The Arts
The Defensive Arts
When one enters into the world of shadows, there is a world apart from the 'normal' one we deal in every day. To act as safeguards there are ceremonies of separation which are performed, and wards which are constructed to help separate not only the spiritual world from the physical world, but also to attune the mind of the individual who is preparing to do a work of the Art to the work. Keeping them safe with natural and balanced flows, as well as ensuring that their full focus is dedicated to the task at hand.
There are also times when things are not peaceful, and a combative stance must be held. To make a sustainable offensive move, one must be protected to a degree. The items offered under this description, as well as in the Codex provide for this, and allow the individual the capacity to learn and develop those areas which will aid in their capacity to prevent the full effects of damaging interactions. To be passive like the water, yet able to withstand the pressures at great depths is the aim of this Art. So that you are able to stand strong, and endure the test of time in all your dealings.
The Defensive Arts
Ars Ex Nul
The Arts of Nothing. There are times when occurances leave unnatural disturbances in their environment. These things act as corruptions, a taint on the vital essence of a place, and thusly must be removed. From a simple spell which has gone awry to something which was done which has stained the natural world, the Ars Ex Nul help to remove this corruption, and let the balance which was disrupted by what happened return to the natural world.
Ars Ex Nul
The Neutral Arts
When you deal in events of active and passive qualities, the Neutral Arts are arts of balance. Where your intent is what shapes which direction they go. To the darker side of things, the passive side, things which are the defensive; or to the more active side of things, the lighter side. Our world exists in a balance of the active and passive qualities and it is our perceptions of these qualities which create within our environments the situations which we must endure. The Neutral Arts are a study of this, as well as a means to gain that which is required for those whose circumstances are less than balanced.
The Neutral Arts
The Offensive Arts
Nothing is all one way or the other. It becomes prudent to foster the growth of the spirit to be able to offensively handle the things which one comes into contact with that threaten to disrupt the balance which is what we strive for. Through the Offensive Arts one makes use of the more active and passive qualities to ensure that threats are dealt with in the capacity that is best for those at hand.
The Offensive Arts
Caligio Ars
The Shadow Arts are those works and ceremonies which stir the primal mind within the subconscious, which align the spirit to the primal currents and create the works of Thaumaturgy in its classical form. These works take skill, balance and commitment to personal mastery. All the works developed for those things which incorporate all aspects of their inherent states: light, dark, active, passive. This is what this work involves, when one assumes for themselves the mantle of their own divinity to achieve their will.