Am I reading higher manifestation correctly, you get on element per purchase? So a earth scholar would have to spend six levels of high magic to channel both healing and chaos without a relic?
I recently decided I would like to try giving up my 20 levels in create scroll to test a celestial channeling pool in it's place. However the realization that it would cost me 18 levels of high magic to completely access these pretty much makes that pointless.
I would expect at 3 points of high magic per purchase you may channel your pool as you see fit. Therefore 3 points let's me channel healing / chaos and 3 more points let's me channel SLIF