{"id":"mage/trait/paradigm/everything-is-chaos-you-only-think-it-makes-sense","type":"trait","system":"paradigm","line":"mage","name":"Everything is Chaos – You Only Think it Makes Sense","sources":[{"source":"M20","page":571}],"entries":["The core of existential philosophy, this paradigm insists that Creation is indifferent and possibly meaningless until and unless we choose to impose meaning on our small part of it. Magick comes from wrangling whatever cosmic mysteries or principles you believe in and realizing that your belief is the thing that gives them power. Ultimately, then, magick comes from within. The Universe is an Etch-a-Sketch, and mages learn how to twiddle the knobs. At its extreme, this view maintains that nothing means anything… and that, perhaps, everything exists only in a mage’s head. Who’s to say this view is wrong? After all, the Universe might simply be a game played out in some mad god’s mind…"],"category":"Paradigm","_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/trait/paradigm/everything-is-chaos-you-only-think-it-makes-sense","html":"/records/mage/trait/paradigm/everything-is-chaos-you-only-think-it-makes-sense","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/trait/paradigm/everything-is-chaos-you-only-think-it-makes-sense/children","sources":[{"abbr":"M20","page":571,"folio":571,"title":"Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Everything is Chaos – You Only Think it Makes Sense","props":[["Type","Paradigm"]],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":"Paradigm","summary":"The core of existential philosophy, this paradigm insists that Creation is indifferent and possibly meaningless until and unless we choose to impose meaning on our small part of it. Magick comes from wrangling whatever","tags":[],"children":[]}}