Editing The Gift:Conflict (section)

==Aid Organizations==

Aid organizations, such as Amnesty International and UNESCO, are often used as recruiting grounds by the more idealistic magical traditions.  Particularly active are House Rat Sniffing, the Sacred Chalice and the Order of St. John of Manhattan, searching respectively for the academically inclined, the mystically inclined and the courageous.  The Church of St. Christopher on the Mountain is also liable to approach talented individuals if they are Christian or can be converted to Christianity.  Conflict over apprentices is rarely violent but can be surprisingly bitter as competing worldviews clash.  Aid organizations have occasionally been used as an apprentice hunting ground by mages of the Temple of the White Garland, either looking for an enlightened soul or seeking to break someone’s idealism in order to awaken them.  Also, mages are often directly interested in these groups and which causes receive most support.  Fervent ecologists and/or animal rights activists, like many Circle mages, sometimes clash with mages who want to spend more funds helping human beings.