Mastery of the
Sphere of
Mind is mastery of oneself- at least, that's the way it is in
Mage the Ascension. Because this
Sphere exists purely on an intellectual level, it is not the more efficient way to attack someone (that dubious honor goes to the
Sphere of
Forces), but it is almost always coincidental in nature.
Mind does not work through biological methods as
Life would, nor does it push and pull at the soul as
Spirit would- it acts upon the psyche, and pushes things in the way that the
mage desires.
Beginning levels of
Mind entail the ability to sense thoughts and emotions and strengthen one against mental attacks; advanced skill grants the capacity to force their will upon another, to walk among the astral reaches, and to untether their psyche from their body and fly in the reaches of dreams.
The
Akashic Brotherhood, with their understanding that to know oneself is to know the All, are the chief practitioners of the
Sphere of
Mind.