Overview

Not all mages have fully Awakened souls. Most have access only to the most superficial parts of their spirit. And among those that have access to the Deep Waters of their soul, some specialize in augmenting their spirit. These are known as spiritualists, those that use their spirits as an extension of their bodies to enhance their Corporeal and Ethereal bodies and other martial arts.

The spirit is to the soul what the body is to the brain. A method to interact with the world. The spirit is the flesh and bone of the Ethereal Body, and the soul is its brain.

Most mages are, in fact, spiritualists. The majority of accomplished warriors are spiritualists. They have conscious control over their Ethereal Muscles, and thus, have unbound potential in strength.

All Non-Awakened mages are spiritualists. They still use the base parts of the soul but cannot tap into its vast depths. Awakened mages may still specialize in and use spiritualism, augmenting their spirit and Corporeal Body further. Some consider spiritualism the start of the soulcerer's Path. Though it is the start of the Path for most, spiritualism is still a powerful tool in any mage's repertoire.

Awakenings of the soul are fickle to achieve, being quite rare. The vast majority of mages only use the most surface parts of the soul still found in the Physical Plane. The connecting of oneself to their spirit can be attained via external or internal meditation. The Linking of oneself to their spirit is relatively easy to achieve, whereas Awakening one's soul is mostly based on luck. The term for Awakened mages, soulcerer or Sorcerer, comes from the ancient Vitaen word for luck (Sortis).

The Path of the spiritualist may be broken down into four main stages with two substages within each. Each stage may happen by itself, following another, or in any order. spiritualism usually follows a standard order of steps, but due to infinite circumstances, it may not.