As you know, our people have two gods. Our King is Manannan who has the
power and depth of the sea. Our Queen is Fand, who controls, channels and
limits that power. She is playful and flirtatious, and like the waves of
the sea, always new and different. She is compassionate to all.
Though they are our gods, in the larger sense, they did not create the
universe. Our universes die and are reborn through the waves of infinite
time. They grow, they peak, they degenerate, they are destroyed, and they
are recreated. We live long but we may die, and take on another body, or be
destroyed when the universe is destroyed, and come back transformed. We may
travel spiritually between different worlds by means of chants and
visualizations.
Time is circular for us, and we are in a period of degeneration in which it
becomes harder to contact the gods, and travel spiritually. We fear neither
birth nor death, for both are a part of the endless transformations of the
universe. One need only know how to move from one area of the universe to
another.
In the beginning, there was white light, and then golden light. Together,
they emanated a rainbow of lights which became universes. In each, the
white and golden lights were manifest as a king and a queen. In the worlds
of aquamarine light, they became our rulers, and had many descendents and
adventures.
Each of these rainbow colors is the light of a set of worlds, each with it
own creator deity or deities, sacred stories, artistry, and cultural
organization. We rarely communicate with others within these worlds. Indeed
each rainbow color universe has its own sub-rainbows, worlds within worlds.
Our world is part of the green of living things, as is the earth world.
However, we have more of the blue of spirit, while earth has more of the
yellow of the sun, and the red of passion and instinct. Our passions are
usually more muted, thus the emphasis on pale colors. However, our kings,
heroes, and passionate women dress brightly. They form nature into jewelry,
wearing plants and animals formed of silver and gold, and may shift forms
to imitate loved pets.
While we normally have stable forms, we can shift forms if we choose. This
is often done by our young people who seek original and creative
identities. People in the physical world change clothes or cosmetics. We
have people who change species. Rebellion is easy here - you just decide to
become someone else.
However in a society with this much freedom, there is little rebellion.
People generally respect their ancestors and lineage, as well as their
gods. Because those in our society live off light, there are no extremes of
wealth and poverty - indeed there is no currency or any form of money.
There are no stores. We generate what we need though there are a few
specialists who can make things for others.
There is little destructive energy here, for we are not warlike. However we
occasionally have children who have more of the warrior personality, and
they are trained to be our defenders and heroes. On the rare occasions
where we have conflicts with others, they get to show their strength and
stamina.
We have little problem with the preoccupations of the human race - evil and
death. We do not have poverty and wealth, or death and disease, or lack of
space. Those who feel poor can generate piles of food and gold. Those who
feel ugly can make themselves beautiful. We live on light and do not own
land, so we do not fight over land. There is occasional conflict over
marriage, but our marriages are temporary, and people can always find new
mates if they choose. Temporary liaisons by our young people are not condemned since
they are understood as experiments.
The creation of children requires a conscious decision by both parents, as
the outpouring of light required to create a child does not occur
spontaneously. Because death is rare, birth is also rare. We have children
to incarnate specific souls, mostly those of our ancestors who have been
traveling and have now returned to us. It is not like childbirth on earth
where nobody knows who will turn up.
Because we are not physical beings, we do not have disease and old age.
Death is a transition, which is generally voluntary. Ours is not a world of
suffering but rather a world of creativity. We sympathize with the
suffering of those in the physical world but that is the price of having a
body. This is why Merlin, our missionary mage, came to earth to teach
people of the happier worlds of the Fair Folk.
