Bohemian Rhapsody
Current Saga Year
1271 AD
       
Saga Mythic Europe Ordo Hermei Lusus
       
The Divine realm is "the manifestation of the supernatural power of God (page 188, Ars Magica, 5th Edition). The power of the Divine is very real for the inhabitants of Mythic Europe, and its power may be clearly felt by any magus who enters into its domain.

The power of the Divine realm manifests in a number of ways, including Divine auras, Divinely aligned beings such as angels and Divine creatures, and Faith and other supernatural abilities of holy or reverent people. Its power is not limited to a single religion, as the power of the Divine manifests through Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Muslim faiths. Only the Divine itself comprehends the myriad ways in which the power of God manifests in the world; mortals who aspire to true comprehension of the Divine must submerge themselves into the power of the Divine realm.

The most common manifestation of the Divine, in most lands of Mythic Europe, is the Dominion, a pervasive aura of Divine power that manifests in all communities of the Faithful, wherever the holy rites are performed regularly. The Dominion is strongest in holy places: churches, synagoges, and mosques; and weakens as it extends out over residences and fields of the Faithful, fading entirely in the wild places between communities.

Any of the faithful may call upon the power of the Divine through prayers and requests for miracles, although the Divine answers such suppiication in its own way, and in its own time. Those who have aligned themselves with the Divine realm, through rigorous pursuit of the holy over the profane, may channel the power of the Divine realm through their actions.

The Divine realm does not welcome the working of magic other than its own, and suppresses powers of any other realm. Magi can feel this opposition whenever they enter the Dominion, and especially feel it when they enter holy or sanctified places such as shrines, churches, and monasteries. Some magi are rumoured to have overcome this opposition by aligning their magic with the Divine realm, but if so, they have not shared their methods with others.

 

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