Gnosticians
The Gnosticians were a minor school within the Rasian Academy who studied gods, the god-magic of theurgy, rituals and theologies.
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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.
See also:
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Magic, also called thaumaturgy is the art and science of harnessing elementals, and instructing them to carry out simple or complex tasks.
Invoking more powerful spirits or gods is a related but much more dangerous art, called theurgy.
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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
The Gnosticians were originally founded to study the origins of god-elementals, or 'deitals', and the cults that surrounded them, in order to limit the evolution of new gods and limit their influence. The Gnostician Library, amassed over several centuries, contained a vast array of works of ritual, comparative theology, myth, prophecy, esoteric writings and descriptions of the fundamental nature and properties of various gods.
The enforcing arm of the school was a group called the Godkillers, a powerful group of thaumaturges who sought out new deitals, particularly those being used for malicious purposes or the focus of dangerous cults. The Godkillers were a small group, but they constantly travelled the Natorn Archipelago seeking out gods which they considered threatening, and destroyed them where they could.
Although religious belief within the school was discouraged, over time and through close study many members of the school became followers of various gods and engaged in god-magic. Evidence that highly placed members of the Academy were using god-magic caused a huge scandal, and
They were generally despised by the Magisters, Oughtistsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOughtism
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 and Programmariansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrammarian 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, who dismissed their study of 'deitals' as at best naive, at worst dangerous. In the past there have been moves to banish gnosticians from Rasia altogether, and all gnostics are officially banned from the archives. Several centuries before the time of Belikast, the Magisters forbade students from dabbling in the field of gnostics, so that students trained in the Gnostician school could only be lay members of the Academy.