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. It is also used in The Dictionary (4th ed., A.R. 3000) entry on Saunt Proc, which dates him to the “late Praxic Age” and situates his presumed liquidation during the Terrible Events.

Later references show the label in wider use: a stained-glass window in Saunt Grod’s chalk hall depicts Saunt Grod and his research assistants being beaten in the dungeons of a Praxic Age spy bureau; and during a lesson on Iconographies, students trace certain popular depictions (e.g., the Doxan and Yorran iconographies) to Praxic Age moving‑picture serials and other entertainment.

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.

Beyond purely historical labeling, “Praxic Age” also functions as a cultural tag in the Saeculum: it is used to identify period flavor in media (moving‑picture serials; illustrated serials later adapted to film) and to characterize institutions such as spy bureaus referenced in narrative art and teaching examples.

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. The Dictionary’s characterization of Proc as “late Praxic Age” places the label close to the period ending in the Terrible Events.
• Linguistic note: The Dictionary (4th edition, A.R. 3000) uses the label “Praxic” in dating language usage (e.g., “Praxic and later” Orth), indicating that “Praxic” is applied as a period marker in linguistic classifications alongside historical periodization.
• Usage scope: The label is applied to people and groups (e.g., Proc and the Circle), language stages, popular media, and institutions, suggesting it functions as a general historiographic and cultural tag.

Current Status

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