[UA] Post-postmodern

[Benn Beaton]

Unitarian occultism would be a very interesting approach.  Perhaps if we
considered some form of Synthesis between the adeptpaths and traditional
ritual.  Perhaps purely as an NPC conceit.  or what if rather than a full
blown adept path they minimised the obsession away from studying the full
blown path and instead have been taught a single spell.  The randomness and
free nature has been removed in favour of a regimented disciplined approach
(maybe things like a blood cult that learns the body as a still pond spell
from epidermimancy)  Throw in some hokey non-traditional buddism and the
chinese could be in for a shock!

In order to be anti-postmodern the group would need a grand narritive that
allows for magic.  I think that the best way to simulate this would be with
existing abilities (possibloy weakened) and a paradigm skill that emphasises
the disciplined approach.  Perhaps even have the group responsible for
upgrading rituals?  After all whats a boy to do when a ritual calls for dodo
blood.

Of coursethis whole idea sounds like a very novel version of a room of
renunciation.

On 4/6/08, Russell Rayburn <rusrayburn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Benn Beaton <benn.beaton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > To engage in a "new sincerity"
> > would seem to be a traditionalism and so in occult terms you would have
> a
> > rise in Authentic Thaumaturgy(sp damn i'm crap) and Avatar use, possibly
> > both.
>
> Seems likely.
>
> Given that post-modernism is "weird for the sake of weird", all about
> the individual perspective, et. al. then a strengthening of more
> traditional forms seems inevitable in a post-modern world.
>
> On the other hand, you could have something like "big tent magic",
> where "alternative" methods are seen as individual expressions of a
> fundamental truth ( i.e. magic ).  Sort of like unitarian magic, if
> you will.  That might preserve the individual perspective and permit
> disparate groups to work together ( or at least kill each other less
> ).
>
> Hand in hand with a more traditional view of magic might be a
> persecution of the old order; newly trained authentic thaumaturgists
> hunting down old dipsomancers and epideromancers might make for an
> interesting sleeper campaign.
>
>
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