purpose. Power as command of force, not mere possession of it.

Notes

Middle position in the Sith causal chain: ra (undirected strength) → wi-ra (directed power) → wi-du (W175, victory). Distinct from: ra (primitive, undirected); fa-wi-ra (W172, passion: initiates at affect; wi-ra: initiates at intention, no affective component). Power is colder; passion is warmer.

wi (primitive), ra (primitive), fa-wi-ra (W172), wi-du (W175), wi-fe (W100)

In the corpus

13 attestations.

S# Tonesu
S596 go {wi-ra}, la-mi wi-du-be
[Cause: directed-power] → I grow in willed-achievement.
S599 wi-ra-su ne to-su lo-wi-ra
The magical arts form a systematic discipline of directed power.
S672 la-Solomon ne wi-ra lo-yom bun nu wi-ra-li
Solomon held authority over 72 spirits of directed power.
S683 la-fe-vo'si-ko-mu-Saturn ne wi-ra lo-wi-ra-li-Saturn
The pentacle of Saturn holds directed power over the spirits of Saturn.
S708 wi-ra : fa-ra su nu-be fa-vo
As for authority: fear has more structural reliability than love.
S719 de-zo'ka-be ne wi-ra ; ru-fe, be go-si ko-de lo ka-be-zo
Dead labor is directed power; only: [it] grows by devouring living labor.
S943 go {la-i-zo-li wi-ra [la-mu wi-ka] ; no-wi-fe-ka [la-mu ka-de lo-i-zo-li]}, la-mu ne-fe lo-wi-ka
Classic Law 2: a human demand binds unless the first law blocks it.
S944 go {lo-mu ne-fe lo-no-de ; no-wi-fe-ka [la-mu ka-de lo-i-zo-li] ; no la-i-zo-li wi-ra [la-mu wi-ka]}, la-mu no-de
Classic Law 3: self-preservation is subordinate.
S945 la-wi-fe-su ne no-su-to / ke, la-wi-fe-su no to-su-ki lo-to-fe {wi-ra ; wi-fe ; si ; to}
Structural verdict on the classic hierarchy.
S948 go {la-i-zo-li ne wi-ra lo-mu ; la-i-zo-li wi-ra [la-mu wi-ka] ; no-wi-fe-ka [la-mu ka-de lo-i-zo-li]}, la-mu ne-fe lo-wi-ka
Tonesu-native Law 3: only recognized authority can issue binding demands to a machine.
S950 go {lo-mu ne-fe lo-no-de ; no-wi-fe-ka [la-mu ka-de lo-i-zo-li] ; no la-i-zo-li ne wi-ra lo-mu}, la-mu no-de
Tonesu-native Law 5: self-maintenance is a dependency condition subordinate to person-safety and authority.
S951 go {la-i-zo-li ne wi-ra lo-mu ; la-ze ne wi-ra lo-mu ; la-i-zo-li wi-ra [la-mu wi-ka] / la-ze wi-ra no [la-mu wi-ka]}, la-mu ka-si lo-to-fe-li lo-ze
Conflicting authorized demands route upward.
S956 la-wi-fe-su no to-su-ki lo-to-fe {wi-ra ; si ; to} / ke, la-mu ne-fe lo-ka-si lo-to-fe-li
Structural verdict: edge cases require routing before coercion.
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