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the wet sprocket, "come back down"
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Image:"Peregrine
Landed,"by L.T.C.
Sliante'.
I call myself Peregrine Gray. Some call me Peregrine Gray, Larta
magus bani Jerbiton, Sixth Degree Adept... they also call me Riser To The
Third Star, or even Jim Pathfinder. I'm a young white male (not getting
any younger), a poet, a wanderer, and a god on this earth. Good to
meetcha. These documents are my views and gathered info on the Awakened
Ones in this World of Darkness, and on other matters that are related to
magick and Enlightenment... which may just be another word for Ecstasy,
yeh?
I look at these things a little different than alot of people do.
Some people, mostly the pattern-types, feel the need to divide the Awakened
Ones into categories, "Traditions" and such, when such divisions in practical
reality don't exist. I've been around this globe one or two times,
and I've met a good number of mages; except for the wizards of the Grand
Hermetic Houses and the church-mages of the Celestial Chorus, most of'em
don't really adhere to any sort of organized hierarchy. I mean, a
death-mage is more likely to be familiar with other death-mages than with
some cybermancer who thinks death is just "the
long, dark byte"... but that doesn't mean
that all death-mages are card-carrying members of Club Euthanatos.
Now, that's not to say that "Club Euthanatos" doesn't exist. Or Club
Verbena, Club Dreamspeaker, Club Chorus, etc. There's a whole cadre
of so-called "Ascension Warriors" called the Council of Seven, wherein
the Grand Order of Hermes has gathered mages of different styles into seven
traditions, and united them to fight the Technocracy, to make the world
a safer place for magick. That's what they say, at least. From
what I can tell, they're little more than self-important and power-hungry
reality terrorists. Not much better than those mad mages, the Nameless
Ones. A bunch of witches, shamans, death-mages, church-mages, and
assorted oddballs all led by the Hermetic magi in self-righteous and destructive
attacks on the Union, which is just as ruthless as the Council. The
world is as it is, but these folks think they have the right to shape it
in their own image.
Anyway, look on, and have
fun...
.
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AD
ASTRA
This is the Page where I detail my perceptions, musings, and theories on
the Astral World and the Otherworlds -- Faerie, the Umbra, Hells, Heavens,
Earths, etc. This page is , take a look!!! (May
29-99: This page is now up and available, though some of the sub-pages
may not be...)
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to AD ASTRA
HALLSof
the
FAE
I didn't like Changeling: The Dreaming.
Too much emphasis on cute chimera and childhood imagination -- not enough
fey myth and ancient terror. AND, you only get to play half-fae.
So this is the section where I've revamped the idea of fae in the WoD,
according to what I would want to play or run -- full-blooded fae folk
of various shapes and sizes, from lords of the daoine-sidhe to the glittering
armies known collectively as The Faerie Host. Character Generation
has been changed, and new backgrounds are added; much was inspired by Ars
Magica and general myth/folklore research.
Go to my revision -- FAERIE: THE
LOST KINGDOM
.
FAE
LINKS
EX
MISCELLANEA
So, sometimes I come up with whole @*!%-loads of Mage stuff, but it doesn't
belong or really fit on any of the other pages... this is where it all
goes. Story ideas, musings about the game, all kinds of junk.
.
Go
to Ex Miscellanea
Go to my WoD
Compilation Page
Also: My new Mage
Forum Archives
THE
CEREMONIALISTS
"We follow a tradition that has had millennia to mature and grow, a
praxis that crosses many level and transcends them all. The ways
of High Magick and ceremonialism provide a dependable and consistent basis
for the shaping of reality, and the ways in which we pursue our praxes
are time-honored methods proven to produce understanding and power safely
and reliably. Why play with primitive tools, surrounded by muck and
mud, when you can look to the words of Hermes Trismegistus and his earliest
followers to find a way to conquer all that? Why remain ignorant
to the multi-layered meanings of the very words we all use, every day,
when with a few years of study those doors can be opened for you?
Why settle for a fraction of the understanding, a portion of the comprehension?
We reach across the worlds, we hear the magick inherent in the many languages,
we read the movements of the planetes and the stars, we know the meaning
behind the symbols used blindly and ignorantly by other mysticks.
And we make you an offer: join our society, and if you are worthy, we will
teach you these, the greatest of secrets."
.
Summary: Ceremonialists are those who believe that their magicks come
from the precise and complex rituals they enact, and that these powers
are highly dependant on arcane forms and conditions, such as planetary
positions, solstices and equinoxes, or even time of day. Where others
are limited to only -3 to difficulties by using Difficulty Modifiers (pg.
171 of M:tA 2nd Ed.), I allow the Ceremonialists as much as -5 to difficulties.
Go
to THE CEREMONIALISTS
.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
-
The
Ten Hermetic Houses
-
The
Oriental Ceremonialists
-
Neo-Pagans
and Ex Miscellanea
THE
TECHNOMANCERS
Summary: My ideas on the Technocratic
Union... taking away the labels and "Mage Clubs", leaving Willworkers with
believable and detailed beliefs and philosophies. Explains the ways
in which technomancy can work.
Go
to THE TECHNOMANCERS
.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
-
Technocrats:
the Reasoners (Public Relations)
-
Technocrats:
the Technicians (Progress)
-
Technocrats:
the Paradigm-Managers (Maintenance)
-
The
Technorebels: Cyberpunks and Theorists
THE
PRIMALS
Summary: The Primals are mages who
believe that their magicks come from deep within themselves -- raw inner
power channeled by will and sparked by passion.
Go
to THE PRIMALS
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
-
The
shamans and spirit-speakers
-
The
ecstatics and easterners
-
The
true witches and the nature-mages
THE
HOLY ONES
Summary: Holy Ones are mages who believe
that their magicks come from a deity or deities, or perhaps spirits, and
that their powers are only channeled through them, the human vessels.
Go
to THE HOLY ONES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
-
The
Celestial Chorus of the One
-
Pagans
and other Non-Unitists
-
The
Mad Zealots
-
The
Yahweh Cycle and the Yeshua Chronicle
THE
TRANSCENDENTALISTS
Summary: Transcendentalists (or "Easterners")are
mages who believe that their powers come from aligning or submitting themselves
to greater, natural cosmic powers and forces, such as the Tao (the Way)
or Kharma and Dharma.
Go
to THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
-
The
Taoists of the Akashic Order
-
The
Chakravanti (also known as the Euthanatoi)
-
Dragon
Wizards and K'an Lu (Ceremonialists) vs. the Easterners
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