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Arcana is the name for the collective disciplines and professions associated with the eight Spheres of Arcana.
Arcana in the world of Aelyria surrounds everyone and is a part of everything. Only those who have had the veil lifted from their eyes in a ritual called
Unbinding can perceive the mystical essence at the core of the material fabric of the universe. Many people live their existence in ignorant bliss of these essences, the Vis, the inner will from within, and the Ara, the outer forces from without. Properly educated with scholarly discipline, a
Mage, or magic user, can enter a
meditative state called
Clara and project their inner will into the
Astral Plane,
focus upon the outer forces of the
Essence Plane to which they are attuned, and
channel this power into reality, where they can
shape it into spells. Untrained mages are a threat to the order of the
multiverse and pose a danger to themselves and everyone around them, and yet the existence of
hedgemages and petty
spellcasters proliferates, regarded as an abominable infestation by the magical establishment.
As a magical discipline, Arcana encompasses all mystical arts involving the transformation of astral energy into material spells. While there is also much magic harnessed in other ways, it is too crude to be called a discipline in its own right. For practitioners of Arcana, upon being Unbound, they enter their initial trance and focus upon one of the essences, and then become attuned to it. Each sphere of arcana, or School of Magic, draws its power from a single essence, and when its practitioner channels the essence transforming it into mana, they shape the spells out of the same energy. Though it is postulated that there are infinite essences, mortals in our world can presently only be attuned to eight of them.
See Also
Abar, et. al. A Primer to Arcana. Third Edition.
Further Reading
Arcane Items
Arcana Statistics
Arcana
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