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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 5459195" data-attributes="member: 79945">"Well, first, as I said, you'll need to purify your mind and body.  I'll teach you a meditation ritual to perform every day before study, to clear your mind of impure thoughts.  In fact, all thoughts.  'First we must empty the mind.  Then we fill it with knowledge.'" He sounds like he's quoting. "At the same time we purify the body to get rid of poisons."  7 Rabbit turns to Gil, who he hasn't acknowledged yet.  "Do either of you know if there's a sweat lodge in town?  Nevermind," he continues without waiting for an answer.  "We'll make do.""In two weeks time, at the dark of the new moon, you should have learned the basics of astromancy - the art of drawing power from the stars - although true astrology will take longer.  Without knowledge of astrology, trying to do too much through astromancy is dangerous, so don't try to use the techniques I teach you without my guidance for now!  Um, where was I?  Oh, yes, at the dark of the new moon, we'll hold an investiture ceremony, where I will formally introduce you and open the channels for you to draw upon the power of the heavens.Then the hard part will start - once you can draw on the heavens' power, you must try to expel the influence of the dark creature from your body.  This will mainly be a contest of will, I think, and I won't be able to help you directly.  But I will focus your training over the next two weeks on techniques to help with this struggle.Now, for the ceremony itself, we'll need a place away from distracting light to perform it.  Stargazer Hill - that's what I call the clearing I found last night - would be perfect.  I already have the correct robes and mask, but we'll need a separate set of ritual garments for you - no, no, we can skip that, that's not essential.  I don't think we'll need any equipment at all that I don't already own, in fact.  And we'll need witnesses.  Five of them.  Normally these would be existing seers watching a new member join their order, but that's not important.  Anyone with an open mind will do.  Do you know anyone that might be willing to serve as a witness?"  7 Rabbit pointedly avoids looking at Gil, to avoid influencing the decision.</blockquote>

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