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Through contacts with the [[Scholastia Psykana]], the Secret Order of Psykana maintained the capacity to recruit a great number of psykers with a number of its most talented students being reserved for service with the Blood Ravens. Those members of this body had a distinct emblem of the organisation which is placed on the forehead. This delicate metallic emblem often glinted like a third eye, just above the temple.<sup>1</sup>
The Order Psykana is vital in the ceremony known as the '''Summoning of the Exodus''' which involves a telepathic choir using the [[Beacon Psykana]]. As such, they are charged with the custody of the [[Sanctorium AracanumArcanum]] onboard the [[Litany of Fury]], a secret chamber whose existence is known only to the initiates of the Order and a select few. In addition, they possess an armoury known as the [[Psykana Armourium]] where a host of Force weapons are placed. When new Librarians are chosen, they are allowed to choose one of these relics that have become a part of the Beacon Psykana itself thus giving them a permanent connection to it. Through this, they are capable of drawing upon it in times of need and likewise, the Beacon itself draws upon the psychic pulse of the Blood Ravens allowing them to conduct their Summoning of the Exodus.<sup>1</sup>
Among the hidden lore of this body, it is theorised that the existence of the Sanctorium showed that their Chapter is dear to the undying soul of the [[Emperor]]. It is also a traditional tradition for the remains of a lost Librarian of the Secret Order of Psykana to be placed at the altar of the Sanctorium Arcanum for a hundred days. Only the newly inducted initiates within the Order are told its secrets which included the knownledge of the secret Psykana Armorium chambers within the Sanctorium Arcanum.<sup>1</sup>
It was not unprecedented for entire companies of Blood Ravens to be formed that consisted of [[Librarian]]s who were under the semi-autonomous command of a Father Librarian. In fact, this is the usual manner through which the Order deploys itself in its own unique way on the battlefield. The complicated nature of its arrangement with the [[Ecclesiarchy]], the [[Scholastia Psykana]] and even to the great halls of [[Terra]] itself meant that the Order Psykana resembled an entrenched organisation itself with its own internal hierarchy and distinct sense of purpose. Ultimately, however, each Librarian in the Order was a Blood Raven first and foremost. Concentrations of Psykana Librarians within normal combat groupings were rarely formed as the mysterious and secretive order reserved the right to organise itself into battle formations when the need arose. However, the Order defined the term dire slightly differently compared to the rest of the Chapter.<sup>1</sup>
