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| − | The recognition of one's own sentience. In wizardly usage, the term also implies a being's sense that there are greater powers than the merely physical underlying the structure of the universe. A species must have achieved eclesis before being offered wizardry by the [[Powers that Be]]. | + | The recognition of one's own sentience. In wizardly usage, the term also implies a being's sense that there are greater powers than the merely physical underlying the structure of the universe. A species must have achieved eclesis before being offered wizardry and [[Choice]] by the [[Powers That Be | Powers that Be]]. |
| − | Eclesis does not absolutely require what a human being would consider intelligence, though there is a tendency for them to run in tandem. On [[Earth]], eclesis tends to be manifested most clearly at the tops of food chains. | + | Eclesis does not absolutely require what a human being would consider intelligence, though there is something of a tendency for them to run in tandem. On [[Earth]], eclesis tends to be manifested most clearly at the tops of food chains. |
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Revision as of 22:08, 13 January 2007
The recognition of one's own sentience. In wizardly usage, the term also implies a being's sense that there are greater powers than the merely physical underlying the structure of the universe. A species must have achieved eclesis before being offered wizardry and Choice by the Powers that Be.
Eclesis does not absolutely require what a human being would consider intelligence, though there is something of a tendency for them to run in tandem. On Earth, eclesis tends to be manifested most clearly at the tops of food chains.