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===The Unchained=== | ===The Unchained=== | ||
− | The Unchained are dedicated to the proposition that people need to "free" their minds. Members seem to have different conceptions of what “freeing the mind” is and pursue it in many different ways. Some study science, some meditate, some create art, some alter their consciousness with drugs; any path to the goal is acceptable. The Unchained makes use of both Hermetic and Wiccan rituals, as well as many from other traditions and some they made up themselves. While some Unchained are ascetics, The Unchained as a whole are famous for partying hard. The stranger and more extreme the party, the more likely it is to help the guests to free themselves. | + | The Unchained are dedicated to the proposition that people need to "free" their minds. Members seem to have different conceptions of what “freeing the mind” is and pursue it in many different ways. Some study science, some meditate, some create art, some alter their consciousness with drugs; any path to the goal is acceptable. The Unchained makes use of both Hermetic and Wiccan rituals, as well as many from other traditions and some they made up themselves. While some Unchained are ascetics, The Unchained as a whole are famous for partying hard. The stranger and more extreme the party, the more likely it is to help the guests to free themselves. Pleasure is seen as a transformative tool to achieve new perspectives and different states of mind. More extreme members of the order have been known to deliberately drive themselves or others insane, in the hope of gaining magical insight through loosening the bonds of reason. |
Despite the love of freedom and pleasure, apprenticeship is a lot of hard work and study only the academically successful ever become mages. It is emphasized to the student that freeing the mind is an arduous process and the very opposite of going with the flow. Academic training is designed to allow the student to bring out their full potential as a human being. Spells taught focus on illusion and mind control, as an aid to breaking down the barriers between the mind and the world. | Despite the love of freedom and pleasure, apprenticeship is a lot of hard work and study only the academically successful ever become mages. It is emphasized to the student that freeing the mind is an arduous process and the very opposite of going with the flow. Academic training is designed to allow the student to bring out their full potential as a human being. Spells taught focus on illusion and mind control, as an aid to breaking down the barriers between the mind and the world. |