musicians of old

Chapter 17 The Lord of Witness
"The core of those who know, or the factors that distinguish them from ordinary people, are 'knowledge' and 'inspiration'."

The light and shadow of the candlestick danced on Viadrin's face.

"Hidden knowledge...inspiration..." Fan Ning chewed on these two words, thinking that they are not uncommon words, but together, they are not easy to understand.

"Implicit knowledge is a concept opposite to explicit knowledge, rational knowledge, and empirical knowledge." Viadrin explained.

"Namely: occult knowledge, intuitive irrational knowledge, transcendental knowledge."

"Can you give some examples?" Fanning asked.

"Examples?" Vyadrin's voice was somewhat drawn out, "For example, those mysterious, supreme and dangerous existences, knowledge about their origins and mysteries."

"You mean, God? The gods of the three Orthodox churches? The unfallen fire of the Holy Sun Church? The raven of the Lingyin Discipline Society? The fragrant flower poet of the Fanghui Temple?" Fan Ning recalled the world. Common sense that aborigines should have.

"God... It seems that you ordinary people are indeed more accustomed to this title."

"What's that called?"

"For those of us who know, we generally call them—" Vyadrin's pupils suddenly focused:

"Lord of witnesses."

"The Lord of Witness?" Fan Ning was puzzled, "So they are the existences that created the world? There are three of them?"

"no no no"

"Although they are extremely powerful, they are not omniscient and omnipotent, nor can they be understood in a personified way. Each Lord of Witness has his own aspect in charge. Although the three Orthodox churches praise their Lord of Witness, they will never advocate They created the world, and they will not deny the existence of other Lords of Witness."

"Actually, based on my current limited knowledge, the number of Lords of Witnesses may have exceeded twenty..."

"So much?" Fanning exclaimed.

He originally guessed that there might be several "evil gods" outside of the three Orthodox Churches.

But this number has greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Could it be that there are so many more evil gods than those three righteous gods?"

"It's not impossible to distinguish between righteous gods and evil gods. After all, human beings need to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Viadlin said, "From the perspective of human logic, there are indeed a small number of Lords of Witness who are relatively mild. Some are extremely dangerous, but the reason for this distinction, I think, is just because of the word 'random'."

"It's like... Do I throw sugar or cigarette butts into the ants colony on the ground, it just depends on my mood?" Fanning tried to understand it this way.

"It might be more appropriate to replace the ant colony with a microbe, which you don't notice at all, and you don't intend to reward or punish it," Viadlin corrected.

"So the Orthodox Church's warning to the world is worthy of attention: only by praying to the Lord, can you obtain safe revelation or comfort. And if you recite the names of other mysterious existences, or read or hear something, you should not look at it , Things that shouldn’t be heard, the result is definitely not insight into true knowledge, but a high probability of being infected with madness.”

"Okay, then I don't quite understand one thing. What's the point of the church spreading faith?" Fan Ning was deep in thought, "Since the Lord of Witness is not personified at all, does He still need people's worship? Does He care? "

"Isn't the need to be adored, the desire to be revered, an 'personification'?"

"This question involves the difference between a school and a church," Viadrin said.

"In the view of the school, the existence of the Lord of Witness represents the rules He controls. As long as you follow this rule to construct the secret ritual, you can gain insight into hidden knowledge and inspiration. The difference is that different Lords of Witness have different rules, and some may conform to common sense. , and some may go against common sense.”

"Therefore, the school's attitude towards the Lord of Witness is study, observance, communication, and feedback. They not only study the rules of the Lord of Witness of the three Orthodox churches, but also delve into the mysteries of other Lords of Witness."

"Like a lawyer, he studies all kinds of legal policies only to realize his own demands." Fanning commented.

"This time you understand more to the point." Viadrin laughed "buzzing".

"And the church's attitude towards the Lord of Witness, at least officially, is worship, belief, prayer, and respect. By doing so, they also gained the desired revelation, and the secret rituals they constructed were also proven effective."

"From the point of view of the school, this is because the Lords of Witness in their family happened to be 'more personified' and 'more moderate' at random, and they happened to be able to resonate with Him in these ways."

"Although the Church only follows their Lord of Witness, because of its profound research on it, the revelation of its insight is not weaker than that of the school."

"It may be that this view of our school has reduced the sanctity of 'faith', but I do not deny the positive role of faith. After all, the Orthodox Church guides people to do good deeds, distinguish right from wrong, and also gives them confession and comfort."

"So 'faith' is the rule of the three righteous gods, but not necessarily the rule of the other Lords of Witness." Fanning understood, "Did you just say that your woodpecker affairs consulting firm is a school party? "

"That's just a name for outsiders. The name of our organization is 'Guide School'."

