Monthly Study Guide - December, 2023
New to the academy? We're well aware how confusing it can be. Every month we'll post a study guide to make sure you don't miss a thing! After all, you know the penalty for failing out. Don't risk it!
New this month:
The Familiar
The familiar is a complicated concept. You should be prepared to approach the topic the same way you would anything complicated: with awareness, analysis, and advice. Make sure you know what your needs are first, and then the scale of the costs and obligations, before you commit any resources.
Subjective versus Objective Reality: The Cage Match
If any of you crayon-eating know-it-alls puts your hand up and mentions Plato’s Cave, I will cheerfully incinerate the lot of you and drop what remains into Tartarus with your pustulent feculent slime-drenched window-licking ancestors, even if that means we have to harvest a fresh batch of students from the sun…
The Mutter
There is a certain sort of person that goes on incessantly about vibrations and the music of the spheres and celestial harmonies, and that’s all fine, I guess. Even if you have a cruel streak as wide as mine, you don’t have to kick every puppy you see.
Diablerie for Dummies
I like to watch occultists start fist-fights over what this word means. People call up the etymologies for all kinds of diablo-related concepts, then someone else points out that the languages from which the term devil is derived are Latin and Greek, which had little use for an anti-God type of construct cultur…
Older material
Still trying to get your bearings? These might help you out:
News from aboveground! Not guaranteed to be accurate, though…
Core Curriculum: You Will Be Tested on This Material
Undeath: A Manual—the popular 5-part series starts here!
More will be coming. Don’t fall behind!