Oh, no, No, no, no. I don't think you're a chimp at all. You're Awakened. You're only three-quarters chimp.
Atlantis can be regained! The Watchtowers can rise again from the ocean, and the human race can evolve into a higher form! The Coming Race will live in the risen land under the benevolent, absolute rule of the Awakened!
Some mages dismiss this vision as a pipe dream. Some recoil in horror from its faintly totalitarian undertones. The Daksha, on the other hand, not only believe this is the truest, worthiest goal for the Awakened but also believe that it can be attained, and attained soon. These odd, obsessive mages believe they know how to transform the world — and they make sure everyone else knows it, too.
The Daksha believe that for the Quiescence (which they call Kali Yuga, the Age of Strife) to end, mages must repair the Cosmic Cycle. Atlantis will rise again — literally — when the human race achieves its next stage of evolution in the Advent’s esoteric account of human history. The Daksha believe human evolution follows a cycle of seven stages. During the third stage of the current cycle, however, humanity’s precursors fell from a state of grace. To continue the cycle properly and resume the evolutionary journey to Cosmic Oneness, humanity must reverse the wrong turnings of past ages.
Long before Atlantis, the Daksha say, a greater race than humanity lived on the continent of Lemuria. These superior precursors were perfect androgynes unfettered by our own flawed duality of gender. The hermaphroditic Lemurians also possessed a third eye in the back of their heads, with which they saw the Akashic Record of Supernal Truth.
The Daksha use a process called Daksha-Yoga to transform themselves into Lemurians. As each Daksha gains mastery of Daksha-Yoga, she develops a third eye on the back of her head before achieving perfect androgyny. The great- est Daksha become as physically perfect as human beings — three-eyed, hermaphroditic human beings — can be. These Daksha are the Advent, first of the Coming Race, the harbingers of the next stage in human evolution.
The Dhyanis — a cabal of eight archmages who achieved the fourth attainment of Daksha-Yoga — guide the Daksha from a hidden sanctum somewhere in India. These archmages taught Daksha-Yoga to the modern world. Each Dhyan, in turn, communes with an Ancient Master, a Supernal being of undefined power who imparts the wisdom of the past for the development of the future. The Dhyanis say the Masters are magically aware former inhabitants of Atlantis. Most of the Daksha believe the Masters are Oracles.
Daksha-Yoga demands that the Legacy’s adherents learn enough Atlantean lore to recreate the lost land’s civilization. To this end, the Daksha study every trace of Atlantis they can find and work tirelessly to reclaim its lost magic. They contribute some of the Mysterium’s most expert mys- tic archaeologists. Time is short: Atlantis will soon rise, the Dhyanis say, and the Awakened need to prepare for their destiny as renewed masters of the world. And the Daksha make sure everyone else knows they are ready to take up their duty.
Orders
- From their beginning, the Daksha associated with the Mysterium. The vast majority of Daksha still come from that order, or join it. The Legacy’s founders were all Obrimos, but Daksha tutors will train mages of other paths if they belong to the Mysterium.
- A few Daksha who research the warfare of Atlantis join the Adamantine Arrow. These mages tend to be better at the theory of conflict than at actual fighting.
- The Silver Ladder attracts other Daksha who try to convince the order to follow their vision of a new world ruled by the Awakened.
- The Daksha don’t often see much use for the Guardians of the Veil, but some Advent decide the best way to learn secrets is to become one of the keepers.
- Very few Daksha see any reason to join the Free Council. The leaders of the Free Council are in no hurry to invite the Advent, Atlantean literalists all, into their order. Daksha are certainly not banned from the Free Council, but any Advent would need a very good personal reason to join, and some assurance that he would get some benefit from the association.
Attainments
- Teisara-Akh
- The Androgyne Condition
- Homo Superior
