Legends Barosan Bible

From: drhj@v1.astro.cf.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 15:44:46 +0000

Not too impressed with this, glad I'm not Barosan!

Dean

From NIC 3, USA: Item # 592 The Symbol of Barosa {Book}  0.10 wt

The Way of Barosa...
     There was at the beginning nothing till the consciousness of Barosa was
spawned and time begun, Barosa was not one of loneliness, but varied
Himself for his own contentment.  Expanding and contracting, He created
compressions in Time itself, with all the stars and worlds but a simple
reflection of His effort.  Our world is but a backwater where two of his
forces have collided and that collision created all about us in a
twinkling of a star.
     The life grew strong and 'nature' became the word for creation when it
was Barosa's twisting of Time.
     Through the chaos of the folds in his effort came all manner of
creatures all of which are but divine variations in thought.
  ...but after waking of thought and the turning of that upon itself
rather than to Barosa he sent a great ripple that shook the world and in
its shadows arrived those that walk upon it now and call themselves 'Free'.
  ...we all are but free upon the world, owing loyalty to only those that
earn it in the little time that is left.  Life is too short to waste on
supplications to false gods or worship of distant heavens.  Live for
life, today and tonight for tomorrow is another's time.
     For this... we stand opposed to those great secular churches and
especially the Nature's Pawns who see holiness in trees and rocks for
these are but the castaways of time and the background of the true divine
reflections if we can but reach the contentment within ourselves.
     Great Empires and powerful armies are but simple toys of those who know
not themselves, for none of these shall last and all will fade with
time.  Only the spirit of the inner self can be made immortal by union
with the fabric of Barosa's will and triumph eternal.  Seek to gather to
yourself the skills of enlightenment, nothing else will give contentment.

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The collection of temples and priests are very individualistic and
a strict structure of authority does not exist.  Nevertheless, certain
things are occassionally delegated to various members on an almost
random basis, the belief being that in time all will prove to be worthy.
Most common place is the call for 'scripture' in which at times, not more
than once a year a call will go out for a 'scripture' being a two line
statement on a particular religious subject.  These suggested scriptures are
then listed to all holders of the faith to reflect a diverse view
of the subject.  From this selection one single entry is chosen, usually
at random and this entry maker is then given the assigned task for the
Faith.  Some of the new tasks that may come up are:
1. Choosing a new spell to be added to the faith from this
   list: 1,3,11,21,23,24,30,32,42,50,53,58,63,84,105,107,134,151,146,150,
   154,181,205,206,207,216,225,247,255,288,289.
2. Removal of old spells should there be no more room (30 spells max)
3. Removal of annoyances to the faith
4. Building of special magical places
At the time of the call for 'scriptures' the faith in Barosa may provide
special capacity to those to accomplish their tasks which may or may not
be assigned at the time of the call.