Transcendent Order
These guys say that for a body to become one with the multiverse, he's got to stop thinking and act. Action without thought is the purest form of thought. When a cutter can know what to do without even thinking about it, then he's become one with the multiverse.
It goes like this. Every berk's part of the multiverse, and nothing's apart from it. So it figures that every being knows the right action to take at just the right moment. Problem is, some folks start thinking and mess it all up. Thinking adds hesitation and doubt. It overrules instinct and separates a sod from the multiverse. By the time a poor sod's thought about something, the right action for the right moment is gone.
So all a berk's got to do is just quit thinking, right? 'Course it ain't that easy. Any addle-cove can blunder in and act without giving it a thought, but that's not the goal. A body's got to work hard at learning himself - learning his own mind and instincts until the right action comes automatically. It's done by training both the body and mind. Just like the way thieves practice their cross-trade, a Cipher's got to train his mind (the source of the action) and the body (the actor) to be one thing. There's no difference between the two, no separation between thought and motion. Body and mind act as one - the hand moves before the thought reaches it.
So what's all this get a fellow, then? Once mind and body are in harmony, the spirit becomes in tune with the multiverse. A blood understands the purpose of the multiverse and knows just where and how he should be.
Allies and Enemies
Believing that all truth is found internally, Ciphers don't seek out friends or enemies among the factions. Most other groups give them a lukewarm reception, although the Harmonium is always suspicious that Ciphers harbor thoughts contrary to universal harmony.
Powers
Most gods revered by this faction seem to be those of the Celestial Bureaucracy and the Japanese pantheon. See, the Ciphers advocate a perfect union of thought and response - things should be no sooner said than done. They don't care for powers that sit around weighing consequences; they want gods that can meld mind and action. And the deities of the Lands of the Rising Sun are the ones most likely to achieve that ideal.
Like the Sensates, the Ciphers also praise Lugh, but for a different reason. The Celtic god doesn't think: he simply acts, and he discovers the wisdom of his choices in the moment of action itself. More often than not, he's proven right. The Ciphers find that tremendously appealing.