In the living room, the final winner of the war for the TV remote control has been decided, Doudou has become the final winner, at this time, he is holding the TV remote control and is lying on the coffee table to watch Finding Nemo with peace of mind, and the victory of the little mermaid has its reason: Elizabeth was called by her father to read "The Emperor" without grabbing a few clicks, and Roll is simply the little mermaid's follower, leaving Lily alone to face the two bear children, Rao is a husky's brain circuit also feels a little embarrassed, So in the end, he waved his hand generously and said that he still had to go back to catch up with the manuscript, so he gave the remote control to Doudou.The "war" in the center of the living room came to an end, and next to the windowsill in the corner of the living room, the conversation between Hao Ren and Lorisa had just begun.The "Elf Queen" was not surprised when she heard Hao Ren's words: "You are really interested in these. ”"After all, I'm investigating the dream plane, and the religious activities on the planet Halletta 10,000 years ago obviously helped me understand how the divine power of your universe worked before the fall of the Goddess of Creation," Hao Ren laughed, "And more importantly, I am also quite interested in the Goddess of Creation herself, especially her words and deeds changes in the period before the outbreak of the God-killing War, which may reveal her mental journey at that time." ”Lorissa glanced at him, "You know, if you had told our priests 10,000 years ago, they would have fought with you - it would have been disrespectful. ”Hao Ren spread his hands: "What's the matter, my title is still the Pope, I usually discuss and discuss the immortals, and the goddess on my side has never paid attention to so many rules with me."
In other words, is the goddess of creation in the dream plane a god who attaches great importance to her authority?
”Lorissa immediately shook her head: "No, God herself does not care what the secular world thinks of herself, she runs in the universe like the movement of the sun, moon and stars, and is not subject to any worldly honor or disgrace, just as mortal words and cognitions cannot affect the existence of truth itself."
It's just that God can be so generous, but we mortals can't—the ...... of antiquity Halletta is developed under the leadership of the Church, the influence of the goddess is instilled into the veins of every living creature from the beginning of the flow of the seed of origin, religion and belief have always accompanied our society, it has become an important tool for us to maintain social stability and orderly production, even if the doctrine keeps pace with the times, the church has moved from closed and conservative to open and inclusive, but the authority of the theocracy is absolutely unshakable, at least in our time. ”Now Lorissa also follows Hao Ren's habit of calling her planet "Halletta", but she still stumbles when it comes to the name, which is obviously still quite a foreign word to her.Hao Ren asked out of pure curiosity: "At that time, how much influence could the leader of the Goddess Sect have in the secular society?"
How do you compare it to the Magic Emperors?
”"In fact, the Emperor of Magic himself is the supreme leader of the Goddess Sect within a country," Lorissa said with a smile, "We have implemented a two-bishop system, each country has two supreme bishops, one is the 'overseer' who presides over the church, he is responsible for all matters limited to religious activities, and the other is the magic emperor of each country, we govern the secular world, and we also have equal voice with the overlord within the church."
In addition to the bishop at the national level, there is also a supreme 'pope', this pope is the only one, and the person closest to the gods, he can usually talk directly to the goddess, at the same time, the pope's mind is also immersed in the thoughts of the gods for a long time, he is influenced by the constant gaze of the god's mind, so he does not care about the power disputes in the secular world at all, but only devotes himself to maintaining the connection between the goddess and the world.This is how Halletta was as a church 10,000 years ago.Of course, there are many more details that can be told, but there will be more to say in a moment. ”Hao Ren also asked this question out of curiosity, of course, he didn't plan to really study how the church in Halletta worked 10,000 years ago - if he really wanted to do something in this area, he would just ask two colleagues to borrow a few work notes.So after getting a general understanding of the structure of the Goddess Guhorleta, he changed the subject: "How do you communicate with the goddess on a daily basis?"
Is it difficult to communicate?
Can you hear her voice directly or can you only feel her breath?
