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The Rasian Academy is the common name for the Grand Academy of Rasia, the greatest institution of magic and learning in the Anrel Isles..
| Academy Schools | Academy Schools Academy schools, not to be confused with the Schools of Thought, were elite educational establishments for children found throughout Anrel. They taught a curriculum approved by the Rasian Academy, consisting of the Three Pillars: Grammar (including reading, languages and literature), Logic (including mathematics, reasoning and critical thought) and Holistics (including natural sciences, human behaviour and biology, anatomy, history and governance). |
| Aertistry | Aertistry The Aertists were an avant-garde aesthetic and ideological movement in the Rasian Academy, in first centry BME. At first merely a student movement, many of its members became influential leading to tense confrontation between the Aertists, the Academy establishment, and the |
| Belikast | Belikast Belikast (Nikolo Drorkin, or Nikolo Signfound) was an infamous historic Grand Master of the Rasian Academy (86 - 32? BME), who was expurgated and forever renamed as “Belikast the Black”. People This is in a series of articles on famous and historic people. He is often called the “Last Grand Master |
| Expurgation | Expurgation Expurgation was the ultimate punishment meted out by the Rasian Academy for the crime of malefaction: the use of thaumaturgy for evil and harmful ends. Magic magic This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism. Process Expurgation involves four steps. Firstly, the criminal's familiar (or 'prime source'), the elemental which is the source of his power, is cut away and destroyed. |
| Gnosticians | Gnosticians The Gnosticians were a minor school within the Rasian Academy who studied gods, the god-magic of theurgy, rituals and theologies. Rasian Academy This is in a series of articles about the Rasian Academy See also: * Magic * Schools of Thought The Gnosticians were originally founded to study the origins of god-elementals, or 'magicmagic |
| Godkillers | Godkillers The Godkillers were an unofficial paramilitary group associated with the Grand Academy of Rasia, tasked with rooting out newly-formed god-elementals, and the potentially dangerous religious cults associated with them. The group was active during the High Period of Rasia, from 500 |
| Grammarian School of Thought | Grammarian School of Thought The Grammarians were one of the three great Schools of Thought in the golden age of the Rasian Academy. Grammarians believed that words and language were the key effective magic, and sought the purest, most concise and elegant words and structures. Grammarians also studied human languages of all kinds.languagelanguage |
| Grandmaster Ferokian | Grandmaster Ferokian Ferokian (721-620 BME) was Grandmaster of the Rasian Academy from 672 to 620 BME. People This is in a series of articles on famous and historic people. He is famous for his exploits during the so-called Dragon War, in which he created terrifying illusions of fiery flying creatures, and according to legend destroyed the slaver city |
| Holistician School of Thought | Holistician School of Thought The Holisticians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools. Rasian Academy This is in a series of articles about the Rasian Academy See also: * Magic * Schools of Thought Holisticians view the universe as sets of interrelated and interdependent systems. They regard other perspectives as |
| Houlm | Houlm A houlm, also called a thaumaturgical helm or a magister's crown, is a thaumaturgical device that interacts with the human brain, providing knowledge, calculation or perception abilites, or for medical reasons. Houlms were most famously used by the Holisticians of the Rasian Academy, a crucial tool of their work. |
| Indjineers | Indjineers The College of Indjineers was a prominent institution at the The Grand Academy of Rasia during its High Period. The college specialised in the design and manufacture of magical artefacts and mechanisms, particularly lamenaries and other thaumaturgical indjins. As such they were specialists in various crafts, particularly metalworking. |
| Magister | Magister Magister is a term in the Anrel Isles for a thaumaturges, or full practitioners of magic. More specifically, magisters are thaumaturges of the Rasian Academy with the ability to summon, bind and instruct elementals on their own, with no assistance from others. Sorcerors are practitioners with the skill and knowledge to instruct elementals, but without the ability to summon and bind them.magic |
| Magisteriate | Magisteriate The Magisteriate was the governing body of the Rasian Academy from 50 BME to 236 ME. It replaced the former collegiate system of masters, headed by a Grand Master, following the downfall of the Grand Master Belikast. Its stated aimed was to promote, oversee and control the use of MEmagic |
| Mekanism | Mekanism Mekanism was a School of Thought at the Rasian Academy. It viewed the universe as a single integrated machine, made up of intricate interlocking parts, from the smallest particles of matter to the great wheels of the heavens. Rasian Academy This is in a series of articles about the |
| Metamagicians | Metamagicians The Metamagicians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools. Rasian Academy This is in a series of articles about the Rasian Academy See also: * Magic * Schools of Thought Where the grammarians seek to explain the living world in the languagelanguage |
| Oughtism | Oughtism Oughtism is a moral and philosophical system, claiming an ancient inheritance from the moral codes of the Godmen. It continues to be influential throughout the Anrel Isles, and it's guiding principles have been the foundation of legal and religious codes throughout the |
| Rasian Collegium | Rasian Collegium The Rasian Collegium was originally a political body combining leaders from the Rasian Academy and Rasia City. The term became synonymous with Rasia as a city-state, leader of a confederation of allied cities and territories during the Little Ice Age period in the Anrel Isles. The Collegium grew from a loose alliance of neutral cities and duchies in the fifth century |
| School of Night | School of Night The School of Night was a private establishment related to the Rasian Academy in Trésard. It was principally a club house for academics, top students and prominent non-academics sharing an interest in the liberal arts. As well as libraries, galleries and gaming rooms, it was famous for its parties held throughout the year. |
| Schools of Thought | Schools of Thought A school of thought is system of belief, or a methodological approach within an academic or philosophical system. The term was formally used for the various Schools of Thought within the Rasian Academy, with different approaches to the practice and application of |
| Schools of Thought (Category) | Schools of Thought (Category) The Rasian Schools of Thought were various different approaches to academic philosophy and thaumaturgical practice which flourished during the golden age of the Grand Academy of Rasia. Of these various schools, only Magistry survives today, so that |
| Signtism | Signtism Signtism is an ancient philosophy and subculture in the Anrel Isles, one of the many Schools of Thought who found a home in the Rasian Academy. The Grand Master Belikast was born into the Signtist community of Larford, and his association with the culture and the city led to its utter destruction during the |
| The Grand Academy of Rasia | The Grand Academy of Rasia The Grand Academy of Rasia [RAH-see-uh], more commonly known as the Rasian Academy, was once the greatest centre of learning in the Civilised World. It taught a wide variety of disciplines but specialised in thaumaturgical theory and practice. Rasian Academy This is in a series of articles about the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEmagicmagicmagic |