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=[|Council of Nine Mystic Traditions]=

from [|the book Mage the Ascension]

The **Council of Nine Mystic Traditions**, or the **[|Traditions]**, are the default [|player characters] and protagonists in the [|Mage: The Ascension] setting. The Traditions are a collection of magical traditions united by a common theory of magical [|Spheres], as well as a common purpose: the defense of magic and myth against the oppressive, static and safe [|Technocratic paradigm] of predictability and control. The council has traditionally maintained a seat for each Sphere, with certain Traditions (the [|Solificati] and [|Ahl-i-Batin]) leaving the council, only to be replaced by newer Traditions (the [|Sons of Ether] and [|Virtual Adepts]).

Traditions
The Traditions are the backbone of the Council. The modern Council is comprised of:
 * The Akashic Brotherhood are mystical martial artists whose meditations grant them insight into the seat of the Mind.
 * The Celestial Chorus, holding the seat of [|Prime]. The Choristers are religious mystics, all adhering to faith in the One.
 * The [|Cult of Ecstasy] who hold the seat of Timeare practitioners of ancient ecstatic rites to see beyond reality.
 * Dreamspeakers are the holders of the seat of [|Spirit]and are the shamans and tribal willworkers of history.
 * The [|Euthanatos] hold the seat of [|Entropy]and are enforcers of the karmic wheel of rebirth.
 * The Order of Hermes, who hold the seat of [|Forces]. The order are traditional high mages of the medieval European form, claiming descent from [|Hermes Trismegistus].
 * Resembling stories of mad scientists, the Sons of Ether left the Technocracy after the Michelson-Morley experiment, and have since held the [|Matter]seat in the Traditions.
 * Verbena mages are the inheritors of traditions of blood and enlightenment from druidic rituals to the world tree; they hold the seat of [|Life].
 * Newest of the traditions, the Virtual Adepts are mages who utilize the power of telecommunications in their mastery of [|Correspondence].