Dei-Fed

Officially the Federation of Deific Research but more commonly known by its nickname of Dei-Fed, this system-wide organization is dedicated to uncovering the secrets of the gods of Ealdremen. Though they are primarily an academic group, they have a number of faithful individuals as well and do not turn away piety as inherently unacademic. Accreditation can be denied if even a formerly-accredited group is deemed to be "too biased" in promoting or denouncing faiths, however, and Dei-Fed programs are careful to remain "politically neutral" except in isolated, research-oriented instances. The organization itself will have representatives of varying faiths and backgrounds, but it will refuse to comment on the "validity" of belief or anything such as sinedeoism, as Dei-Fed's purpose is to study gods, not religion.
Archivists most commonly get their start from Dei-Fed -- if not from the organization directly or one of their accredited programs, then from a private mentor who learned from Dei-Fed. Modern archivism was founded by Dei-Fed in ages past when they standardized divine spell script for the sake of comparing spells and divine texts of varying origins. It is extremely rare for an archivist to learn how to use divine magic without coming into contact with any of Dei-Fed's wide array of materials, research, university programs, or mentors.
Due to the enormous variety of academic and philosophical outlooks within Dei-Fed, published research is required to list somewhere their philosophical leanings and intentions -- if not by the researchers themselves, then by a board of reviewers prior to publication. This is to promote the view that nothing is inherently unbiased and to have researchers view their data with scrutiny beyond that of mere limitations and empirical failings.
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