Cult of Ecstasy Sects

first Tradbook

• Bongo’s Rangers - Believe warping consciousness leads to insights. Talk strange gibberish. Use modern music & light displays to overload the senses.
• Fellowship of Pan - allies with Changeling satyrs. Emphasize art, music, poetry, dance.
• Dissonance Society - Discordian group that is more intellectual. They argue for overthrowing all tyranny, governments, etc. Work on events & communications to [[Sleepers]]. Involved in criminal acts against governments & businesses.
• Khlysty Flagellants - Russian Christian heretical sect. Sin severely then go thru severe purges. Have incredible stamina.
• 5th World Tribe - Started in 1940s, native American shamanism combines with hippy anarchism. Believe in vision quests w/ peyote. Ties to native American were creatures.
• K’an Lu - Chinese Taoists who use alchemy, sex, tai chi & meditation. More active in east Asia.

Women Only

• Erzuli Jingo - Voudun practitioners.
• Kiss of Astarte - Pagan group with cult of Diana (Greek) roots. Ties to Black Fury werewolves & Verbena.
• Ka’a - Hidden Tibetan tantrics. Work in groups of 3.
• Maenads - Modern-day Bacchantes. Their violent revels are toned down in modern times.
• Vratyas - Indian dakinis that sometimes instruct other Cultists in tantra. Wear black robes & turbans. Don’t talk to others about their practices.

Outcasts

• Aghoris - An Indian group in Assam (“unterrified”) more than 500 years old. They try to attain divinity by breaking down human limitations. Known for their cruelty & self-mutilation.
• Acharne - modern European hellfire clubs
• Hagalaz - Reside in Norway. Scandinavian Norse practitioners. Dedicated to wiping out "weak" Christianity. May have connection to Verbena.

Revised Trad Book Updates

• K’an Lu practice Taoist alchemy to reach immortality which they see as personal perfection
• Maenads & Kiss of Astarte were absorbed into Fellowship of Pan
• Erzuli Jingo & Vratyas may allow male members now, not clear
• Vratyas trained Sh’zar and guard esoteric knowledge of the Time Sphere from those who might abuse it
• Acharne are now male-only. They specialize in Mind Sphere & claim descent from 19th century Greek stoic cults.
• Aghoris practice right-hand tantra. Believe that harming others advances the goal of destroying the falsehood of “self”.

Revised Trad Book New

• Joybringers are new faction & largest. They think spreading joy & pleasure among Sleepers will improve society. Try to closely follow Code of Ananda. Portrayed as political activists.
• Klubwerks is newest group still trying to establish itself. Believe in total abandon thru music. Work their magic in large, modern music events like dance clubs & concerts.
• Children’s Crusade is dedicated to ending child abuse around the world.
• Cult of Acceptance pushes to legalize drugs, sexual practices & other Ecstatic practices.
• Silver Bridges push to make religious groups accept Ecstatic practices.

Guide to the Traditions

• Los Sangradores pg. 121
• Studiosi pg. 108
• Umilyenye pg. 139

Mage20 - Lore of the Traditions pg. 56
Renewers want to revise the Code of Ananda, rename the Tradition & emphasize respecting others. Revelry want to keep things as they are.
Renewers have attracted the Children’s Crusade, Cult of Acceptance, Erzuli Jingo, Fellowship of Pan, Joybringers, K’an Lu, Los Sabios Locos, Los Sangradores, Silver Bridges & the Vratyas.
Revelry has attracted Hagalaz, Ka’a, Klubwerks, Khlysty Flagellants, Studiosi & Umilyenye.
The Dissonance Society has members on both sides.
No longer in the Tradition: Aghoris, Acharne & the Maenads.