In days past, the Seers of Chronos were mystics and shamans, living outside of the boundaries of normal society in a world of taboo, contradiction, and extremes. Many Cultists still live this lifestyle in the far-flung reaches of the world where the people have yet to be touched by the scientific paradigm of the Order of Reason. Within the Western World, however, a change is taking place. Unable to simple stay outside of society, the Cult has chosen to bring its philosophy into the mainstream, primarily in the form of art.
The Romantic Movement at the turn of the century was a response to everything the Order of Reason has engendered in the modern world: industrialization, reason, science, and spiritual repression. The Cultists saw an opportunity to help make a change and joined the movement, introducing the concepts of excess and taboo-breaking as roads to enlightenment. Although the movement itself has long since burned out, the new direction for this tradition has had a lasting effect.
Now, rather than living the life of a contrary, they live the life of a decadent, expressing in art or behavior the means of throwing off convention and broadening horizons. Their lessons have been adopted well by figures such as the Marquise de Sade, Lord Byron, and more recently, Oscar Wilde. Rather than being bound by the strict moralism of Victorian society, they use the power inherent in breaking its guidelines to fuel their magic and open the eyes of anyone they can reach through their art.
The Society of Romantics is, by far, the largest concentration of Cultists in London, but there are also members of the tradition in the Theosophical covenant, the Fellowship of Avalon, and, regrettably, they make up the largest contingent of barabbi among the Monks of Medmenham. Unfortunately, though their new approach is able to reach more people, it also can lead to abuse and self-absorption among its members and more than one Cultist has been lured from the path to Enlightenment by the lure of opium dens and debauched infernalist ceremonies.