Mekanism
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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 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.
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Topics related to the Grand Academy of Rasia.
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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
Mekanists were further divided into two philosophical schools: the Purists who believed that the universal machine had no purpose, and the Teleologians who saw the universe as having been created by a Universal Architect in order to calculate an unknowable problem.
The School was almost extinct by the time of the Great Schoolsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchools 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. Its colleges were some of the oldest in Rasia, but the ancient buildings became occupied by the Factors, craftsmen who make all the artefacts of wood and metal necessary for academic work. Foremost amongst these were the Indjineers, who craft the elemental indjins used by metamagicians and holisticians in particular, powered by the arts of the 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.
However many older Factors clung to ancient mystical Mekanist beliefs.
Mekanism
The School has long been extinct, superceded by the Great Schools. Its colleges are some of the oldest in Rasia, but the ancient buildings are now occupied by the Factors, craftsmen who make all the artefacts of wood and metal necessary for academic work. Foremost amongst these are the Indjineers, who craft the elemental indjins used by metamagicians and holisticians in particular, powered by the arts of the programmarians.