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"Mithra?"

"The name of a person, a place, an object, or... the name of a secret church?"

asked Fanning in this strange, hollow babble.

"The former constitutes the latter, and the latter contains the former."

The saint paced around the stone lamp, and the lights and shadows of different colors also set off the picture a bit in opposition.

"It is impossible to verify who originally built this core area of ​​the 'Great Wheel of Light', but it is clearly recorded in the Holy Scriptures that Saint Sebastian, the first generation of light bathers, had the experience of retreating here. In this case, what things are It is already there, and there are some doubts about which things are changed later. At least, St. Sebastian and Mithraism are inextricably linked, and it is very possible to make changes to the things here. Through additions, deletions and changes, to reveal to future generations the more authentic mystery of the origin of the Church of the Holy Sun."

It is clear that the sages tend to think that the group of syllables "Mithra" was an antecedent to the present church, or at least related in the process of differentiation.

Fanning was not surprised that the Church of the Holy Sun had a predecessor problem.

Starting from the law of development of mysticism, to put it broadly——

The predecessors of all Orthodox churches are secret religions, and the predecessors of all official schools are secret organizations.

In the long river of secret history, even the Lord of Witness is evolving, let alone the organization of the wise who enshrine the Lord of Witness?
There are too many hidden organizations that I have never heard of.

"At that time, was this Mithraism an idol worshiper, a totem worshiper, or a worshiper of integrity? Is it the right way or a heresy? At what age does it rise and when does it fall? Now our Father in heaven, as Is it good or bad?"

The saint stood still like a sculpture, and did not answer Fanning's question directly, but only suggested:

"Look up."

Fanning raised his head subconsciously and looked up.

His vision froze suddenly.

There is no longer the barrier of the light quality passage here, it is a stone room, but there seems to be a "skylight" above it.

The swirling streaks and shadows faded, but there was something else higher and deeper.

An indescribable giant is slowly turning, crushing as thick as a millstone, projecting layers of celestial-like double images and indistinguishable sounds, smells, and colors into the observer's senses, and it seems to be The observer directly pulled it up into the sky and pulled it in!

This is GLOW!

Fan Ning actually experienced the chaotic transcendental feeling when he entered Yiyong for the first time and witnessed the "light of first acquaintance" when the individual consciousness, time and space, and the boundaries of the five sense organs were all broken and mixed together!
"Impossible, this is not a real glow."

The next moment Fanning reacted.

Those fragmented and chaotic feelings are also fleeting.

If it was really the glow of the lifted curtain on the high place, even an existence like Poglerich would be burned to nothingness without any suspense because of facing the truth.

This is a light and shadow model concocted by the observer according to his own understanding?The "Cow Slaughter Picture" below is the projection of the "glow model" after it finally reaches the end point?
Even if it is just a model, Fan Ning is still amazed at the handwriting of the person who created it.

And, there is something else.

Slightly below the high "glow model", he also saw a strange geometry floating there quietly.

Two planar triangles are facing each other, and three light quality bridges flowing with profound textures connect them, thus forming a
"How is it like a 'prism'?" Fanning frowned.

The shape of the prism is exactly a "triangular column".

In one of the triangles, one side is burning with a golden flame, and the other two sides are relatively dim, similar to the situation where the "Great Wheel of Light" was lit up when looking at the "Great Wheel of Light" from the outside.

As for the other triangle, one side had a more obvious mutation, and it became the appearance of the "Key of Timing" in his hand, exuding pale and flickering heterogeneous light and shadow!

All kinds of metaphorical scenes suspected of "Mithraism" impacted Fanning's cognition.

He suddenly realized that the core area of ​​this mysterious place is not just a "Cow Butchering Picture", the complete composition of the scene is actually like this——

The "glow model" at the top emits incomprehensible light and shadow, and then under the action of the "prism", it passes through numerous strips and is projected onto the stone slab surrounded by lamps below, forming a pattern composed of various ordinary colors and lines. "Cow Butchering Picture".

Strictly speaking, this is an installation art!Painting is only part of installation art!

"What exactly does this mean?"

"Prism, why is there a prism?."

Fanning's spirituality was violently shaken by knowledge.

He began to recall his cognition of this world when he first came into contact with the mystery.

Part of the initial concept and form thrown out by the gathering point descends to a relatively low place and turns into radiance.

The Aura is full divinity and original inspiration, but remains indescribable and incomprehensible.

Those with knowledge cannot observe the original appearance of the divinity, but can only observe various silhouettes from the collapse of the radiance in the hidden revelation—that is, the phases of each part of the divinity.

"Glow, through secret revelation, collapses into seven relatively intuitive phases, and an eighth secret history that is not so intuitive."

"Just like like?"

