Council of Nine Mystic Traditions

The Council of Nine Mystic Traditions, or the Traditions are the standard "good guys" in the Mage: The Ascension setting. The Traditions are a collection of conservative magical traditions united by a common theory of magical Spheres, and a rejection of the Technocratic Paradigm. 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 modern council is comprised of:


 * 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.
 * 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 Time are practitioners of ancient ecstatic rites to see beyond reality.
 * The Euthanatos hold the seat of Entropy and are enforcers of the karmic wheel of rebirth.
 * Verbena mages are the inheritors of traditions of blood and enlightenment from druidic rituals to the world tree, they hold the seat of Life.
 * Dreamspeakers are the holders of the seat of Spirit and are the shamans and tribal willworkers of history.
 * The Akashic Brotherhood are mystical martial artists whose meditations grant them insight into the seat of the Mind.
 * Stereotypical mad scientists, the Sons of Ether left the Technocracy after the Michelson-Morley experiment, and have since held the Matter seat in the Traditions.
 * Newest of the traditions, the Virtual Adepts are mages who utilize the power of telecommunications in their mastery of Correspondence.