Praxic Age

First Appearance and Context

The term appears in a historical note delivered during the liturgical explanation of the Hylaean Anathem at a math’s central service. In that account, the aut was said to have fallen into disuse during the Dispersal to the New Periklynes and the Praxic Age that followed, before being revived after the Terrible Events and the Reconstitution.

Description and Role

The Praxic Age is presented as a distinct span within the timeline of the mathic world. In the context provided so far, it marks a phase when the Hylaean Anathem was not practiced, standing chronologically after the Dispersal to the New Periklynes and before the later revival of the aut after upheavals culminating in a Reconstitution.

Relationships and Functions

• Temporal relations (as presented so far): follows the Dispersal to the New Periklynes; precedes the revival period following the Terrible Events and the Reconstitution.
• Linguistic note: the nomen “Praxic” also appears in a historical form of Orth termed “Praxic Orth,” suggesting a periodization that aligns with linguistic classifications, though the text has not yet explained the precise relationship.
• Liturgical context: cited in the long historical arc used to frame the practice of the Hylaean Anathem within mathic liturgy.

Current Status

A historical designation referenced in teaching and liturgy; no active institutions or practices have been attributed to it beyond the above context so far.