A mage who walks the Path of Ecstasy, forging his own trail through the realm of the Primal Wild to discover the Watchtower of the Stone Book. Most of the hallmarks of civilization are but dreams not yet dreamt in this realm, where the world into which mortals were first born thrives in all its teeming grandeur and horror. This place speaks to the primordial in all beings, causing them to lose themselves to ecstasies of the flesh or spirit, exalting in the very act of being alive. Some claim that all wine is blessed with the taste of the Primal Wild, and that those who get madly drunk dance in its humid embrace.

The Ruling Arcana of the Primal Wild are Life and Spirit. The pounding drums of the heart and lungs, the surging blood in every vein, the tingling nerves and salty sweat — these things are an alphabet of desire presided over by this realm. Not just flesh, but ephemera, too — the instincts of beast and spirit alike are wrought in the Primal Wild’s jungles.

Thyrsus shamans celebrate the moment and the sheer thrill of existence. Surrounded by Presences, they are never alone — there is always a partner ready to take up the dance anew. The Path of Ecstasy is also about pain, for life is there, too. Only the dead feel no pain. Thyrsus are often the first mages sought when the Realms Invisible intrude.

Followers of the Path of Ecstasy:

• Councilor Libuše, Mysterium Thyrsus, 2nd Degree Mistress of Spirit and Life, Councilor of the Stone Book
• Provost of the Stone Book: vacant
• Michael Maier of the Rhombus, Rosicrucian Thyrsus
• Freiherr Ernst von Zdar Lhota, Adamantine Arrow Thyrsus, 2nd-Degree Master (of Life and Spirit)