The Chosen is called upon by destiny to improve the state of humanity and the world. He is descended of and selected by those chosen before, known as The Elders. The Chosen does not choose his calling; the calling chooses him.
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THE CONDUIT
The Conduit communes with the metaphysical realm, channeling spiritual energy. He serves as a ritual messenger, our intermediary to the divine and liaison with the muses. Is he a metaphor or a functionary? Is he symbol or vessel?
THE MIBSTER
The Mibster sacks up and knuckles down. He takes his time, lines up his ducks and shoots true, never fudging. He'll take your alley, your aggies and your tiger taw, too. The mibster plays for keeps.
THE DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIAC
The Dissociative Amnesiac responds to stress by wandering, losing herself in the crowd and traveling to destinations unknown. Her fugue state may last hours or years. She may even establish an entirely new identity. Yet upon recovery, when her previous memories and identity return, the dissociative self is forgotten. All activity during the fugue episode, including the original stressor that precipitated it, is a blank.
THE SECOND COMING ~William Butler Yeats
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
THE CYBORG
The Cyborg is an exogenously extended organizational complex, unconsciously functioning as an integrated homeostatic system. She is both biological and mechanical, a human-machine hybrid in which the organic body is modified with robotic and electronic devices. Does she have a soul?
THE GUARDIAN
The Guardian is an observant and attentive protector whose primary concern is security. She is skilled, thorough, frugal and relentless. With her very strong work ethic, she is a true believer who lives by a strict code. Will she prevail?
THE OUTCAST
The Outcast is a vagabond who walks the lonesome road. Whether despised, disliked, or feared, she wanders alone, rejected and abandoned by all. Will she find acceptance? Will she succumb to depression? Or will she grow strong in her solitude?
THE LUNATIC
Some say The Lunatic suffers from an affective disorder, since the full moon can cause sleep deprivation in light sensitive individuals. However, given that the moon's gravity exerts power over the tides, and the brain is mostly water, isn't it possible that the moon effects human behavior more than we realize?
THE ALTER EGO
Conformity to social norms may give rise to The Alter Ego, a second self who leads a secret and/or double life. While the primary persona responds to social pressures by matching his attitudes, beliefs and actions to social norms, the secondary persona individuates, defying normative behavior. Is the alter ego adaptive or maladaptive?
THE OUTSIDER
The Outsider disregards standard conventions of form and structure. Her emotionally stark art, often ignored by the industry, media and general public, may nevertheless find strong support among discriminating connoisseurs and collectors. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, we accept her, one of us.
THE SUPERHUMAN
The Superhuman may possess unusual abilities, such as telekinesis, clairvoyance, or levitation. He might also have great strength and/or proficiency (beyond usual limits) in normal human endeavors. Is the source of his extraordinary power cybernetic, genetic, innate, learned or divine?
THE ESFP
The ESFP sees the world as a stage. A performer by nature, he enjoys and excels at stimulating the senses of others. Charisma is his stock-in-trade. Life is a continual party; he is the fun-loving host.
THE EXTROPIAN
The Extropian is a Singularitarian who embraces technology as a means of life extension. In her vision of a transhumanist future, inevitable advancements in robotics, nanotechnology and biomedical science will ultimately provide human beings with the ability to merge with machines and live forever.
THE SESSION MAN
The Session Man cultivates stylistic versatility and diverse technical skills to perform in a broad range of settings. A master of sight reading and ear training, he learns parts rapidly and may be called upon whenever expert musical skills are needed on a short-term basis. He may also sight-transpose alto clef for double scale.
THE CLASS CLOWN
The Class Clown is an iconoclast who gets noticed. Unlike the cool kids who focus on fitting in, he asserts his personality through humor and thrives on being different, unafraid of failure. Counterintuitively, he may win the very popularity contests that he mocks.
THE WANDERER
The Wanderer is a citizen of the world, a perpetual traveler, untethered to any one country. Is he a libertarian, an anarchist, or merely an advocate of individual sovereignty?
THE SKEPTIC
The Skeptic doubts all claims made and taken for granted by others. He doubts even that which he sees with his own eyes. He requires that all new information, every sense perception, and each encounter be tested and verified by evidence.
THE ZEALOT
The Zealot can explain neither the intensity of his enthusiasm nor the extreme degree of his uncritical devotion. Is he merely an inspired mortal, or is he possessed of a supernatural afflatus? What is the source of his fanatical belief/behavior?
THE CONSPIRATOR
The Conspirator occupies a realm of stealth, sowing seeds of doubt in a field of fear. He knows what others only suspect: that appearances deceive; that nothing is random; that power corrupts.
THE SENSITIVE
The Sensitive observes that things are not always what they seem. First appearances deceive many, yet the sensitive soul may perceive that which has been carefully hidden.
THE AUTOCRAT
The Autocrat wishes to maintain absolute control of his enterprises. Should he entertain suggestions and initiatives from subordinates? Or should he exert his influence through ruthlessness and indifference to suffering?
THE DEPRESSED
The Depressed person will sometimes remain in an unpleasant situation even when he is able to escape. His depression in adulthood may be related to the instability of his relationships, during infancy, with adult caregivers.
THE MANIC
The Manic personality might unleash a torrent of creativity, terrify store clerks, drain bank accounts, woo strangers or drive away loved ones. She is at turns euphoric, desperate, energized, exhausted.
THE CHILD WITHIN
The Child sees mystery everywhere. Maturity is a narrowing of the imagination. Within each of us is the child we once were; this child within is the foundation upon which we build who we are and what we will become.