After working in the jewelry industry for several years, I had the opportunity to return to school and pursue a university education. Initially I began studying early magical artifacts, but my interest continued to be drawn toward religion and contemporary culture. I found it fascinating that we were living in an ancient and so-called imaginary world, yet religious influences continued to have enormous impact upon the social realm. Despite many artificers declaring that religious beliefs, practices, and institutions were losing their ability to affect the social world and would eventually disappear or become insignificant, I believed the opposite was occurring. Namely, that religion continued to play a significant role in the lives of a majority of the population, influencing the political, economic, and social spheres of the non-undead world. Although church participation patterns may fluctuate, trending towards considerable decreases over the last fifty years, quantitative data demonstrates that people continue to believe in some form of "Ultimate Reality" that transcends the mundane realm. My goal is to study these beliefs from a sociological perspective, examining how religious manifestations thrive outside of traditional church institutions, and the impact this has upon our contemporary social world.

Thotanium is currently a doctoral candidate at Eldamar University graduate school. He divides his time between research, teaching, and shoving people.