Old Mathic Age

First Appearance and Context

The term is invoked when the evolution of the Hylaean Anathem is described: after the destruction of the Halls of Orithena and the Peregrination, the theors later retreated to the maths. At that time, Saunt Cartas adapted an ancient aut into a liturgy that was practiced “all through the Old Mathic Age.” In a curated Hylaean Way exhibit, a stark, high‑walled chamber symbolizes the retreat to the maths and the dawn of the Old Mathic Age.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

The Old Mathic Age denotes an era within the history of the Mathic World marked, in the accounts available so far, by a community‑wide liturgical practice derived from ancient auts and formalized by Saunt Cartas. Later commentary links this period to an “ur‑Procian” interpretive trend shortly before the rise of the Mystagogue movement.

A Dictionary entry on “liaison” provides a cultural note situated in this period: later in the Old Mathic Age, a liaison between Saunt Per and Saunt Elith became famous when their hoards of letters were discovered after their deaths. The same entry traces how rules governing liaisons were codified through the Reconstitution into the current Second New Revised Book of Discipline under the broader Discipline.

Relationships

• Preceded by older traditions associated with Orithena and its ancient auts.
• Followed by changes associated with the Dispersal to the New Periklynes and the Praxic Age, during which the Anathem again fell out of use before later revival.
• Related temporal markers in reference material include the Rebirth, used to delimit other shifts (such as the end of a Mystagogue suvin’s dominance) that are discussed alongside—but not as defining boundaries of—the Old Mathic Age.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Named era framed primarily by liturgical continuity: a shared aut adapted from much older practice and attributed in later accounts to Saunt Cartas’s reforms.
• Interpreted, in later recollection, as influenced by an "ur‑Procian" sensibility in translation and selection of texts.
• Serves as a historical backdrop for examples in reference entries (e.g., noted liaisons and evolving codifications of permitted liaison types).

Current Status/Location

A historical label used in liturgy, teaching, and reference. Precise boundaries and additional institutions tied specifically to the Old Mathic Age have not been disclosed in the material available so far.