Mage Sight

Conversation concerning Consilia corporation, Convocation composition, Cabal company, and Caucus constituents. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Awakened naturally organize themselves into Cabals, consisting of their closest allies and friends. In areas with cabals that have competing interests, some of those with members in the Atlantean Diamond will for...

This episode is about Drew's new favorite Order, the Silver Ladder. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight The primary motivation of a Mage who joins the Silver Ladder is the betterment of the Atlantean Diamond and Pentacle. They gave the Mage community a system of laws known as the Lex Magica and they both mediate conflict and lead Consilia all over the globe...

This episode is about The Order, a show which follows a college student and his friends along their journeys learning magic. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We talk about Drew's favorite Order, the Mysterium. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight If a Mage's interest lies in knowledge and discovery, they will likely find a home with the Mysterium. This youngest of the Diamond Orders finds its roots in two Orders, one which studied the Supernal and another which studied the Abyss. The two eventually merged as the...

This episode is a review of the movie Altered States (1980), especially how it relates to Mage: the Awakening descriptions and concepts. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight (You're here!)

In this episode we introduce the Guardians of the Veil, the Atlantean Pentacle's secret police who use subterfuge and misdirection to protect the Fallen World from the Abyss. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight The Guardians of the Veil form a closeted religion which believes magic is a great responsibility, and must be kept safe through means of secrecy. T...

We review the movie Stardust (2007) from a Mage: the Awakening and Chronicles of Darkness perspective. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We discuss the Adamantine Arrow and how Mages who join this Order typically think and behave. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight The closest thing to an official military the Atlantean Pentacle can boast is the Adamantine Arrow, who see the state of the Fallen World as an active war zone and believe it their duty to serve others through peril. Their questi...

We review Spirited Away (2001) as a Thyrsus Awakening in Chronicles of Darkness and discuss what matches and what doesn't. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We talk more in-depth about Thyrsus, the Primal Wild, Beasts, and how these things can be represented. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Thyrsus are those who rule Life and Spirit to tend the state of the Primal Wild, taming ideas in it which grow too powerful while healing those in danger. A Shaman lives within the song of the universe, living their live...

We review The Matrix (1999) as an Obrimos Awakening, with mentions of some other various interpretations in a Chronicles of Darkness context. (I meant to talk about the "there is no spoon" scene before Neo meets the Oracle, but forgot. It's a very good example of the Matter Arcanum.) https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

This week we talk more in-depth about the Obrimos Path, how it is experienced as an Awakening, and the ways those who Awaken under it imagine their magic to work. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Obrimos see the world through the Aether to rule Forces and Prime, the energetic effects on everything in the Fallen World and the Truth of the Supernal itself....

The Seventh Seal (1957) is a movie about a knight who comes home from the Crusades to be greeted by the devastation wrought by the black death. We talk about how the Moros symbolism in Mage: the Awakening matches what can be seen in the movie. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

This week's discussion is about the Moros Path to Stygia and after, including the symbolism seen along the Path and that which they use for their spells. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Moros, rulers of Matter and Death, have taken a Path to Stygia to find Truth in the ever-changing and ever-lasting, and become known as Alchemists and Necromancers. The...

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) is the story of a Mastigos Awakening and we describe how the symbology matches. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We describe our understanding of the Mastigos Path in Mage: the Awakening, the symbology they use in their spellcasting, and interesting concepts of Mastigos inspired by other media. (Chris also says they rule "Time and Space" in the intro but he meant "Mind and Space".) https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Mastigos rule Mind and Space to master their commun...

We review The Green Knight (2021) as an Acanthus Awakening. We also got new microphones so the sound quality is better. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We review the first episode of Charmed in the context of the lore in Mage: the Awakening. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Acanthus have walked a path through Arcadia to Awaken as Rulers of Time and Fate. Using Time to manipulate what has happened and what will happen, along with Fate for what must happen, such an Awakened sees reality as a story which h...

We review the first episode of Charmed in the context of the lore in Mage: the Awakening. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

Josh describes the setting for the Mage: the Awakening actual play we will be doing. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight As the name implies, it will take place in the city that I live in: Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is a dense metropolis surrounded by vast wilderness, mountains, and deserts; a liberal city that is also the home of the LDS faith; a place...

We talk about the magic and mysticism that is portrayed in the 90s movie The Craft. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

Chris and Drew explain the characters they built for our upcoming game, the inspiration for the concepts, as well as why they made their decisions. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We review the first episode of The Magicians television series, comparing and contrasting the magical displays in that with how the effects could be accomplished within the system of Mage: the Awakening. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight

We introduce the Storytelling System and the components that make up a character in Chronicles of Darkness. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight Mage: the Awakening is played with the Storytelling System, primarily using a dice pool for the likelihood of success with a given action. For most mundane actions, the size of this pool is determined by adding your...

We review the movie Practical Magic and talk about how the mysticism in that movie compares with Mage: the Awakening lore. https://www.instagram.com/magesightmedia https://www.patreon.com/c/MageSight