Seeing the Colors of Night
Description: It is a simple fact that understanding flows from perception and darkness thwarts perception. Most individuals incorrectly assume no answers are to be found in the dark, but
that is simply because they do not know how or where to look. This ritual resolves the first paradox, attuning a shadowmancer’s eyes to the primordial darkness even as they forsake light.
Focus on the flow of blood in thy body. Feel it pass by thine heart. Find the darkness within that heart, and let it flow with thy blood. Observe the connection between thine inner darkness and the darkness visible in the world. Make the shadows play for thee and make them concentrate themselves. Focus the manipulated shadows to gather into a sphere. Hold this intangible sphere in one hand and gazes into its depths. If thou perform the rite correctly thou wilt gain the sight of darkness. Thou may invert the meaning of light and dark to thine eyes. With the dark sight, thou may view pitch-black darkness as though it were brightly lit, while torches cast a radiance that obscures perception in the manner that darkness interferes with normal senses. If thou fails to comprehend the lesson thou may try again another night. When thou uses the dark sight obtained from this rite, thy pupils appear to grow in an inky stain that envelops iris and white in pure black.
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