Editing Adeptus Astra Telepathica (section)

===Transubstantial Initiates===
Currently only mentioned in [[Rogue Trader (RPG)|Roleplay]] as an option for Astropaths Transcendent, but it makes sense that they would/could exist everywhere.

As mentioned, some Astropaths experience different sensations during the Soul Binding ritual, to the point that some of them think they have a divine revelation and end up spending the rest of their life in prayer, singing praises to the Emperor and displaying their blindness as some sort of holy stigmata. They then take on self-appointed roles similar to priests to "further His will" or convert additional believers.

The problem is that the Ecclesiarchy takes a bit of an awkward stance with regards to these individuals, considering them to be borderline heretics and attribute their religious experience to be the delusions of a mad witch. The problem being that Astropaths are some of the few people ever afforded the privilege of entering the Emperor's Throne room, which the Ecclesiarchy are [[Adeptus Custodes|NOT allowed]] to do, so who's to say they are wrong? Additionally, these Initiates are just so useful by giving priority to religious matters and generally being helpful to the Ecclesiarchy that to get rid of them would be more costly than it's worth. Not to mention Astropaths have a piece of the Emperor in them, so if they say they've had a divine revelation from it, the Ecclesiarchy cannot afford to refute it as it would piss off a lot of their followers. Everyone knows the close connection between the Emperor and Astropaths, after all. [[Grimdark|Not that that stops many people from fearing and shunning them.]] The smarter cardinals and priests instead make it a sort of Oracle of Delphi situation, where they keep exclusive access to the Astropath and give out "prophecies" from the Emperor that "came from the mouth of his blessed servant". On top of it, almost free personal psychic email and if sufficiently powerful a way to mindslap foes from existence, so a good deal overall.