Seladorianism And Panthos

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Starfarers, 44.

Arods have temples whereas Seladorians have communion houses. Seladorians retain and reintroduce natural cultivation whereas Arods want to maintain mechanized food production.

Selador was a son of a Kithman. The Seladorian evangelist, Houer Kernaldi, is a Kith convert. Two solid future historical background references.

Seladorianism:

existence is one and culminates in life;

life will evolve to identity with the Ultimate which realizes itself through life;

human beings have adapted themselves to technology instead of adapting it to the Meaning;

thus, "'They've cut themselves off from the living world.'" (p. 422);

persisting in this, they will become irrelevant to the Meaning or even threaten it;

this will lead to misery and extinction;

Selador wanted to prevent this.

Seladorian terms with the same meaning in different languages:

Atman

Entelechy

Ultimate Motive

Meaning

In this chapter, the omnipotent narrator tells us what the viewpoint character, Panthos, experiences and thinks. However, we are abruptly told that he neither hears a rifle shot nor feels the shot penetrate his skull. Thereafter, the narration becomes objective unless the viewpoint character becomes Panthos' paceman who orders:

"'Hold fire!'" (p. 425)

- and reflects:

"No telling exactly where...the sniper lurked..." (ibid.)

Generations after Selador, Houer Kernaldi has explained Seladorianism to Panthos and thus to us. The history that now incorporates Seladorianism as well as Kith and Envoy continues.