At first, the things brought forth by Eris were in a state
of chaos and went in every which way, but by the by She began
playing with them and ordered some of them just to see what would
happen. Some pretty things arose from this play and for the next
five zillion years She amused Herself by creating order. And so
She grouped some things with others and some groups with others,
and big groups with little groups, and all combinations until
She had many grand schemes which delighted Her.
Engrossed in establishing order, She finally one day noticed
disorder (previously not apparent because everything was chaos).
There were many ways in which chaos was ordered and many ways
in which it was not.
"Hah," She thought, "Here shall be a new game."
And She taught order and disorder to play with each other in
contest games, and to take turns amusing each other. She named
the side of disorder after Herself, "ERISTIC" because
Being is anarchic. And then, in a mood of sympathy for Her lonely
sister, She named the other side "ANERISTIC" which flattered
Aneris and smoothed the friction a little that was between them.
Now all of this time, Void was somewhat disturbed. He felt
unsatisfied for he had created only physical existence and physical
non- existence, and had neglected the spiritual. As he contemplated
this, a great Quiet was caused and he went into a state of Deep
Sleep which lasted for 5 eras. At the end of this ordeal, he begat
a brother to Eris and Aneris, that of SPIRITUALITY, who had no
name at all.
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When the sisters heard this, they both confronted Void and
pleaded that he not forget them, his First Born. And so Void decreed
thus:
That this brother, having no form, was to reside with Aneris
in Non-Being and then to leave her and, so that he might play
with order and disorder, reside with Eris in Being. But Eris became
filled with sorrow when She heard this and then began to weep.
"Why are you despondent?" demanded Void, "Your
new brother will have his share with you." "But Father,
Aneris and I have been arguing, and she will take him from me
when she discovers him, and cause him to return to Non- Being."
"I see,"replied Void, "Then I decree the following:
"When your brother leaves the residence of Being, he shall
not reside again in Non-Being, but shall return to Me, Void, from
whence he came. You girls may bicker as you wish, but My son is
your Brother and We are all of Myself."
And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and
then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and
order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence
shall take us back from existence and that nameless spirituality
shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild
circus.
"Everything is true - Everything is permissible!"
-Hassan i Sabbah
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