Illumination

Illumination takes time and feeds on itself. 
-- Nick Land
When the stains from old habits are exhausted, the original light appears, blazing through your skull, not admitting any other matters. Vast and spacious, like sky and water merging during autumn, like snow and moon having the same color, this field is without boundary, beyond direction, magnificently one entity without edge or seam. Further, when you turn within and drop off everything completely, realization occurs.
-- Hongzhi Zhengjue
----Whereas enchantment and divination as previously shown are directed at something in the sorcerer’s world, illuminatory magic aims to alter the sorcerer herself: to shine a light in the darkness of her own ignorance or inability. On the “low” end, illumination occurs as sorcery to alter some practical aspect of oneself; as “high” magic, it approaches the enlightenment of mysticism, or perhaps just liberation of oneself from the crap she has accumulated.1 Either may borrow from techniques of enchantment, divination, evocation, or invocation; e.g., a magician could cast a spell on herself, read Tarot cards for herself, conjure a spirit from which to acquire a new skill, or invoke an entity possessing some quality she would incorporate into herself.technomancy101
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The story of Illumination says that it was the first, the First Being, the entity that existed even before existence. When existence began, Illumination was lost. It was rediscovered by Yelm, the Emperor of the Universe, who had always been the One, above and beyond the rest of existence. When he was slain by Orlanth, he was just one of the Many dead who were lost in the Underworld. Realising this, Yelm was enlightened, and the universe could finally be recreated.
The One is Many. The Many is One. Being able to comprehend this is the basis of Illumination.
It’s difficult for non-Illuminated beings to understand what Illumination is like, but at its core it’s a realisation that there are no barriers between the self and the world. [...] Illumination is freeing and empowering. It allows even creatures of Chaos to rise above their base nature. But with Illumination comes the danger of Occlusion[.]The Lore Of Glorantha — Tell us of the various styles of Illumination... (tumblr.com)
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* Illumination - Glorantha - BRP Central - The Chaosium forums (basicroleplaying.org)
* Illumination | Glorantha Wiki | Fandom
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