Contents

I. Introduction
Intellectual Background
  Neoplatonism
  Charlemagne's Educational Reforms
  The Age of Translation
  Wandering Scholars
  The Scholastic Method
  The New Aristotle
  The Hermetic Intellectual Landscape
  Hermetic Magic and Philosophical Breakthroughs

II. Artes Liberales
Grammar
Rhetoric
  Preaching
Logic
Arithmetic
Music
Geometry
Astronomy
Writing Systems

III. Philosophiae
Metaphysics
  Forms, Matter, and Substance
  Cosmology
  Causality and Change
  Change in Substance: Generation and Destruction
  Consequences of Generation and Destruction
  Change in Quality: Alteration
  Consequences of Alteration
  Change in Quantity: Growth and Diminution
  Consequences of Growth and Diminution
  Change in Place: Motion
  Consequences of Motion
Natural Philosophy
  Geography
  Meteorology
  Living Things
  Plants
  Living Creatures of the Waters
  Living Creatures of the Air
  Living Creatures of the Earth
  Worms
The Human Mind
  Cognition
  Estimation
  Memory
The Hermetic Art of Mente
  Creo Mentem Spells
  Intellego Mentem Spells
  Muto Mentem Spells
  Perdo Mentem Spells
  Rego Mentem Spells
Moral Philosophy
  Ethics
  Conscience

IV. Medicine
The Natural Faculty
  The Four Humors
    Blood
    Choler
    Melancholy
    Phlegm
  The Organs and the Concoctions
The Vital Faculty
The Sensitive Faculty
Complexion
  Complexion and Personality
States of Ill-Health
  The Non-Naturals
  Air and Climate
    Diet
    Exercise and Rest
    Sleep and Wakefulness
    Retention and Evacuation of Waste
    Emotional States
    Sensory Species
  The Contra-Naturals
  Injury
    Crushing Damage
    Piercing Damage
    Slashing Damage
    Burns and Scalds
  Malformations
  Disease
    Describing a Disease
    Contracting a Disease
    Disease Progression and Recovery
    Crises
    Calculating the Severity of a Disease
    Some Common Diseases
    Other Diseases
The Physicians
  The Medicus
  The Chirurgeon
  Physicians in Holy Orders
  The Apothecary
  The Empiricus
  The Herbwife
  New Virtues
    Herbalism
    Physician of Salerno
    Magister in Medicina
  New Flaw
    Surgical Empiricus
The Practice of Medicine
  Treatment of Disease
    Diagnosis and Prognosis
    Therapy
  Prevention of Disease
The Practice of Chirurgy
  Phlebotomy and Cautery
  Surgery
  Treatment of Wounds
    First Aid
    Palliative Care
    Surgical Intervention
  Midwifery
The Practice of the Apothecary
  Medicinals
  Poisons
  The Apothecary's Store

V. Experimental Philosophy
  Natural Principles
    Prime Qualities
    Contagion
    Affinity
    Similarity
    Hidden Virtues
    Astrology
Ligatures
Formulae
  Researching Formula
  Concocting a Formula
    The Lab Total
    Laboratory Texts
  Astrological Inceptions
    Example Inceptions
  Alchemical Reagents
    Example Reagents
  Pharmaceutical Theriacs
    Example Theriacs

VI. Institutional Education
Parish Schools
Cathedral Schools
Monastic Schools
The Rules of Silence and Reading
Urban Schools
Private Instructors
Muslim Schools
Jewish Schools
Acquiring a Teaching Position

VII. Universities
  New Virtues and Flaws
    New Virtues
    New Flaws
The University
  Student-Run University
  University of Masters
  University Structure
    Faculties
    Nations
    Hospices
Outside Relationships
    The Church
    The King
    The Order of Hermes
Student Life
  Town vs. Gown
  Examinations
    Passing Examinations
Careers
The Life of a Master
  Heresy
  Lecture Commentaries
Academic Reputations
Disputatio
  Basic Disputatio
  Advanced Disputatio
Specific Universities
  Paris
    A Parisian Saga
  Bologna
    A Bolognese Saga
  Montpellier
    A Montpellier Saga
  Oxford
    An Oxford Saga
  Cambridge
  Salerno
  Arezzo, Reggio, and Vicenza
  Palencia and Salamanca
  Upcoming Universities

