Most other Traditions write the Cultists of Ecstasy off as losers with their eyes full of stars and heads full of drugs. They miss, however, the method behind the Cult's apparent madness: that only by transcending every barrier, social, theological, even temporal, can you truly reach beyond your own inner walls.
Time is this Traditions forte; the very existence of this Art is often credited to the early Seers, who looked, and somtimes even jumped, across the stream of time. Althrough other groups have accepted such feats, no one has been able to beat the Cult for sheer mastery of the temporal. Many Cultist are adept at perception magicks also. Ecstatics are usually known for their faraway gaze. Most outsiders attribute this to their excessive drug use, but wise mages recognize the effects of time sight.
Strange as it may seem to some, Ecstatic mages are generally responsible. Since so much of their code is baed on the sacred passions, acts which violate one's self -- suicide, murder, rape, addictions, and other form of oppression and self-destruction -- are the worst kind of crimes. Contrary to popular belief, the Cult on the whole rarely participates in the sex industry or drug trade; the exploitation to which these "institutions" often sink goes against the Tradition's grain. Few Cultists will ever try to force a Sleeper to Awaken. Some folks, the know, should remain asleep.
The Cult of Ecstasy Tradition sphere is Time, some of their common foci are: dance, music, sex and sensuality, drugs (usually natural, not man-made), incense, candles, and art.
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