Linking

 Most forms of magick will require you to link ideas or concepts of a spell together in your head, such as "protect" and "oneself". Connections aren't fully constructs, they are just a mental step in completing a spell; a subset of a larger construct. These are also applied to energy constructs, but should probably be learnt before attempting harder endeavours. Links can be made with people, objects, organisms, concepts and thoughtforms. 

Repeated chanting of incantations is a great example, which can be done easily via saying the intent out loud multiple times to drive it into your head. Your mind interprets what you are saying and once you "understand", you experience a state close enough to gnosis for magick to work. Your mind makes the connections itself and you can just use a charging method to further strengthen the spell. This can be done by keeping on repeating the exact same intent over and over, strengthening the flow state. 

The application of this method with people is rather intrusive. It involves visualizing the person's ego or mind, or the version of them you've created in your mind and connecting to that. This was mostly for use with psionic skills. This method of linking was taught to me by one of my magickal teachers, who was a chaote as well. To be honest, I didn't even know what a chaote was at that time, and only recently I figured out he was a chaote by his advanced practices. Originally, I did not know what to do with this ability. Programming links seemed impossible, but in magick any construct can be programmed. The thing is that it takes much more than just practice. It requires research and reading a method from different perspectives in order to achieve more.

The method described should foster a sense of connection, particularly in a peer-to-peer context. Feel the presence of the person close to you, then allow yourself to open up, permitting an unobstructed energy exchange between you. A link is fundamentally about letting someone sense your energy, which may provide insights into your being, enhancing their understanding of you. For constructs or thoughtforms, such a link facilitates their collaborative functioning.

Programming connections is the next step to success, especially in the field of energy programming. Energy links are subsets of larger thoughtforms, but there are different types of thoughtforms and subsequently different types of links. As your understanding of thoughtforms broaden, so will connections. Let's end this post off with examples.

I generally see poppets as a prime example of how connections can be used to manifest. 

For Poppets, ask yourself: What do I want this poppet to do?
Is it going to signify someone symbolically for use with symbolic magick?
Is it going to act as a figurative version of them for use with baneful magick?
Is it going to serve as protection, or redirect baneful magick away from someone?

For energy constructs there are two common connections I know about. Links that "tie" constructs together to make sure they're connected even though they don't interact with each other. This allows you to call both by just calling one. The other link is one that allows information to flow from one construct to another an d vice versa.