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The ancient Verbena call you their own, as harsh
and cruel and beautiful as the very force of
nature.
What Magickal Tradition Do You Belong In?
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***Background:
Central to Verbena theurgy is the link to Life. Almost all Verbena theurgy seeks to strengthen the link between the mage, coven or mankind with the Great Life Force. This force is sometimes represented as Baphomet, The Sabbath goat with a thousand young, filled with life. Other groups prefer to use the Trinal Goddess in her different forms (The Maid, The Mother and The Crone). These beings may be anthropomorphic personifications of Life (and Death) or celestines.
At the Sabbaths the coven meet to reaffirm their duty and to strengthen the link to Life. Exactly how this is done varies a bit with sub-tradition. In many covens the rite is begun by the participants dancing around the World Tree, chanting and raising the cone of power. This is done faster and faster. Sometimes the Priestess and/or Priest allow themselves to be possessed with the Goddess and God. During the rite, sacrifices are made to strengthen the link, energy is channelled into the world tree and oaths are made. In some covens the participants engage in ritual sex to release even more energy, and balance the sacrifices.
The mages may perform other rites on other days, to strengthen themselves. These may be almost anything: sacrificing some fruit or meat to nature, tending to a sick lifeform or running wildly scyclad through the forest, feeling the life around themselves, freeing themselves from the chains of civilisation, mind and self-control. The most important thing is the link between the mage and the living world, and to avoid getting trapped in the lifeless technomancer reality.***
You are a Parisian.
What's your Inner European?
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BURNED AT THE STAKE! Through the centuries, this
has probably been the most common form of
tortutous execution. The fact that it happened
to you doesn't mean you are all that
extraordinary of a person, but it does
guarantee your rejection from heaven. Your
ashes will be shunned as you shunned the truth
of the Divine, and since you denied the
rightful place of the Holy Trinity, you will
have no place in the Heavenly Realms. You
dabbled in things that are something besides
true religion, so it doesn't matter what else
you did; you're going to Hell now.
What Painful Death Do You Deserve?
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*** what a coincidence... ***