r/magetheascension • u/alolanbulbassaur • 2d ago
How exactly does Islam have a place among mages?
Im a muslim myself and I love all the traditions and how diverse they all are but something that seems odd to me is that theres muslim mages with an emphasis on Islam in the form of the Celestial Chorus. Im new to mage the ascension only having just gotten into it by proxy by liking VTM after I got into it last year. But weirdly enough muslim vampires make more sense to me than mages because there was a muslim vampire in the form of Draculas brother Radu and some vampires not wanting to be vampires along with the asshira as a whole and Islams core belief of forgiveness and mercy.
But in The Quran it specifically mentions otherwise that in Babylon two angels came down and brought magic down as a test. Then they said that if you accepted magic you're failing it. Theres also other stuff about it having to do with jinns.
So is there like a mage version of The Ashirra? I heard about these guys called the Ahl-i-Batin but Ive yet to know more about them. Personally for a muslim The Order of Hermes makes more sense or Virtual Adept since they seem to treat magic not in a religious way.
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WorldOfDarkness • u/alolanbulbassaur • 2d ago