Magic Cabal

A Magic Cabal (魔術結社(マジックキャバル)) is a term used to describe independent magical organizations.

Background
Magic cabals seem to follow their own unique beliefs, magic rituals and practices. For example, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (the same organization which Aleister Crowley was previously in) performs a ritual where they would force the formless telesma into a container which has human form.

Index disclosed that most magic cabals are careful when when it comes to admitting members, as being part of a cabal means being part of their secrets. Even though by nature the magicians are able to betray any organization if it conflicts with their morals or goals; we have that there are cases when leaving a cabal for one reason or another would force the organization to assassinate the defector, as with the case with Aleister Crowley and Etzali being hunted down after their defection.

List of Magic Cabals

 * Golden Dawn (黄金夜明)
 * Dawn-colored Sunlight (暗闇を拭う夜明け)
 * Exit of the Evening Dusk (宵闇の出口)
 * Return of the Winged One (翼ある者の帰還)
 * Divination Operation Brigade (占星施術旅団(せんせいせじゅつりょだん))
 * Orleans Knights (オルレアン騎士団)
 * Rose Cross (Rosenkreuz) (薔薇十字(ローゼンクロイツ))
 * Five Great Norse Societies (北欧神話系五大結社)
 * Those Who Nurture the World Tree (世界樹を絶やさぬ者)
 * The Knowledge Carved Into Iron (知を刻む鉄杭)
 * The Champions Rising from the Sea (海より来たる覇者)
 * Those Who Know the Words of God's Sword (神の剣の文字を知る者)
 * The Golden Forged Hammer in the Earth (地の中で黄金を鍛える槌)

Cabal Reserve Army
Cabal Reserve Army (結社予備軍) are not polished organizations like the magic cabals; but instead are more like clubs created from a gathering of novices who are merely interested in magic. They seem to usually be created by the gathering of around 5 people, however there have been some cases in which organizations with a hundred or more members have been found.

Since Cabal Reserve Armies do only "club level activities" such as love fortunes or meditation and mental exercises, it ends up that they disappear naturally without having any effect on others or society as a whole. ; however it has been known that some groups disguise they power and capabilities by posing as mere Cabal Reserve Armies as to evade any extra attention, such as Scotland's New Light.