The
Sphere of
Matter from
Mage the Ascension is one of the three Pattern magics, its counterparts being
Life and
Forces. Knowledge of this
Sphere allows one to discern peculiarities in individual
Patterns, as well as the capacity to alter them as their capacity grows.
Mages new to the understanding of this
Sphere can discern irregularities in Patterns, and alter simple changes in Patterns (turning water into wine, or
saltines into
Ritz crackers, or
bad booze into
good booze); Masters of the
Sphere can fix computers simply by poking at the
motherboard, walk through walls, create
polyester shirts capable of reflecting
lasers, and make
black holes out of 8-balls, provided they can avoid the reaches of
Paradox.
The
Sons of Ether have adopted this
Sphere.