Our Charter
Knowledge is never singular.
It is a sum, additive, cumulative.
It spans lifetimes and bodies,
going beyond the limitations of individuality.
Everything adds to the sum of knowledge, even ignorance.
The pool of experience grows deeper with each generation.
Multiplicity providing new filters of experience,
A body with many organs, many eyes,
The world we live is our center, our constant.
It is where we are bred and where we die.
It is where we are re-born.
We have been many things, and will be even more.
Whatever the profession, there is something valuable we can learn.
There is something valuable we can teach.
This cycle of birth and rebirth is part of our quest for knowledge,
and is symbolized by the Phoenix, rising from its ignorance.
Enlightenment does not come easily, and rarely alone.
We, the House of the Rising Phoenix, are here to quell your thirst for
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Multiplicity.
As Avatars, we all are here to teach as well as learn everything within our grasp.
An open mind, a willingness to share, and above all, curiosity,
is all that we require you possess.
Class is unimportant - it changes in every lifetime.
We have all been, or all will be, everything.
Profession, too, functions only to teach.
Those who do not understand the skills of the person at his side is incomplete, un-whole.
Each aspect, every incarnation, is a source of knowledge to be added to the greater whole.
Come, assimilate, for after all, you ARE us.
Share with us and be part of a larger whole,
experience the multiplicity that is our world,
and learn more about yourself than you ever could
in just one body, in one lifetime.
Become one of many
Become multiple
Become the Phoenix - be reborn.
In Memory of Glenn ~Omodiende~ Reitz 1964 - 2007
More Info About Us
We are based out of the United States but we reach across the entire planet. We created this household when the world of online gaming just begun. A group of us - always met in real life and did table-top Pen and Paper gaming. Before long, our lives took different paths and we could no longer have our face-to-face time to get our game on. Online gaming seemed the way to go for us. We could continue to get together over the weekends to bash monsters, solve puzzles, loot corpses, and explore new worlds.
Even More Info About Us
Even then that was not enough. We always talked about how great it would be to "open a game store". In 2002, that became a reality for some of us when we said, "WHY NOT" Rising Phoenix Gaming Experience (RPGE) came to life. Our gaming family exploded over the years. Some we had never met before, they were simply a pixel on the screen before us. When we opened the store - folks heard and came and we got to meet many of the Rising Phoenix family. This is one of the MANY reason we enjoy holding "Meet and Greets" in real life for the folks that can get away for a weekend.