VIII. Artists
Production Artists
  Cathedral
  Metal Works
  Painting
  Vernacular Literature
Performance Artists
  Jugglers and Acrobats
  Animal Trainers
  Miracle Plays
  Musicians
  Minstrels
Creating Art
  The Piece of Artwork
  Time Spent Creating
  Producers vs. Performers
  Pieces of Art as Advancement Sources
Artist Reputation
  Benefits of Reputation
  Legendary Artists
Sponsors: Patrons and Benefactors
Art and Magic
    Hermetic Spells
  The Maestro: A Mythic Companion
    New Virtues
  Instilling Magic Effects in Artwork

Appendix A: Who's Who in Philosophy
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Bibliography

Sidebars

I. Introduction
Story Seed: The Spoils of Gerbert
Hermetic Societas: The Lyceum
Story Seed: The Academic's Demand
Hermetic Societas: The Collegium
Story Seed: A Living Library

II. Artes Liberales
New Virtues
Story Seed: The Sons of the Peters
Story Seed: An Authoritative Voice
Story Seed: The Golden Section
Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa
Musica Mundana
Story Seed: Flying to the Moon

III. Philosophiae
Fact vs. Theory
The Lyceum on Substance and Categories
The Collegium and Platonic Metaphysics
Story Seed: Fire from Heaven
Causality and Spell Design
Story Seed: A Sizable Matter
Story Seed: Up and Away
Encyclopedias
Journeys into the Unknown
The Collegium on Meteorology
The Collegium on Living Things
Story Seed: A Cure by Proxy
Story Seed: The Unremarkable Tree
Generating Worms (with New Rego Animal Guideline)
Creo Mentem Guidelines
Intellego Mentem Guidelines
Muto Mentem Guidelines
Perdo Mentem Guidelines
Rego Mentem Guidelines
Magic Affecting Conscience (with Creo Mentem Guidelines)

IV. Medicine
Babies of Hermes
The Reality of the Humors
Story Seed: The True Homunculus
Story Seed: A Bitter Harvest
Correspondences of the Humors
The Vital Faculty and Hermetic Limits
Story Seed: Breath of Life
Complexional Magic
Physical Qualities of the Four Complexions
Personality Traits for the Four Complexions
Qualities of Common Foods
Forms of Exercise
Effects of the Non-Naturals
Optional Rule: Lasting
Consequences of Serious Damage
Flaws Representing Malformations
Symptoms
Demons of Disease
Disease Table
Make Your Own Plague
Story Seed: A Bitter Disease
Story Seed: Magical Contagion
Story Seed: Hermetic Leprosy
Setting Up Business
Gilles de Corbeil
Female and Non-Christian Physicians
Formally Trained Physician Characters
Purifying Touch and Immunity
Specialties for Medicine
Profession Apothecary
Recovery Modifiers
Empiricus Characters
Seasonal Activities
Epidemiology and the Prognosis Total
Magical Assistance to Disease Recovery Rolls
Medical Magic (with Spell Guidelines)
Regimens and Covenants
Specialties for Chirurgy
Chirurgical Magic (with Spell Guidelines)
Nurses
Commonly Used Ingredients
Pharmacy
Pharmacy Magic

V. Experimental Philosophy
The Lyceum and Experimentation
Experimental Philosophy or Natural Magic?
Ligature Bonus Table
Example Ligatures
Replicating Formulae with Hermetic Magic
Converting Characters
The Laboratories of Philosophers
Extended Example of Philosopher at Work
When's My Birthday?
Inception Guidelines
Guidance on Using Astrological Inceptions
Reagent Guidelines
Alchemical Purification's
Shape & Material Bonuses
Volume Conversion Guide
Theriac Guidelines

VI. Institutional Education
The Limits of Education
Female Scholars
Holy Orders
Story Seed: The Unbearable Professor
St Dominic and St Francis
Brother Julian
Story Seed: An Unlikely Connection
Story Seed: A Plague of Dogs
Translations
Warring Faiths

VII. Universities
Faculty Titles
Story Seed: The Undelivered Deal
False Scholars
Academic Learning and Experience Points
Story Seed: On the Nature of Magic
Gilpatrick
Story Seed: The End of the Oral Oath?
Schoolmen's Disputationes and House Tytalus' Debates
The Nature of Students

VIII. Artists Story Seed: A Noble Rivalry
Story Seed: The Dead Emperor's Ghost
Story Seed: Three Nails or Four
Story Seed: Seeking the Archpoet
Story Seed: Beware the Gleemen
Styles of Music
Story Seed: A Terrible Din
Musical Instruments
Brogo the Dwarf
Artist Experimentation Results
Art as an Arcane Connection
Example Story Seed: The Soul of Flavius
Muses
Story Seed: An Interested Investor
Example Creation of Magical Artwork