"Sunlight, after passing through the prism, is refracted into the visible light of the seven worlds, and the 'not so intuitive' invisible light??"

"Then, what does the 'prism' corresponding to 'hidden revelation', this 'prism' deliberately constructed in the 'installation art' refer to?"

Fanning's thoughts fell into the violent sea of ​​light on high, when the saint finally spoke again in a low voice:
"What do you think is the essential purpose of any school of mysticism?"

"Or what should be the nature of the greatest exploits of any official or covert organization?"

So Fanning said without thinking:
"Rise higher."

The sage said with silence that this was not the answer.

Fan Ning also recalled some of the hidden pasts about the "fourth type of origin" of the quality source god that he had seen and heard when he was exploring the ruins of the "Great Court School" and traveling in the southern continent:

"Pass through the door of the dome, be promoted to the Lord of Witness, and be listed on the HOS seat?"

The saint is still as silent as an empty hourglass.

Are such illusory things not high enough and not essential enough?

Fan Ning couldn't help being very confused, but he suddenly recalled what he really felt in his heart after returning to the waking world after completing the "shifting glimpse" for the first time, and his spiritual state trembled a little:

"See the glow?"

It is the nature of spirituality to spark upward, but is this something that can actually be done?

He couldn't help suspecting that even the Lord of Witnesses couldn't "see the radiance in person", because they only held one or several phases, and this was still just an incomplete silhouette of the radiance.

But this just shows how supreme a concept the real so-called "great achievements" are.

The saint's deep voice echoed in the stone room:
"Judging from the vague information fragments collected so far, Mithraism is a strictly secret church. It does not preach the gospel, does not recruit believers, does not record the age of deeds, does not have any written classics, and believers are one-to-one secret Development, after a rigorous test, the priests at the next level will dictate the teachings, even if they are promoted, they will not show it, only one-to-one transmission of the message is known to both parties. In contrast, the so-called secret sects today have become such Virus-like public scourge."

"But this makes the study of the secret history of Mithraism extremely difficult, and it is impossible to even know the active era, and the subsequent evolution also has a gap that cannot be connected with known organizations at all."

"According to my guess, Mithraism may be the earliest organization known to mankind and established a mysticism system, and they are also the first to regard 'seeing the light' as the most essential great achievement and religious sacrifice. The ultimate goal of worship, and what they think is the way to realize the 'seeing the light' is this 'prism' mystical symbol on the top of the head."

"The layout in the stone chamber, on the one hand, is a metaphor that the glow above is refracted into a phase through the symbol of the 'prism', and condenses into a tower of light, a door, a world of shifting and awakening—that is, we can recognize the shape and depict the real scene. "Cow Slaughter Picture"; on the other hand, various elements that symbolize "grid" appear in "Cow Slaughter Picture", which means that mortal creatures can climb up in reverse through the way of "elevation", and finally pass through the symbol of "prism" , see the glow."

"In this way, the compound word 'person' is split, 'bit' means position, that is, the height of the current climb, and 'grid' means people's attainments and historical cognition, the only one of Mithras can be called doctrine The "Picture of Butchering a Cow" perfectly explains the mystical relationship between 'bit' and 'grid'."

Listening to Fan Ning's narration, his eyes gradually swept over the elements in the "Cow Butchering Picture".

The moth, lion and moon in the picture directly correspond to "moth", "forged lion" and "new moon";
The burning torch symbolizes the "bearer of the torch";
Ears of wheat, grapes and small people in fine clothes symbolize the "sower" or "bridegroom";
The cloaked man wearing a crown symbolizes the 'father', and the dagger in his hand symbolizes the 'blade bearer'.

Indeed, although the order is a staggered layout, with priority given to displaying the logic of the screen, the elements of the seven "grids" are all available.

"But this slaughtered cow occupying a large position has the same core in principle, but what metaphor should it be?"

"The hounds, snakes and scorpions that bit it aside, what are they?"

"Unsolved mystery." Said the saint.

Fanning frowned and nodded.

If this is off topic, the next most critical question should be
He said: "The most important thing is what should Mithraism say about the 'prism' symbol that is the way to realize 'seeing the light'?"

The saint took a step forward, but instead of observing the "prism" above, he continued to stare at the "Cow Butchering Picture".

"Did Bishop Lavoisier see anything unusual?"

"The triangular side of the prism above shows the appearance of the key about the 'snake' below. As for this painting, this painting." Fan Ning quickly discovered the inconsistency after a little bit, "This The tones of the surrounding stone lamps are not concentric, and in my opinion, the prism refracts the sprinkled light, and the formed "Cow Butchering Picture" may not have uniform brushstrokes and steps."

Yes, this painting looks a bit split under the special light and shadow!

It's as if several people painted independently and then "stitched" together.

"Later, differences and divisions arose."

