- See also: Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus (revised edition)
Celestial Chorus Tradition Book is the first edition sourcebook for the Celestial Chorus Tradition in Mage: The Ascension.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Our Song is Our Strength
- For millennia, the Choristers have raised their voices in praise of the One. healers, missionaries and defenders of the faith, these mysticks have battled outside resistance, internal dissent and Infernal temptations in their long aria to the ultimate union.
- Our Voices, the Touch of God
- Now the tale of their struggles has been collected in a concise yet inspiring Book of the Ages. As the Reconciliation approaches, the Chorus redoubles its efforts. The fate of humanity may hang upon their holy Song...
- Be At Peace
- The Celestial Chorus Tradition Book overflows with love, magick and questions of faith, includes:
- The Holy Singers' teachings and inside history.
- Ready-to-play character templates and important historical figures.
- Mystick rotes, holy artifacts and more.
Contents[]
Prelude: The Book of Ages[]
An in-universe text in the form of a preface of the fourth edition of the Book of Ages, a document made by the Choristers to record their history. Gives a basic rundown of the Chorus as well as the lexicon.
Chapter One: Theogony[]
The history of the Chorus. The choristers divide their history into the First Age (Pre-History to 2 BCE), the Second Age (2BCE to 312CE), the Third Age (312CE to 1325CE), and the Fourth Age (1325CE to the present). Additionally covers the status and locations of Choristers around the world.
Chapter Two: The Enchiridion[]
The teachings and principles of the Chorus, written in the form of a guide. Covers things such as the nature of The One, the Chorus' relations to religions, as well as Factions and the Hierarchy.
Chapter Three: The Palatine Syllabus[]
A series of commonly held beliefs within the Chorus of the various other groups and factions within the World of Darkness.
Chapter Four: Hagiography[]
Archetypes and Notable members of the Chorus.
- Templates
- Kshatriya
- Tribal Visionary
- Itinerant Healer
- Sibyl
Appendix: The Song of Songs[]
The different ways the Chorus utilizes Spheres, Foci, as well as Rotes and Recommended Reading.
- Rotes
- Fiat Lux - "Let There Be Light!" (
Forces, or Forces, Prime) - Death Song ( Life, Time, Prime, Mind)
- Speaking in Tongues ( Mind)
- Eternal Flame ( Prime, Forces)
- Wrath of Heaven ( Forces, or Prime)
- See the Light ( Mind, Entropy, or Entropy)
- Fiat Lux - "Let There Be Light!" (
- Recommended Readings
- Sacred Scriptures
- The Bible
- The Koran
- Apocrypha
- The Bhagavad Gita or the Song of God
- The Other Bible (Willis Barnstone, editor)
- Mythology
- The Myth of the Eternal Return by Mircea Eliade
- J. F. Bierlein's Parallel Myths
- World Religions
- Huston Smith's World Religions
- Geoffrey Parrinder's World Religions: from Ancient History to the Present
- Religious History
- Howard Clark Kee's The Origins of Christianity: Sources and Documents
- Morton Smith's Jesus the Magician
- Jane Bobko's Vision: The Life & Music of Hildegard von Bingen
- Perennial Philosophy
- Whitall N. Perry's A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom
- S. H. Nasr's Knowledge of the Sacred
- Miscellaneous
- Richard Bach's Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
- Paolo Coelho's The Pilgrimage
- Encyclopedia articles on "Mithraism," "Cathars," "Gnosticism," "Akhenaton" and more.
- Sacred Scriptures
Background Information[]
- This book was one of the first books published following the infamous Black Wednesday. Unlike the typical inside-joke, questionable-taste nature of the Special Thanks section, this book's was a solemn remembrance of the people whose jobs were affected by the cut.
- "On Black Wednesday, Icarus fell to Earth. All of you made the sacrifice that allows this book, and future ones, to see publication. Everyone will be missed. We are poorer for your departure."
