Steve's introduction goes like this:
As always, this is from my version of Glorantha, generally derived from older Wyrms Footnotes. It is not the revised, altered, and unworkable "official" Glorantha now being published, except where new material does not contradict the old (or on the rare occasion that it is better). This means that though most of this document is accurate, some of it is subject to Gregging and other parts of it are inaccurate for Carmania.
Steve has written special spells for this section.
I asked Her, and She told me that some sects of Lunar Dervishes dance in a wildly whirling spiral dance. This is the path on which the Goddess Herself trod when She "danced her last dream upon the face of the earth". When they finish spinning around and inwards, they're in a state of Balance or Lunar Consciousness (it only *looks* like frothing insanity), and you can get oracular answers from them. If you're ever in the marketplace and see the spiral-dancers starting inwards, make sure you're not caught in the middle: it can sometimes get pretty confusing and frightening. But it's worth hanging around to hear what they say when the frenzy is on them at the end.
You're still most likely to find dervishes in the East, out towards Torang where the old ways of Lunar Mysticism are still strongest. It's known that the Emperor's servants dislike giving oracular accesses to the people -- just think about the way the Moonbroth Whispers have been sealed away! But it's in their nature to travel, and I hear groups and individuals have been seen as far away as Prax and Carmania. In the Redlands, the dervishes are one of the main sacred traditions to be found: they easily survive without the state-cult support that most Lunar religion requires within the Empire.
Once, I saw a dervish at the centre of her spin sink down below the ground, then levitate ten feet into the air, before starting to prophesy in a quite serene manner. She was speaking about how the Lunar Way is the New Way of Rebellion: that the Storm Way was the Old Rebellion, whose time had passed. She talked about the Empire as an eggshell, protecting the people. It all made perfect sense when she spoke to us. That was the day I learned to stop worrying, and love the Bat. Of course, she died when the fit was over...
These were the words of The Scholar known as NB
The following cults exist within the empire, and are to an extent tolerated. They are not recommended, and joining any of them insures a Lunar Citizen will be passed over for most trusted posts in the empire. The least savory are the unhealed Chaos cults, which are usually tolerated only when the Citizen or Resident has become illuminated, or turned away from his Chaotic past, but wishes to avoid a spirit of retribution.
In Carmania, however, Valind is respected as an ancient patron of their land.