- See also: Tradition Book: Verbena (revised edition)
Verbena Tradition Book is the first edition sourcebook for the Verbena Tradition in Mage: The Ascension.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Beneath the Tree, we Dance
- The moon peers between the branches of the World Tree as the Verbena seek the Sacred within the Self. After centuries of persecution, the Verbena have regained a foothold on the path to Ascension. The Verbena Tradition Book draws back the curtain of myth hiding these most ancient of mages.
- The Magick is Within Us!
- This Mage Tradition book traces the origins and practices of the Verbena, their allies and enemies, and their quest for understanding the Self in all its forms. The Verbena Tradition Book includes:
Contents[]
Prelude: Between the Worlds: Samhain Eve[]
Introduction: Birth Cry: Winter Solstice[]
Chapter One: Never Again the Burning[]
Imbolc/Candlemas - History.
Chapter Two: Blessing the Fields[]
Beltane Eve - Culture and Politics.
Chapter Three: Aligning the Spheres[]
Midsummer Night - External Relations.
Chapter Four: The Fruits of the Tree[]
Lammas - Character Templates.
- Avenging Witch
- Bard
- Eco-Terrorist Druid
- Shapeshifter
- Healer/Medicine Man
- Neo-Pagan
Appendix One: Ancient Wisdom[]
Verbena Magick.
- Shapechanging (Requires
Life, many with Life risk taking on higher-mammal forms without the special benefits that come with those forms)
- Rotes
- Sense the Fleeting Moment ( Time)
- Bloodsight ( Life)
- Dousing ( Life, Correspondence)
- Banishing Blessing ( Entropy, Mind)
- Calling the Wind Lords ( Forces, Spirit)
- Circle Ward ( Spirit, Mind, Prime)
- Talieson's Song ( Life, Mind)
- Merlin's Ride ( Correspondence; Correspondence to move others)
- Sense the Fleeting Moment (
Appendix Two: The Center of the Wheel[]
Famous Verbena.
Background Information[]
- This book was included in 1999's Traditions Gathered II: Blood and Dreams.
- In Memoriam is made to Matthew Korteling on the Credits Page.
- Author's Special Thanks is made to Jackie Cassada, Wayne Peacock, Carla, Beth, Sherri, Jim, Tony and Teeuwynn.
Memorable Quotes[]
| “ | Verbena? Don't call me Verbena, boy. We could've just as easily been called Damiana, or Motherwort, or Valerian. Verbena is an herb that causes you to sweat and throw up. If you must call me something, call me Adept, or Wyckcae, or Aeduna. Or just shut up and save your sweet words for someone who gives a damn. - Sam Haine, Verbena master, pg. 17 | ” |
Characters[]
- Prelude: Between the Worlds: Samhain Eve
- Deborah - Verbena
- Arion
- Thorn
- Tanith
- Mother Celene - Verbena
- Teague - Verbena
- Robin - Verbena
- Jon - Verbena
- Frances
- Jarrol
- Kamaria - Verbena
- Takoda - Verbena
- Sarah
- Aileen - Verbena
- Kathy - Aileen's Twin Sister, Died
- Introduction: Birth Cry: Winter Solstice
- Rhianna Flamedancer - Verbena
- Chapter One: Never Again the Burning
- Talien - Verbena
- Chapter Two: Blessing the Fields
- Lindara - Verbena
- Bear
- Chapter Three: Aligning the Spheres
- Calantha - Black Fury
- Kohana - Takoda's Grandfather, Died, Ghost
- Appendix Two: The Center of the Wheel
Terminology[]
Aeduna, Athens, Autumnal Equinox, Bardic College, Beltaine, Black Furies, Book of Shadows, Britain, Burning Times, Candlemas, Constantinople, Coven, Dark Umbra, Diedne, Dreamspeakers, Druids of the Glade, Egypt, Europe, Fey, France, Gardeners of the Tree, Garou, Ghost, Greece, Horizon Realm, Imbolc, Inquisition, Ireland, Italy, Lammas/Lughnasad, Life, Lifeweavers, Luna, Moon-Seekers, Mother Celene's Avengers, Mythic Age, Mythic Creatures, Mythic Threads, Pure Ones, Rome, Samhain, Scandinavia, Seasonal Realms: Winter Castle, Spring Cottage, Summer Grove, Autumn Circle; Society of Leopold, Spain, Stonehenge, Sumer, Summer Solstice, Technopagans, Tree of Immortality, Twisters of Fate, Vampire, Verbena, Vernal Equinox, Werewolf, Winter Solstice, Wyck, Wyckcae,
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