Words contain “spelling.” To cast a spell is to cast words. Words manipulate symbols to change consciousness and behaviour; they deliver power.
We cast words, actors, wishes, and fishing-lines to bring something forward. Words can incite violence or induce obedience. Artfully cast, they produce the familiar or the unknown, the real or the fictional, truth or deception.
Written words are codes from an alphabet; letters stand for sounds; together they summon images, ideas, and feelings. Spoken words invoke spelling in real time. In a primal sense, words are incantations, prayers, offerings, commands, and solicitations.
School teaches spelling to decipher words—not that words are everyday tools of social engineering, or that specialised meanings trap the unaware. Interpretation is required; many words carry co-opted senses. Legalese is the specialised dialect of the theatre of commerce and must be carefully decoded.
With legalese, peoples have been deceived, bankrupted, and bound—because ordinary speech is laced with trick words that shift jurisdiction. The primary trick word is person (definitions expanded to include corporations). Statutes apply to state-created persons; artificial persons are debtors by default.
Other jurisdictional tricks include: “understand” (stand under my authority), “resident,” “voter,” “driver,” and “public” (of the State, including its persons). Servile vocabulary—“submit,” “petition,” “appeal”—conditions servile behaviour toward public servants.
People are not taught the difference between a person and a man or woman, nor that Law of the Sea concerns legal fictions in admiralty commerce while Law of the Land concerns lawful facts for living people under Common Law.
Powerful words for living people include: man, woman, consent, private, property, administer, notice, require, verify, claim, trespass, injury, remedy, restoration, damages, and charge.
Example (educational): a woman whose children were taken reclaimed them in administrative process by speaking as a woman about property administered without consent, requiring immediate restoration or charging for delay—avoiding words that locked her into their statutory child-welfare script, using given name only and “family of” forms. The force lay in woman, property, administered, consent, require, restoration, charging, and remedy.
| Trap words (public / legal) | Living words (private / lawful) |
|---|---|
| Person · individual · resident | Man · woman |
| Understand (stand under) | Consent · require · verify |
| Driver · taxpayer · voter | Travel · private · property |
| Submit · petition · appeal | Notice · order · declaration |
| Guilty / not guilty | Injury · remedy · damages |
Words cast the spell of jurisdiction — choose them carefully
Learning key words is essential to establish living standing and exercise unalienable rights.