The Illuminati strive to ascend as a pantheon of zeitgeists. Beneath the Brooklyn streets, they experiment with thaumaturgy and technomancy. In their labs, demons shriek as they beat the walls of hard-drive purgatories, circuits soldered in patterns forming Enochian words. Old bleeds into new, the cutting edge fornicates with the antediluvian.
— Lore entry on The Illuminati, The Secret World
"In my days we fought werewolves, vampires, the occasional swamp man. And now we have protohuman cybernetic chain fighters."
Jenny: You think the realm of the mystical is limited to ancient texts and relics? That bad old science made the magic go away? The divine exists in cyberspace same as out here.
Giles: Are you a witch?
Jenny: Mm. I don't have that kinda power. 'Techno-pagan' is the term.
Giles: Are you a witch?
Jenny: Mm. I don't have that kinda power. 'Techno-pagan' is the term.
More than one mage keeps his spells on a laptop computer, and no few have used mainframes and workstations to help in their rituals.
—Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Brujah
Daisy: But the original runes were painted using ink that had been prepared according to the highest, most meticulous ritual standards!
Rose: And now you know you can fix them with Sharpie.
Faerie gold can be used for more than just party tricks; it works pretty well on the stock market, for example, where money's an illusion anyway.
—October Daye: Rosemary and Rue