The saint finally looked up at the prism suspended in the sky.

"The first part of the congregation believes that the power of mysticism comes from 'doctrine' and 'belief', 'the worshiper first, and then the worshiped'. They advocate following the will of the Lord and usurping the house. The other two seats, through the 'Trinity' approach to achieve personal glory - this group of people are called 'originalists'."

"Although the fault is serious, and I don't know how it evolved in the middle, my Church of the Holy Sun must belong to the orthodox inheritance of Mithra's 'Original School'."

The sage came to a conclusion directly, and unfolded a simple scroll with several lines of text in front of Fan Ning's eyes.

"Since the new calendar, Saint Apollo, who bathed in light, and the three saints including me have continued to study the secret history, and concluded that there are doubts about the 'ten similarities' between Mithra and the Church of the Holy Sun."

Fanning read the writing on the scroll word by word.

"First, Mithraism is the 'Sun Worship Cult', and the Lord of Witness enshrined by my Holy Sun Church refers to the sun, which is the image of the world, and both advocate the salvation of the world through sacred actions."

"Secondly, the gods worshiped by Mithras who walk in the world are 'born in stone and walked in light', while our church has the saying of 'give body' by radiance, both of which are unconventional ways of multiplying ordinary creatures." (This one immediately reminded Fan Ning of the "virgin pregnancy" theory of the Blue Star Holy Cross in his previous life)
"Third, both believe that the birth date of the Lord of Witness is the "winter solstice", but the calculation methods of the calendar are different (or the time is too far apart, and the operation of the year itself has changed), resulting in discrepancies in the actual date."

"Fourth, both have the miraculous allusion of "strike a stone to yield water"."

"Fifth, both emphasize "redemption and salvation". Mithraism allows new believers to reproduce the crucifixion of the "sun god" in the initiation ceremony, while our church has a "sunset ceremony"."

"Sixth, both have communion ceremonies, and the consecration materials are bread and wine."

"Seventhly, both have baptism ceremonies. The difference is that some Mithraic sects use honey, some sects use cow's blood, and my church uses holy water diluted with spiritual fluid."

"Eighth, both have underground temples. The difference is that my religion regards them as refuge and admonishment, while Mithraism regards "solar caves"—that is, caves full of candles and flickering candles— — as a daily place of worship."

"Ninthly, both advocate temperance, self-denial, zeal, and piety in the code of conduct of believers."

"Ten, both regard the last day of the week as holy Sunday."

The more Fanning looked at it, the more puzzled he felt.

Now it is not only that there are many coincidental similarities between the teachings of the Holy Sun Church and the Blue Star Holy Cross Church in the previous life
The research on the "Origin of Mithra" by the church's high-level officials suddenly made Fanning realize that he hadn't heard of it.

Just not in this life.

The various descriptions of these characteristics are very similar to a secret church of the "Sect of the Sun" in an ancient European empire in Fan Ning's previous life!
"This 'original school' looks good to me."

While listening to the lecture, Fan Ning kept his doubts in his heart calmly.

"However, the second part of the congregation believes that since the Lord of Witness is the holder of phases and the incarnation of natural laws, the so-called 'faith' is just a special form of the law of mysticism. They advocate overthrowing the 'faith' Sacredness, extensively study the secrets of various witnesses, and look for the three keys that reflect the ultimate law under the radiance, and realize the radiance in person through the way of "time sequence convergence" - these people are called " Disenchantment'."

"In the theory of the 'Disenchantment School', the three keys have existed since the existence of the Radiance, and are the 'master hub' and 'master switch' of its will power, so they are called the 'Key of Radiance' or 'Key of Radiance'. Timing key', they are numbered with -1, 0, 1 respectively."

"-The reference symbol of key No. 1 is a book, and the power of will contained in it is 'Secret History'; the reference symbol of key No. 0 is a clock, and the power of will contained in it is 'Order'; the reference symbol of key No. 1 is Spears, the willpower contained in them is "fate", they are different from the key of the door, they are above the seven phases, or in other words, like "seven colors of light are refracted from sunlight through a prism", the three timing The key can be directly used as a bridge connecting the glow and the awakening world!"

Fanning sorted out and digested the ideas and differences of the two factions.

"Originalists" - "Faith" - "Trinity".

"Disenchantment School" - "Study" - "Sequential Convergence".

Ultimately, it points to the essential purpose of mysticism: "seeing the light in person".

The mysterious corner behind the high curtain was finally slowly revealed after his series of layouts entered the core high-level church.

But hearing this, things became even more confusing.

The spear embossment on the key is really "spear", and the small raised bump is really the Arabic numeral "1"!
Three keys, three numbers, -1, 0, 1?

sequence of time?
The museum key left by his father Vincent is suspected to be the No. 1 timing key! ?

(End of this chapter)