Custom Path of Enlightenment

The Path of the Crossroads is a variant of the Path of Eightfold Wheel, and instead draws on Hoodoo beliefs. Hoodoo is a traditional African American spirituality that developed from a number of West African spiritual traditions and beliefs. Hoodoo is a mixture of various African religious practices created by enslaved Africans in the New World. The Path of Crossroads focuses on honoring the loa of nature and the Orisha through devotion and honoring of them to aid in the balance of life and death. In addition, the Path focuses on self-reflection to aid in self-growth to better the Cainite self.

This Path was developed as there were no existing Paths that worked to control the Beast while allowing one to continue to guide the lost. Those that are lost and marked for death by the Regent or their own actions must remain on the path fate set for them. It is not the Guides responsibility to save one who has found himself at death’s doorstep. Rather, the journey can be aided for minimal suffering if death is what is calling. The practices of Hoodoo were used to create the methods by which the Beast will be controlled and further enhance personal growth.

Ethics of the Path
Strive to better the Cainite condition through control and self-reflection
Keep the balance between life and death. Do not change the course of an individual already marked for death or at it’s doorstep.
Seek purpose in all things, the Orisha do not guide us to things without reason.
The Orisha aid those who act with honor and scorn those who toss honor aside. Do not draw the scorn of the Orisha.

Virtues: Conviction, Self-Control
Faction: Sabbat
Nickname: Guides
Score|Minimum Wrongdoing|Rationale
5: Failure to spend time alone in reflection; revealing a secret shared in confidence
It is through reflection that the Orisha are revealed to us, the Loa Baron Samedi teaches us that we must be blind where secrets of those we trust anda re close to are concerned
4: Failing to care for or guide the lost; letting pride come before justice
One cannot find truth without concern for the lost, one cannot find fairness if pride leads the way
3: Failing to honor the loa of nature; failing to honor the Orisha
The spirits aid and guide us, the Orisha created the world that sustains us
2: Risking one’s life unnecessarily; Acting to upset the balance of life and death
One must not frivolously risk themselves, thus surrendering the ability to guide. Those of faith must seek balance in the world as it is not our decision to determine who is to be saved or die but rather to aid the journey to the predetermined fate.
1: Failure to conduct yourself with honor; failure to seek self-growth
The Orisha honor those who live with honor, do not neglect opportunities of self-growth

Bearing: Normalcy
Reason: To guide the lost, one must be able to blend in to gain their respect and trust