Cursus Arcanorum

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Cursus Arcanorum is Latin for Course of the Secrets or Secret Knowledge. It is used to translate a "wanderword" that spread throughout the Pallathantic Region in the twenty fifth century. It is based upon an Ebinóëse expression that arose in the Middle Ages. The modern use of the term since the twenty fifth century when the Medibgóëse Schools underwent an academic renaissance indicates a body of academic course work considered essential for any professional spellcaster.

Example of Cursus Arcanorum

First Year
  • Introductory Magics of the Panstream
  • History of Spellcasting
  • Inculcation of Prime Pensatories
  • Fundamental Pensatories (root thought-form)
  • Theory of the Pensatory System (Titanic or Sungotine)
  • Beginning Pensatory Notation (Magical Writing)
Second Year
  • Basic Principles of the World Soul
  • Introduction to Compound Pensatories
  • Essential 'Primes and Orals'
  • Spellcasting Esthetics: Gesture and Utterance
  • Intermediate Pensatory Notation (Magical Writing)
  • Fundamental Gnomata
Third Year
  • Theory of the World Soul
  • Advanced Compound Pensatories
  • Advanced Primes and Orals
  • Introductory Locks and Claves
  • Introduction to the History of the Schools of Magic
  • Advanced Pensatory Notation (Magical Writing)
  • Gnomatic Theory
Fourth Year
  • Advanced Theory of the World Soul
  • Introductory Spell-forms
  • Locks and Claves
  • Introduction to Magical Harmonics
  • Ethics and Laws of Spellcasting
  • Compound Gnomata
Fifth Year
  • Applied Spellcasting
  • Spellcraft Dedications and Specializations
  • Theory and Practice of Inventive Spellcraft
Advanced Study (Typically under private tutor, self-study, or graduate group study)

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