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	== Introduction ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Introduction ==
	From deep within the bayous of Louisiana		From deep within the bayous of Louisiana
	and the Mississippi backwaters, spirit drums		and the Mississippi backwaters, spirit drums
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	on mutual respect, not abject servitude.		on mutual respect, not abject servitude.

	== Organization ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Organization ==
	A deliberately informal sect, the Bata’a		A deliberately informal sect, the Bata’a
	work mostly on a local level, with few titles beyond ''mae-de-santos''		work mostly on a local level, with few titles beyond ''mae-de-santos''
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	now recognize that division means extinction... or, as history has shown, even worse.		now recognize that division means extinction... or, as history has shown, even worse.

	== Initiation ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Initiation ==
	In order to be considered for membership, a person must be		In order to be considered for membership, a person must be
	truly devoted to the Loa. This candidate must seek out a known member		truly devoted to the Loa. This candidate must seek out a known member
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	of ''Les Mysteres''. If she survives, she becomes Bata’a.		of ''Les Mysteres''. If she survives, she becomes Bata’a.

	== Affinity Spheres ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Affinity Spheres ==
	[[Spirit]] or [[Life]].		[[Spirit]] or [[Life]].

	== Focus ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Focus ==
	Based in the sublime union between flesh and spirit, Bata’a Arts		Based in the sublime union between flesh and spirit, Bata’a Arts
	require two things: a ritual calling upon Legba, the guardian of crossroads;		require two things: a ritual calling upon Legba, the guardian of crossroads;
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	her.		her.

	== Source ==		== <span style="color:#4B0082;"> Source ==
	Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition -- Pg.204 - 205		Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition -- Pg.204 - 205

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			== Introduction ==
			From deep within the bayous of Louisiana
			and the Mississippi backwaters, spirit drums
			sound the pulse of hungry life. Pounding
			like thousands of racing hearts, they echo
			with the ghosts of ancient natives and murdered
			slaves. Louder and louder, they shout out one to
			another, resounding across the islands of the Caribbean and
			down into Central and South America – harbingers of wild,
			blessed ecstasy and the wet, red work of bitterness and revenge.

			Named for the spirit drums held sacred by Caribbean
			cultures, the mages who call themselves ''Bata’a'' possess the unique
			power to simultaneously stir the souls of men to the heights of
			love and grateful awe and to plunge them into depths of horrified
			agony. Largely misunderstood or misrepresented by outsiders,
			these practitioners of Voudoun, Candomblé, and even Spanish
			Catholicism trace their descent back to seven African tribes
			enslaved to work the farms and plantations of the New World.
			As the old ghosts tell it, these slaves brought their own spirits
			and traditions with them, only to find common interest and
			customs with the native Carib and Arawak islanders. Over time,
			these cultures blended, incorporating Catholicism into their own
			magical spiritualism. The result produced a new society, both
			mundane and magickal, that empowered the slaves in certain
			places like Barbados, Bermuda, and Haiti to overthrow their false
			masters and exact revenge for those murdered in the struggle.

			Though their homelands have been ravaged by conquest,
			slavery, piracy, war, corruption, disaster, and poverty, the Bata’a
			still keep faith with in ''Les Invisibles'': the powerful spirits who
			permeate the land and its people. These folk revere, worship, and
			serve ''Les Mysteres'' – also called the ''Loa'' or ''orishas'' – and attribute
			their magickal abilities and powers to them... and only them.
			“Magick” comes through communion – a respectful exchange
			of powers and offerings. For the Bata’a, either you believe in
			the holy rites or you can count yourself amongst ''les idiots'', the
			fools who dismiss or trivialize the spirits and their Arts.

			Beyond the silly stereotypes of “voodoo” lies a survivor’s
			creed of reverent assimilation. Bata’a make the best of whatever
			they have to work with: French saints, African gods, Germanic
			hexes, Spanish goods, Native spirits, and the heartbeat of the
			people, mirrored in the drums, a pulse that cannot be stilled by
			any force on Earth. It’s this heartbeat that gives the sect its name,
			and it’s that defiance that gives the Bata’a their independence.
			For though they might strike alliances with the Verbena and
			Dreamspeaker Traditions, bond with Hollow Ones, and even
			tolerate the presence of crusty old Crusaders, these mystics are
			ultimately their own people. Even their ties to the ''Loa'' are based
			on mutual respect, not abject servitude.

			== Organization ==
			A deliberately informal sect, the Bata’a
			work mostly on a local level, with few titles beyond ''mae-de-santos''
			(momma saint) and ''pae-de-santos'' (papa saint), both given to
			respected members. Because Bata’a don’t discriminate between hedge wizards and
			true mages, the group enjoys an incredibly large membership drawn from related
			faiths throughout the world. ''Ronde des Ames'' – the “Chain of Souls” – unites all
			localized links into a spiritual network; tied together by gossip, spirit messengers,
			and – these days – phone calls and the Internet, these links circulate information,
			rituals, and news. In the early 21 st century, the Chain sustains a growing political
			activism. Though the Bata’a once focused on the seven ''Rangi'' (“colors,” or families)
			and localized ''Marassas'' (male-female partnerships, representing the father and mother
			figures of a given group), the sect now pursues a more unified global agenda. Especially
			since the Technocratic purge and the dreadful ''Tempéte'' – the Avatar Storm – Bata’a
			now recognize that division means extinction... or, as history has shown, even worse.

			== Initiation ==
			In order to be considered for membership, a person must be
			truly devoted to the Loa. This candidate must seek out a known member
			of the Bata’a and petition him for instruction. Very often, especially for
			white students, this request isn’t granted unless the would-be initiate has
			connections or introductions through reputable sources. Once accepted, the
			candidate pledges to sacrifice all her time and money for a year in service
			to her teacher and the Craft. At the end of that time, if she shows talent,
			devotion, and common sense, she becomes a ''hounsis'' (initiate) and begins
			to learn about ''Les Invisibles'', leading up to her first possession. Following a
			lengthy seclusion of prayers, fasts, and purification, the initiate receives a
			potent mixture of alcohol and hallucinogenic herbs and left to the mercy
			of ''Les Mysteres''. If she survives, she becomes Bata’a.

			== Affinity Spheres ==
			[[Spirit]] or [[Life]].

			== Focus ==
			Based in the sublime union between flesh and spirit, Bata’a Arts
			require two things: a ritual calling upon Legba, the guardian of crossroads;
			and a rite designed to induce a trance state and open channels between
			minds, bodies, and spirits. In certain cases, a practitioner may choose to
			create a ''gris-gris'': an item blessed by and infused with the energy of a Loa.
			Such items are used only in cases of dire urgency and limited time. Faith
			is the heart of this invisible family, with common paradigms insisting that
			''Creation’s Alive'', ''Everything is Chaos'', and this ''World of Gods and Monsters''
			demands good friends and willing allies.

			Voudoun, faith, medicine-work, craftwork, High Ritual, and
			crazy wisdom form the core
			practices within the Bata’a.
			Some members also favor
			gutter magick, shamanism,
			weird science, dominion,
			maleficia, and various
			martial arts. One works
			with whatever’s available. So
			long as the spirits are served
			respectfully, a practitioner can
			rely upon them to aid
			her.

			== Source ==
			Mage the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition -- Pg.204 - 205

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