- Author's Dedication is made to "Kimberly Hausbeck, Red Bird Woman", Thomas Walker, Shari Hausbeck, Phil Brucato, Graeme Davis and Keylan Qazzaz. And special thanks to Steven D. Long.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Prelude: The Book of Ages
- Mentu-hetep
- Lilith
- Genevieve (1879-1957)
- Bernadette
- Chapter One: Theogony
- Bhishma - First Singer
- Gundar - First Singer
- Enoch - First Singer
- Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Ikhnaton)
- Constantine
- Solomon
- Alexander the Great - Historical Figure
- Jesus Christ - Historical Figure
- Presbyter Ioannes - Legend
- Prester John - Legend
- Emperor Diocletian - Historical Figure
- Julian the Apostate - Historical Figure
- Antonius - Singer of the Second Age, Son of Mitras
- Charlemagne - Historical Figure
- Valoran
- Lucien - Singer of the Third Age
- Gabriel - Archangel
- Chapter Four: Hagiography
- Appendix: The Song of Songs
- Master Porthos Fitz-Empress
Terminology[]
Lexicon: Book of Ages (The Theophanies; First Ed.: 1465; Second Ed.: 1645; Third Ed.: 1838; Third Revised Ed.: 1929; Fourth Ed.), Catechumenate, Curia, Dark Singers, Enchiridion (By Genevieve), Faithful, First Singers, The Four Ages (First Age, Second Age, Third Age, Fourth Age), Great Adytum (New Akhetaten, Eleusinian Fields, Celestial City to New Jerusalem), Longaevi, Messianic Voices, Pontifex Maximus, Metempsychosis, Rebels (The Defiant), Reconciliation, Sacred City, Congregation vs. Chorus; Variant Terms: Adytum, Catechumen, Exarch, Praecept, Presbyter, Singer, The Song; 1353 BCE, 965 BCE, 800 BCE, 500 BCE, 478 BCE, 509 BCE, 334 BCE, 35 BCE, 23 BCE, 4 BCE, 2 BCE, 30, 70, 312, 313, 324, 325, 800, 1095, 1208, 1244, 1245, 1272, 1313, (March 25) 1325, 1461, 1466, 1517, 1545, 1563, 1990, Aachen, Africa, Ahl-i-Batin, Aix-la-Chapelle, Akhetaten (First Adytum Destroyed), Albigensian Crusade, Alexandrian Adytum, Alexandrian Society (Formerly the Theban League), Anchorites, Angels (Seraphim, Cherubimm, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Devas, Archangels), Arian Hersey, Asia, Athens, Avesta, Bastet, Battle at Milvian Bridge, The Byzantine Apocryphon, Cabal of Pure Thought, Canerites, Cathars, Celestial Temple of the Sun (Horizon Realm), Central America, Children of Albi, Children of Bhisma, Children of Vallana, Chorus Celestial, Chorus Holy Days: Summer Solstice, The Day of the Martyrs (Nov. 1), Winter Solstice, Feast of Gathering, Mar. 13 (Anniv. of the Declaration of the I.T.); Chosen of Abraham, Constantinople, Crusades, Council of Trent, Dark Ones, Declaration of the Ivory Tower, Delphi, Delphians, Demons (Lucifer, Satan, Belial, Eblis, Abaddon, Wyrm), Druze, Egypt, Endless War, Ethiopia, Europe, Foci, France, frasho-kereti, Garou, Ghosts, Gilgamites, Grand Convocation, Grand Council, Greece, Hedge Magi, High Councilor, High Umbra, Himalayas, The Hymn of the Spheres, Incubi, Infernalists, Infernus, Inquisition, Israel, Iunu, Jerusalem, Knights of Aten, Knights of St. George, Languedoc, Latitudinarians, Letters of Genevieve, Lost Ones, magisterium, Mazdeans, Memphis, Merovingians, Middle East, Mithradites, Monists, Montségur Edict, Mythic Ages, Nashimites, New Delos (Horizon Realm), Nicene Council, One (All-Singer), One Song, Order of Reason, Palatine Knights, Palatine Syllabus (1930s), Persia, Pontiff, Praeceptor, Primus, Prometheans, The Rape of Lilith, Rome, Sacred City, Salvation, Septarians, septum, Shapeshifters, Shattering, Sisters of Gabrielle, Skeptics, Slumbering, Society of Leopold, Song of Bernadette, Sons of Mitras, Spirits, Succubi, Templars, Temple of Apollo, Temple of Solomon, Testament of Mentu-hetep, Theban Circle, Thebes, Treatise on the Infernal by Sister Gabrielle, Troy, Vampires,
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