Their aid in locating nodes and Garou Caerns has been invaluable in the Ascension War. They are only rarely recovered. The new generation of Cartographers has learned to manipulate flows of Quintessence by means of complicated geometric theories. They take notes on the positions of the moons and planets, observing the effects of planetary alignments on the paths of Ley Lines and magickal phenomena. This proposition is continually voted down at each Symposium, but is gaining popularity.
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The angles and curves of the Quintessence Tectonic flow-chart indicate buildups which we could use to our advantage. Simply stand between the two trees on the boulder between the two and try the Alpha Invocation Posture. Our colleagues say there is no magick in the world. They simply do not know how to look. It's everywhere, a mesh of currents like underground streams.