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• Aertistryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAertistry
  
  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
• Church of the Namelessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of the Nameless
  
  The Church of the Nameless, also called the Cult of the Nameless, is a subversive religious sect in the Anrel Isles. Their God is referred to as 'The Nameless One', because Anrelians believe that saying his true name attracts his evil attention. Anrel
• Elementalsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElementals
  
  Elementals are esoteric beings found throughout Helevos. In various cultures they have been called spirits, daimons, eridai or jinna. In their natural state they are invisible, drawing energy from the natural environment and have limited interaction with the physical world. Millennia ago humans learned to harness elementals and instruct them to perform seemingly miraculous tasks, calling this magicmagicmagic
• Expurgationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigExpurgation
  
  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.
• Farsightplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFarsight
  
  Farsight is a thaumaturgical discipline enabling magical practitioners to see and sometimes hear people and places distant from their present location.
  
  Magic
  
  magic
  
  This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
  
  Farsight requires the mastery of many other disciplines, since it requires controlling at least two
• Gnosticiansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGnosticians
  
  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
• Grammarian School of Thoughtplugin-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
• Houlmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHoulm
  
  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.
• Imagoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImagory
  
  Imagory is the one of the three main thaumaturgical disciplines, that of creating an imago: a convincingly realistic image of real-world or imaginary object or scene.
  
  Magic
  
  magic
  
  This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
  
  Despite its seeming simplicity, creating realistic and aesthetically pleasing imagos is one of the most difficult to master, as it requires not only a great skill, finesse and a high level of rapport between the
• Imprintingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImprinting
  
  Imprinting is the thaumaturgical discipline of capturing the attention of an elemental, and giving it set of formal instructions. Magicians with the ability to summon and imprint an elemental are magisters.
  
  Magic
  
  magic
  
  This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
  
  The most basic method of imprinting is verbal, reciting sequents aloud to a bound elemental in the human equivalent of the languagelanguage
• Kas-fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKas-fruit
  
  Kas-fruit is the red or yellow fruit of the kasflower, a perennial flowering plant or bush believed to be native to Anrel.
  
  Flora
  
  herbs
  
  This is in a series of articles about Plants and Flora.
  
  It is found growing throughout the Mainland, particularly in the wilder regions of viridmagic
• Luminateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLuminate
  
  Luminates are individuals with the rare ability to form a mental connection with an elemental. This can happen unconsciously and without training, making such connections potentially dangerous if the elemental carries out the violent subconscious desires of a child, rather than the conscious will of a trained
• Magisteriateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagisteriate
  
  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
• Phelorixplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPhelorix
  
  Phelorix, also called smokestone, is an extremely hard, glass-like material, said to have been used by the Godmen for constructing towers and cities.
  
  Technology
  
  This is in a series of articles on machinery, artefacts, manufacturing, craftsmanship, raw materials and other
• Primusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimus
  
  A primus or prime source, vulgarly called a familiar or shadow, is an elemental is imprinted to a magister, being permanently bound with vinculum. The primus is the focal instrument and agent of his magical power. Primus is the official term used by magicians of the Rasian school of magic, though many other terms are used.
• Sorcererplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSorcerer
  
  A Sorcerer is a thaumaturge, or magical practitioner, who lacks the ability to summon an elemental themself. Sorcerers may be skilled in Erida, the magical language of the elementals, but relies either on using elementals who have been assigned to them by a magister, or by using lamenaries, magickal objects which have an elemental physically bound to them.
• Thaumatropeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumatrope
  
  A thaumatrope, also called an imagoricle or moon lantern, is a device for displaying images by thaumaturgical means.
  
  Magic
  
  magic
  
  This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
  
  The simplest thaumatropes are a box with a single open side, into which the image is projected creating the illusion of reality. The most complex devices have a glass panel covering a layer of coloured sand or beads, which are manipulated by the source to form an image. The sim…
• Terms for Practitioners of Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerms for Practitioners of Magic
  
  Thaumaturge
  
  In the Rasian Academy style of magic, a thaumaturge (proto-Ahngrit “miracle worker”) is a practicioner of thaumaturgy, vulgarly called as magic. There are many names for magical practitioners, largely dependent on the culture of both the practitioner and the attitude of the speaker.
• Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy
  
  Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.
  
  Magic
  
  magic
  
  This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
  
  Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic
• Sitemapplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSitemap
  
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