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Golden Path
This is simply the Nephilim plan to use the Solar-Ka (which they lack native access to) in Earth-creatures - and most usefully concentrated in humans - to help them reach Agartha. It was for this reason that the Nephilim bred humans from ancient primate stock in the first place - or so they say.
Not all Nephilim agree with this path.

Golem
A creature created artificially, through Alchemical magic. A specialised branch of Alchemy is the pursuit of an artificial replacement for the fleshy Simulacra the Nephilim have been forced to inhabit for millennia. The aim is to create a durable, strong replacement form of some type that is still capable of carrying the spark of Solar-Ka. If it succeeds, Nephilim may at last be able to survive without human hosts.

Incarnation
Incarnation is the process whereby a Nephilim Awakens (often from a long sleep in its Stasis), then seeks (in Ka-vision), chooses and successfully overcomes a suitable new host (or Simulacrum), overlaying their energy patterns on the host's and occupying their body, mind and life.
A new host falls unconscious upon possession, awakening with the Nephilim in charge. Nephilim always need a few days to get used to a new body. During this time they scout out the Simulacrum's old haunts and associates, gauging how long they can stay within the host's old acquaintances and patterns and how useful any of these will be in furthering its own agendas.
The modern era can be especially unsettling for the newly incarnate - a millennia-old spirit will be unprepared for the radical and widespread changes of the modern world, even if their last incarnation was as recent as a few hundred years ago.
A Nephilim's Ka must first conquer the Solar-Ka of their intended host, enveloping it and using it as a carrier to extend into the physical. Only then do the effects of the Metamorphosis appear, modulating the host's body (which is the physical extension of their Solar-Ka).

Ka
The vital essence of a Nephilim, its very being without which it does not exist. Neither energy, matter nor spirit, but all of these at once, it is the Nephilim's unique life-force (words from other belief systems such as Chi, Ch’awe, Mana, and others may also be equivalent terms for Ka).
Ka is also a measure of a Nephilim's wisdom, measuring a growing comprehension of the Real universe and indicating how far the Nephilim has progressed on the path towards Agartha.
It is also a measure of the strength of a Nephilim's links to the magical Ka-fields that permeate the Earth, and how well it can sense, manipulate and act upon them. It is, in a sense, a synthesis of all the Nephilim really IS.
Ka is increased by learning, wisdom, and being faithful to one's elemental essences and path. Ka can be decreased through accidental loss (such as by destruction by Orichalka or other weapons wielded by humans, such as elixir rituals), through its use to bond the Nephilim to a new host, or sometimes as a sacrifice to gain the favours of a powerful entity (most often during a perilous summoning ritual).
Ka also affects the physical traits of the Nephilim's current Simulacrum - Fire-Ka boosts raw strength, for example. When Ka rises (or falls) these traits alter also, as do any abilities that depend upon them.
Ka is also used in Ka-Vision, which enables spiritual vision as well as speech with similar creatures in Enochian (both are spiritual exchanges of information, and basically the same activity).

Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis defines the changes that occur in a Nephilim's emotional makeup - and which emanate through the Solar-Ka host vessel - as the Nephilim gathers Ka and wisdom on its way towards Agartha. A Nephilim gradually transforms into one of the Old Races as it progresses on its journey. Physical changes and abilities become more and more pronounced until, just prior to its entry into Agartha, its body and emotions have become attuned to its true spiritual essence, and it is ready to travel the subtle planes beyond the physical.
When a Nephilim's host dies and it is forced to gain another (possibly resting in stasis between incarnations), these effects are removed from the old host's body (which reverts to its natural state) and extended anew into the physical realm through the new host. Over a period of some hours, the new host's physical self transforms into a new reflection of the Nephilim's inner self, and metamorphosis will have taken place yet again.