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===Temple of the White Garland===

The Temple of the White Garland is a religious organization devoted to spiritual purification by the discovery of the mage’s own divine nature.  White Temple doctrines borrow heavily from eastern philosophy and religion, particular from the Indian subcontinent, but the teachings of the school are unique to it.  The school teaches that might makes right, though this is a doctrine that many of the students reject.  Conflict between mages of this order is frequent and sometimes violent.  The temple’s ritual and symbolism is an amalgam of Hindu, Buddhist and Indian folk tradition.

Apprentice training is focused less on direct utility than on helping the mage to achieve a mystical understanding of their own power and importance.  Magical training emphasizes control over the physical world and elements in the belief that this will force the mage to confront their own godhead.


Cost: 28 points.

Advantages:  Language (Hindi, Broken)

Skills:  Artist (Any), Auto-Hypnosis, Breath Control, Folklore (Indian), Esoteric Medicine, Herb Lore, History (Ancient India), Meditation, Naturalist, Symbol Drawing (White Garland), Theology (Buddhism), Theology (Hinduism).

Spells:

Air:  Control Air Elemental, Create Air Elemental, No-Smell, Purify Air, Summon Air Elemental.

Water:  Create Water, Purify Water, Seek Water.

Weather:  Clouds, Frost, Hail, Lightning, Rain, Storm


House Stances

Magic:  Magic is simply the expression of our own divine will.  Magic teaches us who we are.

Themselves:  We are gods purely because we know that we are gods.

The Council:  They are useful for as long as they do not try to control us.

The Circle:  They are animals because they choose to be animals.

The Cooperative:  They suspect that which we know.  One day they will put aside their toys and grow up.

Independents:  The Pure River Temple are too scared of their own power to act, which makes them powerless.  The Silver Mirror School asks the right questions, but they cannot bare the answer.