”"Every person created by the Goddess can sense that sense of belonging in the bloodline, and we know from the beginning who we were created by, so we can pray without distractions, and we can communicate with God during the prayer, which is not difficult for us.It's just that the normal prayer can't hear the voice of the goddess directly, because she has to focus on the operation of the whole universe, and it is impossible to listen carefully to the voice of every child - so in most cases we can only sense her breath, or get a fixed answer when we ask a question. ”Hao Ren understood as soon as he heard it: "Oh, I understand this, the automatic answer, it's very convenient, our goddess also uses it, just set the automatic response in advance, and the believer will get a reply immediately as soon as he has any questions about life, so that it is convenient for both sides."
It's just that our goddess here uses this thing mainly because she is too lazy to listen to complaints......"
Lorisa automatically filtered out Hao Ren's disrespectful last sentence, just interested in the previous words: "Oh?
The same is true of the other gods?
How did the raven goddess usually respond to prayers?
”Hao Ren: "The goddess you are calling is not in the service area, or don't do it, it's better to turn around and beat him when you have time to find your mother, you can't beat the old lady to stand up for you or something......
To be honest, I think the first auto-reply is a bit more elegant. ”Lorissa: "......
Forgive me, do anyone in your universe really believe in her?
”Hao Ren spread his hands: "Anyway, I don't want money, I believe a little." ”Lorisa: "......"
"Ahem, let's continue to get down to business," Hao Ren himself felt that it was definitely strange for his own God's work style to be thrown in the eyes of people with a normal worldview, so he quickly pulled Lolisa's attention back, "So do you have the experience of directly talking to the Goddess of Creation?"
Who can do this?
What does a direct conversation look like?
It's best to tell me more about this process. ”"Occasionally, the goddess will talk to her children, and this process is not limited to a certain race or individual, but is often random, and this conversation is called 'revelation', which usually takes place in a dream, where the dreamer sees a vague light and the goddess's thoughts are transmitted directly to their spiritual world.Because the goddess sowed life on countless planets, all of them were extremely fortunate enough to receive such revelations, and in our records there are only a handful of lucky people in the entire history who have received such revelations, and they have all gone on to become great priests or extremely learned pioneers," Lorisa explained, "and in addition to this revelation, the devout members of the Church could communicate directly with the goddess through special rituals—which of course was very demanding, Basically, only people at the bishop level can get this opportunity.Through the ritual agreed upon with the goddess, we can call the kingdom of God directly, and then the goddess will descend through a grand vision......"
Hao Ren was immediately attracted by this key point: "Illusion?
What kind of vision?
”"Not necessarily, it depends on the perception of the prayer person and the specific way in which the ritual is performed, but it is usually an unrecognizable, glowing female figure, or an amorphous light, but there have also been records of crystalline towers, mysterious palaces, boundless red seas, or unknown starry skies, and the latter kinds of visions basically appear in the process of a special ritual and have many participants, Perhaps the different mental agitations of a large number of participants led to different visions.The only people who can see the illusion are those who participate in the ceremony, and in their eyes, the illusion is as real as if it has replaced the real world, but those who do not participate in the ritual cannot see anything even if they stand next to the altar, and only feel a huge energy and boundless will sweeping through the sky. ”"Well, what you see should be the scene on the Founding Star, it seems that the Goddess of Creation transmits the image of the Founding Star directly to your ceremony site through the mental network of the eldest son, it is essentially an ultra-long-range brainwave communication, your spirit is linked to the brainwave of the eldest son, and then connected to the control center on the Founding Star, this is such a process."
Hao Ren nodded slightly as he spoke, perfecting the model guess about the "eldest son's mental network" in his mind.Lorisa nodded in agreement, and then continued: "Our connection with the Kingdom of God has been the same since ancient times, but in the years before the 'oracle' came, that is, on the eve of the outbreak of the 'God-killing War' you said, we saw something different, and there was a vision in the illusion that had never appeared in the historical record......"
"What is it?"
”"The visions I used to see were bright, uplifting and reassuring, but in those years......
The bishops often saw patterns full of darkness and strange lines at the great festivals, and the various scenes appeared as if they were disturbed, and the image of the goddess never appeared again.And in all the illusions, there is one thing that keeps appearing......
It was a blood-colored moon. ”Hao Ren felt that his breathing had stopped for half a beat: "Blood-colored moon?!"
Are you sure it's the moon?
And not the Founding Star?
As far as I know, the Founding Star is also red......"
"No, I'm sure, because I've seen that thing too, it's definitely not the Founding Star, it's a red moon. ”