A thaumaturge can project her mind into the state of Twilight. This mental form has no corpus or ephemeral body; the projection is just an intangible, semi-transparent image. The projecting magician cannot affect creatures or things physically. Interacting with the physical world or spirit world while using the Merit is impossible. The character’s form has no substance at all, not even spiritual substance — she is merely a projected consciousness. This state can be both a benefit and a drawback, in that the character is unimpeded by obstacles, but is also unable to affect any threats she encounters. If two thaumaturges’ ghost bodies or a projected thaumaturge and a genuine ghost encounter one another, they can communicate as if they were in the real world, but no sorts of physical or mystical exchanges can occur between them. A projected thaumaturge’s psyche is invisible to most physical beings. A child or animal might intuitively sense the mystic’s presence, or even see him. Both shamans and supernatural beings almost certainly notice the projected character. A projector’s other abilities cannot be used while projecting. She can observe and even talk to ghosts and spirits that are in Twilight, but cannot use any other magic.

While projected, a magician’s body is alive but comatose. She has no way of knowing her body’s current state of health or any other information about it. Her soul continues to reside within her body; she projects only her senses and an intangible image of her body into Twilight. As a result, the mystic cannot be prevented from returning to her body. When in this state, a thaumaturge can move rapidly in any direction, including up and down. She can pass through solid objects and moves at a Speed up to twice Wits + Willpower +10 per turn in any direction.

Dice Pool: Wits + Occult
Ritual Length: 30 minutes
Duration: Trance

Suggested Equipment: Hallucinogenic drugs (+1 or +2, depending on their strength), a fragment of a spirit’s materialized body (+2)

Possible Penalties: The place where the ritual is performed is inside a general magical warding (see p. 119) (–2)

Ritual Details: The details of this ritual are typically very similar to those involved in the Visionary Trances ritual. The exact chants, dances and body postures are different, but the general type of activities performed are similar.