THE SCROLL OF DINGIR ILLUM
I
And the island land of
Aspergia was there from a time before time, from a time of
stillness, from a seed planted by the southern breeze and nurtured by
the great waters.
And
it came to pass that Dingir Illum awakened, and the people of Aspergia
awakened with him.
II
And the island land of Aspergia was touching the sea at seven corners, and in each the people
dug a water well, and in each they built seven towers. And one master
tower they built in the very centre of the land: all in all fifty towers:
towers of solitude, contemplation and stillness. Towers for their
glory and the glory of Dingir Illum.
III
And the storms came and went,
but they were happy.
The land and sea provided
them with plenty, and the towers with stillness.
IV
And once every seven days
they gathered by their wells, and danced until they could dance no
more, and chanted in unison the songs of the wells, and the stillness
of the towers, and Dingir Illum.
V
And once every eight and
twenty days - they all gathered, without exception, around the Central
Tower of Dingir Illum
VI
And in their gatherings they
observed a strict codex of interaction. A codex of minute details they
had learned from a very young age. A code that told exactly how
each interaction is governed. A code of respect and fondness and how
to use eyes and bodily gestures. A code of procreation rules and
parenting. A code documented word for word in the code book of Dingir
Illum.
VII
And in their small ships they
did not sail very far
and never found any other lands or island lands, but they had known
that three times since a
The Awakening - a distant sail showed briefly on the horizon, then
disappeared again.
VIII
And
for each of the seven corners of the island they instated a family
of Gazers, and the Gazers were not
obliged to undertake any work other than to watch the Great Waters
every day and every night. And the work of the Gazers was
passed on from generation to generation, until they became almost a
breed of their own, having the skill to count the whales, and the
winds and the waves, and to document the passing of the days and
seasons and to await a distant sail on the horizon.
THE SCROLL OF KMOSH
I
And
as Dingir Illum tended to the stillness and the happiness of his
people - so the master of the oceans and the a great waves Kmosh
awakened too. and Kmosh had tempted the people of Aspergia out of the
stillness - and waved the wings of movement and its greater rewards
and threats.
II
And the people of Aspergia
were afraid and intrigued, but once the stillness was broken,
the movement of Kmosh could not be stopped.
And they built new
instruments and wrote new parchments and even new codes for Dingir
Illum and a new scroll for Kmosh.
III
And this time came to be
known as the Second Awakening, and the people of Aspergia were
scribing to balance the codex of Dingir and the new codes of Kmosh.
But this was not to be.
IV
But this was not to be!
As Kmosh Illum arose from the Great Waters and began to sink the
island-land of Aspergia - with great waves and a rain that seldom
stopped.
V
And the hearts of the people
of Aspergia were filled with fear, but they could not contain the
waves of Kmosh, or regain the stillness of Dingir, and upon
instructions from the seekers, they knew they only had a hundred
nights and days before Aspergia's land forever will be swallowed in
the deep of Kmosh Illum.
VI
And so the people of Aspergia
built a great many wooden rafts, and when the Gazers announced the
last days were nigh, they loaded the rafts with food and water, and
sailed away - the towers of Dingir Illum sinking into the seas of
Kmosh behind them.
VII
And the seas of Kmosh Illum
lingered over the Central Tower of Dingir Illum, for but a few
moments, until it too had sunk - and with it the entire beloved land
of Aspergia - gone forever.
VIII
And the great rafts carried
the people of Aspergia to the seven corners of the earth, where they
discovered with marvel other peoples and other ways. And unlike their
hosts in many lands, the heritage of Dingir Illum had taught
Aspergians to become as one with their surroundings; not to stand out
or congregate. And they married the sons and the daughters of their
hosts, and within seven generations became forgotten.
IX
But each and every one of
them carried within the stillness of Dingir and the waves of Kmosh,
and they passed them on to their sons and daughters as a hidden
heritage. They would always be special, always sense the presence of
Dingir and Kmosh, always recognise the waves at sea as home.
X
And the Gazers also carried
over to their offspring the talent of Gazing, never to be lost,
present and ready for a day that would certainly come.
XI
And they can still feel the
presence of Kmosh in every sea, and the yearning for the stillness and
Dingir, and the awaiting eyes, fixed upon the horizon, waiting for the
third and final Awakening.
see
also: the Aspergian Mythos and Ethos
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