Reading it now. Frustrating that it seems to be only scanned images rather than clean electronic text. That explains the file size.
Yeah, the statement about the heroic Invisible College bringing social and technological advancements definitely runs counter to what Mage proposed. That game presupposes that all such advancements were part of an evil conspiracy to control humanity.
Okay, on page 344 it basically provides rules on how to become a D&D lich, complete with a phylactery. I know the trope goes back to Koschei and Dorian Grey, but the use of the term "phylactery" in such a way comes from D&D and not any real magical tradition to my knowledge. This is because in the earliest editions of D&D the phylactery was a literal phylactery (a prayer box used in Hebrew traditions). It makes no sense to call it a phylactery in-universe unless the PCs are D&D players.
EDIT: Actually, the section on false immortals reminds me of the false immortals section in Palladium’s Mystic China. Was that an influence here?