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An artefact is a physical object charged by a master for a specific purpose. Artefacts and mandalas in this school are made by hand, by the masters.
Types of artefacts
The main types are: signal beacons, which hold resonances and coordinates for different emanations, energy sources, and states of mind; energy modifiers, which contain a controlled amount of energy and affect the wearer's energy; and databases, which hold accumulated non-verbal knowledge. The complex types — artefacts with intelligence, artefacts with spirits, and devices — are used in advanced work.
What an artefact does for you depends on your own practice. An artefact aids the work; it does not replace it.
Artefact crafting
Only a master with long magical and cultivation experience can charge a non-living object. The work is slow, and the value of an artefact depends on its power. The mandalas are drawn by hand, in pencil, by the masters. Some mandalas accompany Scriptorium courses; the workshop's artefacts are separate from those.
Who can obtain them
Workshop artefacts are available to inner-circle students only. They are not sold to the public. An artefact is made for a specific practitioner and their work, so selling artefacts as goods makes no sense in this tradition.
Students of the Foundation Program encounter the workshop's pieces as their training makes them relevant.