Seeing that Fan Ning continued to ask questions, Vyadlin raised his hand to interrupt: "There is no need for you to delve into the issues involving the background and relationship between each organization of the knowers."

"This secret ritual to protect the mind has a limited time."

"Now we are talking about the knowing person itself, just an example of 'hidden knowledge', now let's talk about another factor: 'inspiration'."

"There are so many documents on such issues, but when it comes to the origin of the Lord of Witness and the nature of the inspiration of the wise, they point to the same logical core—"

"The Noah's Theory of 'Aura' Refraction."

Hearing this, Fan Ning's heart moved.

Noah?Noah?The "Sound Flow, Texture and Dreamland" obtained by Mr. Anton seems to be written in this language.

"The third history before the new calendar ended with the overthrow of the Turangalian dynasty that existed for more than a thousand years. Short, more than a hundred years, it is shrouded in heavy fog."

"Many works written by knowledgeable people in the new calendar mostly originated from the ancient books of the two dynasties of the Third History. They just translated and interpreted with the help of their own inspiration to make those high-level hidden knowledge a little more approachable."

As Vyadrin said, he took out an old and dilapidated book, the hard cover with shell-like textures was mostly damaged, and the scattered and curled yellow pages were fixed by the wallet.

"The Ezekiel Refraction Tantra, written in the Noah language, was written by 'Ezekiel', an astrologer and court musician in the early Turangalian dynasty. The author claims that the content of the book is his own version of the original ancient Chaniz translation, with certain reductions for the libretto of a mysterious opera."

"Of course, such ancient books are called forbidden books by the guys in the Special Inspection Office."

Fan Ning thought to himself: "So the Special Inspection Office is considered a church or a school? Listening to this tone, the relationship between the Guidance School and the Special Inspection Office seems to be cooperative but not completely correct. I don't know what kind of relationship they have with the imperial authorities. .”

"Caron, what do you think of this world?" Vyadrin asked while pressing the book cover with both hands.

"Ah?" Fanning was a little taken aback. He felt that the question was too big. "Are you discussing a philosophical question with me?"

"Your feelings or impressions, systematic or fragmented, peaceful or extreme."

"Okay." Fan Ning began to organize his words. The things that emerged from his first reaction included elegant and clean university campuses, crowded and dilapidated civilian houses, beautiful natural wilderness scenery, a corner of the city where sewage was flowing, handsome men and beautiful women. Youthful vigor, the decayed body of the elderly, complex secular human nature, and a magnificent and noble art palace constructed by human beings.

"It may be very contradictory, or in other words, full of many shortcomings." So he tried to speak, "The industry is booming, and prosperity is within reach, but pleasure is the appearance, and pain is the essence. Life is too short, and art is eternal."

"Related interests: majoring in music. The latter sentence is my private product." Fan Ning added another sentence secretly in his heart.

Vyadrin was noncommittal about this, he raised his hand, added an incense, and then said:

"Next, I will read out some of the Noah words that can be deciphered from the book "Ezekiel's Refraction Tantra."

The "gathering point" is located at the highest point of the world, from which the first batch of concepts and forms of the world are continuously thrown out.His being is neither personality nor rule, nameless, incomprehensible.

Some of the concepts and forms thrown out by the "gathering point" come to a relatively low place and turn into "glow".

"The Radiance" is full divinity and original inspiration, but still too high a person to describe and incomprehensible.Only the incomplete projections occasionally refracted by the "glow" can be described in words.

The complete divinity from the "glow" collapses into various limited projections in this way, we can never observe the original appearance of the complete divinity, and can only witness the phase of the divine part in the secret revelation.

The first phase of divinity is "candle", the second phase is "key", the third phase is "ember", the fourth phase is "desolation", the fifth phase is "cocoon", and the sixth phase is "cocoon". The first aspect is "chi", and the seventh aspect is "yan".

This is the Lord of Witness who is in charge of aspects.

The initial inspiration from "Glow" is decomposed into flares with attributes of various phases. The core of flares is condensed into "Hui Pagoda", and the extension is diffused into "Shining".

This is the "movement" that the wise explore - the will of the world.

"Shi Chung" is constantly drifting downwards, and the color of the mud at the bottom is distorted and condensed like a shell.

This is the abode of the ignorant - the appearance of the world.

Together they constitute the real world, the world that exists as appearance and will.

The candle shadow was still flickering, and Viadrin closed the book.

His narration is only three or four hundred words long, but it brought Fanning endless thoughts.

"Caron, do you now understand what 'knowledge' and 'inspiration' mean?"

"You just said that the world is full of shortcomings, precisely because its surface is full of filthy silt. We rely on a trace of the original divine spark in our souls to become wise, and we search hard in the flow, only to See the world in more true colors."

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