Four healthy branches
The reports suggest a tradition that rewards making, remembering, annotating, and repairing. The sects below are written as lenses, not rankings.
A fifth path, the Single Blaze, is retained as a cautionary heresy: purity through sameness destroys the very difference that makes nearness meaningful.
Ember Veil
Ceremony, sacred art, public processions, transformed beauty, and creative heat.
Listening Wells
Silence, archives, grief work, cosmology, and deep contemplative attention.
Path of Returning Feet
Service, pilgrimage, civic repair, road work, and reconciliation.
Circle of Open Glass
Commentary, accessibility, philosophical inquiry, translation, and Open Margin practice.