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The tellurian is infinite
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"Reality, as most of humanity knows it, is defined by the collective belief of the six billion people who live on Earth. It’s a system governed by immutable laws, a dimension where two plus two equals four, gravity works, and the sun rises in the east every morning. In this “real world,” most of humanity remains oblivious to the existence of the supernatural world, actively disbelieving (or at least ignoring) anything that isn’t “real.” Every day, mass media chatters on endlessly with its trivial observations, money changes hands, and life goes on. Mages, on the other hand, are aware of alternatives to this reality. They have awakened to other possibilities. For visionaries who can perceive things outside the physical world, other dimensions surrounding the Earth contain the improbable, the impossible, the idealized, and the imaginary. These are the Otherworlds, the Infinite Tapestry of creation." - The Infinite Tapestry, Page 5
the infinite void beyond the other realms
"Beyond the Far Horizon, the cold and deadly Void stretches out to infinity. In the physical world, deep space may be a lifeless realm, but the Void contains horrors entirely alien to mankind’s comprehension. Mages try to define this realm through their disparate philosophies, but the minds of men hold no influence on its shadow or substance. Alien forces are at work, and alien creatures demonstrate abilities beyond magic. Spiritualists know this realm as the Deep Umbra; Technocrats speak of the Deep Universe; both groups are entirely out of their depth within it." - The Infinite Tapestry, Page 11
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Rising here and there throughout the Courts, rooted in the Vulgate but peaking upward into infinity, you’ll find the Spires: reflections of the idea of higher consciousness. As with so many other things in the Otherworlds, the Spires turn abstract concepts into concrete forms. Some of them appear as towers, minarets, or mountains that make Everest look like a speed bump. Many resemble glass cathedrals with spires that fade into the sky. I’ve seen beanstalks leading into the clouds and literal stairways to heaven. They’re all Spires. So if you want to get your head in the clouds, then you’ll often have to climb these things. And that, my friend, is not easy!
Climbing a Spire isn’t a matter of physical effort but of metaphysical ascent. It’s not your hands and feet that move you – it’s your mind. The slopes can be slippery, treacherous, impossible to grasp. In order to rise up those Spires, you must wrap your mind around difficult concepts and drift beyond the gravity of common thought. Few travelers can make that journey at all… and only the most rarified can reach the top.„ ~ Mage The Ascension, 20th Anniversary Edition – Page 97
"The Garou also speak of something larger than Gaia, a concept so encompassing that it includes not only the physical reality we know, but all alternative and impossible realities contained within the spirit world. The Tellurian is all of reality, including the living creation of Gaia and all alternatives to reality in the spirit world. It’s more than the universe as we know it, as it includes all shadows, reflections, and variations of reality that are above, below, and surrounding our world. Such simple words hardly do it justice" - Werewolf 20th Anniversary Edition, Page 307
