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==Overview==
The Adeptus Astra Telepathica is divided into a recruitment body (the [[League of Blackships]]) and a training body (the [[Scholastia Psykana]]). hese 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 [[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.{{Fn|4}} The Astra Telepathica is also known to operate a special decryption and internal affairs branch known as the [[Cryptaesthesian]]s.During the [[Great Crusade]] the Astra Telepathica also operated a unit of [[Blank]] psyker-hunters who manned the Black Ships known as the ''Departmento Investigates'', otherwise known as the [[Sisters of Silence]]. The numbers of the Silent a Sisterhood dwindled as a result of the [[Horus Heresy]] but active units have been observed at the end of the [[41st Millennium]].{{Fn|12}}
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 servants, thus protecting them from evil, psychically attuned enemies. The ritual ultimately results in blindness though there are a rare few Astropaths who are judged strong enough to warrant them not taking part in the Soul Binding. These individuals are considered the lucky ones, as they do not have to partake in the agonising process as most Astropaths.{{Fn|5}}
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]] - Part 4, Chapter 2
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Watchers in Death (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|12}} [[Gathering Storm: Rise of the Primarch]] part 3
===Uncited===
*[[Codex Imperialis]], pg. 36
