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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Religious Culture</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The Dancers' <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22totem%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22totem%20%28WOD%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btotem%20%28WOD%29%7Ctotem%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/Totem_(WOD)" title="Totem (WOD)">totem</a> is <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Whippoorwill%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Whippoorwill%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWhippoorwill%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/Whippoorwill" title="Whippoorwill">Whippoorwill</a>, whose mad call the Dancers emit during their hunts. They name themselves after a mysterious <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Labyrinth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Black%20Spiral%20Labyrinth%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBlack%20Spiral%20Labyrinth%7CLabyrinth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/Black_Spiral_Labyrinth" title="Black Spiral Labyrinth">Labyrinth</a> that exists in the realm of the Wyrm; they are said to "dance" this Black Spiral to gain dark powers and wisdom. Indeed, to dance the Black Spiral and survive is considered by the Black Spiral Dancers to be the most sacred of feats. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The practice of "dancing the spiral" to find communion with spirits can be traced back to many ancient shamanistic traditions, including those of the Picts. Led by the guidance of their spirit totems, those who walked the spiral could commune with the elemental forces of the world. As part of this, saner Black Spirals profess that the <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Wyrm originally represented a force of balance, not only between the Weaver and the Wyld, but between light and shadow. The Wyrm's servitors prevented either force from growing too powerful and upsetting the balance of creation. When the Weaver trapped the Wyrm, this balance was shattered. To being anew, the Pattern Web has to be torn down and the world be reduced into ist basic components. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Chronicle%20of%20the%20Black%20Labyrinth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Chronicle%20of%20the%20Black%20Labyrinth%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BChronicle%20of%20the%20Black%20Labyrinth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_the_Black_Labyrinth" title="Chronicle of the Black Labyrinth">Chronicle of the Black Labyrinth</a></i> presents a complex theology. The ultimate goal of all Black Spiral Dancers is to enter the Black Labyrinth and confront their 'Urge', a negative emotion that binds them to the physical world. Confronting, acknowledging, and transcending one's Urge frees one of material constraints, and allows union with the 'Soul of All', the Dancers' name for the Wyrm. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22W20%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22W20%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BW20%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/W20" title="W20" class="mw-redirect">W20</a> presents an additional perspective: To the Black Spiral Dancers, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Apocalypse%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Apocalypse%20%28event%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BApocalypse%20%28event%29%7CApocalypse%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="381-5588602245df5f10794667" href="/wiki/Apocalypse_(event)" title="Apocalypse (event)" class="mw-redirect">Apocalypse</a> has already happened. They believe Gaia is in Her last throes and that the Garou merely protect a corpse. Nothing they can do will avert this. The Black Spirals believe this utterly and live accordingly, without restraint and wild self-aggrandizement. In the past, the Black Spiral Dancers defined themselves through continual guerrilla war against their Garou counterparts. However, this more recent stance has proved a thousand times more potent. Though they still plot, plan, and attempt to destroy the Garou, they outwardly profess the pointlessness of the struggle, because the battle has already been decided. This has the twofold effect of rendering the Garou’s courageous piety moot, as well as sapping the resolve of the most exhausted, battle-weary werewolves. That some of them choose to fight on regardless is a source of constant frustration for the Black Spiral Dancers. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key whitewolf:rte-parser-cache:2497 --> Loading editor Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § • Sign your name: --~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> <div class="references-small"></div> <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> • (templates) Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ‘ “ ’ ” ¢ $ € ₦ £ ¥ Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə • {{Unicode|}} Greek: Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω • {{Polytonic|}} • (polytonic list) Cyrillic: А а Б б В в Г г Ґ ґ Ѓ ѓ Д д Ђ ђ Е е Ё ё Є є Ж ж З з Ѕ ѕ И и І і Ї ї Й й Ј ј К к Ќ ќ Л л Љ љ М м Н н Њ њ О о П п Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я IPA: t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ ʡ ʔ ɸ ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʜ ʢ ɦ ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ ʋ ɹ ɻ ɰ ʙ ʀ ɾ ɽ ɫ ɬ ɮ ɺ ɭ ʎ ʟ ɥ ʍ ɧ ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ ɨ ʉ ɯ ɪ ʏ ʊ ɘ ɵ ɤ ə ɚ ɛ ɜ ɝ ɞ ʌ ɔ ɐ ɶ ɑ ɒ ʰ ʷ ʲ ˠ ˤ ⁿ ˡ ˈ ˌ ː ˑ ̪ • {{IPA|}} This field is a spam trap. 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