Bibliomancy

Bibliomancy
Padre Emilio Ehjavo one of the premier exorcists servings the Episcopal diocese of Texas. A trained theurgist and liturgist, the Padre (known as E-squared among his friends at seminary, due to a resemblance to a young Albert Einstein) was granted special permission to summon an ally spirit following a costly battle with a toxic priest of Huitzilpochtli who was lighting fires in the hearts of willing Aztlaner sacrifices to summon toxic spirits of the flames. To hear the Padre say it: "I have looked into the fires of Hell as they danced in empty eyes, and felt the chill as the sanctified dead were stirred once more. My faith demands more than tokens and relics. The word is my shiled...and my flaming sword."

The Padre's familiar is a Force 3 ally spirit with three forms: that of a large, hardbound illuminated bible, that of a Catholic breviary, and that of a small, black faux-leather bible similiar in size and aspect to those left by the Gideons. Typically, Emilio uses the book to aid in his Divination skill of Bibliomancy, flipping through to a random chapter and reading a verse to gain insight. Along with standard prayers and rites, the Padre has copied special formulae for the rare Exorcise: 6 and Offerring: 6 spells.

Exorcise
Control Manipulation
Type: M
Target: W
Duration: I
Drain: -1(M)

Sorcery cannot summon or banish spirits, but creative sorcerors can circumvent these rules at times. This spell must be cast as the magician touches a living creature, object or corpse possessed or inhabited by a spirit. If successful, the spirit receives an overwhelming mental compulsion to leave the host or receptacle...if possible, that is. A spirit trapped within the binding magic of a unique focus or cyberzombie may be unable to leave, even if willing.
This spell places no control of where the spirit goes or what it does, it may immediately try to repossess the host or even attempt to possess the caster.

Offerring
Directed Illusion
Type: M
Target: 6
Duration: S
Drain: (L)

Certain dangerous (and banned) rites of exorcism call for the exorcist to entice a possessing spirit into their own body. This spell duplicates the feat. Cast by an astrally perceiving magician on themself, the caster becomes a beacon on the astral plane. The spirit whom the spell is directed against must succeed at an Opposed Willpower Test each round against the successes generated by the spell to avoid leaving their host (if possible) and attempting to possess the caster. The caster must be astrally perceiving for the duration of the spell.
Variants of this spell cause a specially prepared focus, corpse or other metahuman to become the subject of the offerring in place of the caster, and are proscribed by the church. Attempts at making area-effect or indirect versions of this spell have ended messily as multiple spirits converge upon the caster at the same time.