( Old Norse ) ; (also, geymiárr, geymiorum). Keepers, guardians, guarding-envoys, Geymari is the title of the custodians of Quinnen Quum. Their headmaster’s name is Yarlaganda whose title is Gal Geymari. See Quinnen Quum .

Mongol Khan of the Golden Horde, from 1342–1357 AD.

See Curses .

Intrigue; also the plot of a play.

A title Kayin bestows upon a Yug shaman (Siberia) whose expertise is to watch over the process of prolonged incubation or dreamdeath. Comparable to the Greek “ Iatromantis ” meaning “physician-seer.” See also Yug and Incubation .

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines initiation as a “Formal introduction by preliminary instruction or initial ceremony into some position, office, or society, or to knowledge of or participation in some principles or observances; hence generally, admission to the knowledge, or instruction in the elements, of any subject or practice.” The OED omits a description of the stages of the formal ritual or ceremony performed, as well as their functions. The principal purpose

“ Descent ” in Ancient Greek, meaning a “Journey to the Underworld.” Katabasis can also refer to a brief/temporary stay in the underworld. In this sense it is the reverse of Anabasis , “ascent,” given that “ascent”—as in “rebirth”—always follows a “descent” or temporary “death.” These deeper meanings of Katabasis and Anabasis connect the OC’s Book One, Masks of God, with Book Two, Soul Engineer, and Book Three, Brotherhood of Shadows . For more on how these terms affect th