By Diane Keating Sciacca (wolfinblack@pagan.net) for the Keepers of the Silver Flame
Ixstasia appears as a wildly-dancing, stylized feminine form composed of red and silver flames. Her arms upraised in sheer exultation, she is a capricious spirit of joy, dancing and primal emotions. Ixstasia is a fickle spirit: sometimes she doesn't manifest; other times she will manifest inalterably rancorous; but most often when she does appear, eyes glaze over in ecstasy and everyone dances until they drop.
Charms: Airt Sense, Materialize, Disorient, Dream Journey, Cleanse, Shapeshift, Suggest, Umbrastorm.
Image: Ixstasia can appear as anything she wishes, but most often she appears as an extremely sensuous woman with her eyes glazed over in ecstasy. She often appears in some state of undress, dressed in only a dancing skirt, draped in beads, bodypainted, wearing a mask or even in Riot Grrrrlish attire.
History: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The Muse of the Crash Worship, Ixstasia is an enigmatic being and it's not known whether she caused the Crash Worship to come into being or arose as a result of it. When she first rose, she was of Dionysus's brood but has established enough power to stand and work independent of her patron; the split was amicable and Dionysus continues to associate Ixstasia and her children.
Habitat: Ixstasia can be found only at the Crash Worship.
Spiritual Correspondence: Wisdom, ecstasy, sensuality.
Material Correspondence: Silver, fire, sweat and dancing.
Gift Lore: Ixstasia can teach any Gift that involves orgiastic effort and intense emotion.
Taboo: Ixstasia will not manifest in the presence of Wyrm or Weaver spirits.
Attitude: Friendly but fickle.
Chiminage: Ixstasia will only seize those who let go of their inhibitions and trust completely. She requires that anyone who would contact her dance, drink, make love and indulge their senses.