The Mind Meld
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The Mind Meld
Main articles: [[Telepathy]], [[Memory Erasure]], [[Possession]]
It's an ancient ritual used mostly by alphas, since it's a skill that requires quite a bit of practice. One slip, and you could paralyze someone. Or kill them. - [[Peter Hale]]
Werewolves can meld their minds with those of others by inserting their claws into the recipients at the base of their skull.
{{wolfMind|size: full; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}This talent allows for direct mind-to-mind communication. By use of this ritual, werewolves cantapaccess into a recipient's memories, share memories orwith them, mentally enter their subconscious, share memories with them, or [[Memory Erasure|wipe memories from the recipient's mind]].
Mind melding is used exclusively by the most experienced of shapeshifters, or alphas, as it is a dangerous act to perform. If not performed properly, the ritual could kill the recipient, paralyze them, or render them catatonic. If the process, the bond was broken by an outsider, it could kill both the user and recipient.
When taking memories from a victim, the wiped memories are virtually stored inside the claws as Peter's memory of his fathering [[Malia Tate|Malia]] were locked inside the claws of his sister, [[Talia Hale]].
In [[1x04 - Magic Bullet]], [[Derek Hale]] accidentally shared his memories of the [[Hale House]] with [[Jackson Whittemore]]. Consequently, Jackson had nightmares of the house.
In [[1x10 - Co-Captain]], [[Peter Hale]] shared his memories of the [[Hale House+The Fire|Hale Fire]] and his coma with his werewolf progeny [[Scott McCall]]. Later in [[3x02 - Chaos Rising]] he was able to partially uncover some of [[Isaac Lahey]]'s memories that had been wiped by the [[The Alpha Pack|Alpha Pack]].
In [[3x22 - De-Void]], [[Scott McCall]], with Peter's instruction, performed this ritual with his claws in both Stiles and Lydia, and so he and Lydia were able to both enter Stiles' subconscious, with the intention of splitting Stiles from the [[The Nogitsune|Nogitsune]]. In [[5x08 - Ouroboros]], Scott tapped into [[Corey Bryant|Corey]]'s memories in an attempt to find [[the Dread Doctors]]' lair.
It's an ancient ritual used mostly by alphas, since it's a skill that requires quite a bit of practice. One slip, and you could paralyze someone. Or kill them. - [[Peter Hale]]
Werewolves can meld their minds with those of others by inserting their claws into the recipients at the base of their skull.
{{wolfMind|size: full; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}This talent allows for direct mind-to-mind communication. By use of this ritual, werewolves can
Mind melding is used exclusively by the most experienced of shapeshifters, or alphas, as it is a dangerous act to perform. If not performed properly, the ritual could kill the recipient, paralyze them, or render them catatonic. If the process, the bond was broken by an outsider, it could kill both the user and recipient.
When taking memories from a victim, the wiped memories are virtually stored inside the claws as Peter's memory of his fathering [[Malia Tate|Malia]] were locked inside the claws of his sister, [[Talia Hale]].
In [[1x04 - Magic Bullet]], [[Derek Hale]] accidentally shared his memories of the [[Hale House]] with [[Jackson Whittemore]]. Consequently, Jackson had nightmares of the house.
In [[1x10 - Co-Captain]], [[Peter Hale]] shared his memories of the [[Hale House+The Fire|Hale Fire]] and his coma with his werewolf progeny [[Scott McCall]]. Later in [[3x02 - Chaos Rising]] he was able to partially uncover some of [[Isaac Lahey]]'s memories that had been wiped by the [[The Alpha Pack|Alpha Pack]].
In [[3x22 - De-Void]], [[Scott McCall]], with Peter's instruction, performed this ritual with his claws in both Stiles and Lydia, and so he and Lydia were able to both enter Stiles' subconscious, with the intention of splitting Stiles from the [[The Nogitsune|Nogitsune]]. In [[5x08 - Ouroboros]], Scott tapped into [[Corey Bryant|Corey]]'s memories in an attempt to find [[the Dread Doctors]]' lair.