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The Adeptus Astra Telepathica is divided into a recruitment body (the [[League of Blackships]]) and a training body (the [[Scholastia Psykana]]). These two are united under the '''[[Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica''' ]] and his advisory council of several hundred senior officials from the two divisions. They are responsible for the specially trained [[Astropath|Astrotelepath]]s who use their mysterious powers to communicate with others of their kind across vast interstellar distances which separates the worlds of the Imperium.^5-p94 Their ranks consist of psychic servants of the Imperium and these psykers have undergone the [[Soul Binding]] ritual with the [[Emperor]]. This process passes on some of the Emperor's strength of will into his servant thus protecting him from evil, psychically attuned enemies. The ritual ultimately results in blindness though there is a rare few Astropath's who are judged strong enough to warrant them not taking part in the Soul Binding with these individuals considered the lucky ones as they do not have partake in the agonising process that most Astropath's must follow.^6-p134 It is through the righteous persecution of the [[Inquisition]] combined with the careful testing of the '''Coven Masters''' of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica which purges any deviant mutations that are commonly associated with those beings that develop psychic potential.^1-p24 Under Imperial edict, they are allowed their own operatives but they were prohibited from serving as wardens aboard their own vessels. This is because it was far too easy for a malignant psyker to coerce the mind of another telepath. Thus, they used the [[Sisters of Battle]] or [[Inquisitor]]ial [[Storm Troopers]] to serve as custodians aboard the Black Ships where their faith was used to protect them from the predations of the mind-witches they guarded.^4-p3