Ars Scientia

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Most mages treat the Principia, Mysteria, and Muses with such passion and reverance that they might as well be lesser deities. Some would vehemently deny this, taking pride in being too enlightened for such superstition, but just as many see them as powerful, unbiased, and unfeeling cosmic truths worthy of their emulation for being proven forces that shape existence, unlike the gods.
==The Aeterna Principia==
These are the principles set forth millennia ago that all mages supposedly take pride in following. Most truly see them as a formality with no practical application, but at least pay lip service to them for the sake of appearance and pride.
*Inventus [in-VENT-us] -- Invention
*Lexia [LEX-ee-uh] -- Law
*Memoris [muh-MORE-us] -- Memory
*Ratio [RAHT-ee-oh] -- Reason
*Reperte [ruh-PAIR-tee] -- Discovery
==The Aeterna Mysteria==
I will admit this owes much to Mage: The Awakening. These are the elements the mages have systematically dissected the cosmos into after meticulous study, and they are what the mages seek to master and command. Generally, most mages have specialized to master one or a few of these mysteries, and most jealously guard what they have learned. Their demesnes tend to reflect their chosen field(s), to the hazard of the ignorant or hostile.
*Anima [AN-uh-muh] -- Spirit
*Energo [EN-ur-go] -- Lifespark
*Fatum [FAH-tum] -- Fate
*Magia [MAHJ-ee-uh] -- Mana
*Materia [muh-TEER-ee-uh] -- Matter
*Mentis [MENT-us] -- Mind
*Potestas [poe-TEST-us] -- Forces
*Spati [SPAH-tee] -- Space
*Tabes [TAH-bees] -- Entropy
*Tempus [TEMP-us] -- Time
==The Muses==