Note from the editor and translator: Herein lies a few fragments from the remains of ancient Psijic religious/philosophical texts, referred to as veda (as in Ald-Tao, or in the common tongue, “The Elder Way”, there is little difference between the two). These texts are worth more than all the treasures in White-Gold itself, for two reasons:

First, few PSJJJ relics of any kind remained anywhere on Tamriel or Alinor after the vanishing of Artaeum, and few of those remaining survived the Thalmor’s purge of all “items heretical to Aldmeri laws and traditions”.


Second, the Psjic order has (or had, as we’ve lost all contact with them for the last hundred or so years) the most information on the more esoteric aspects of the Aurbis, such as kalpas and what some crackpots refer to as CHIM.
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This excerpt is somewhat new. Aedroncreatia-Datescrying has dated this document to have been written during the late Third Era. Of course, this isn’t the whole essay, nor is the author known, but we do know him to be a Psijic.

There are few irreconcilable differences between the Nordic myth of creation, and our better, more valid views, but modern research has given way to some truth being found in the Nordic viewpoint. Their “version” (for want of a better word) of Auri-El, Alduin devours the world, and the next world begins after it.

Strangely, unlike our other brethren, we have found reason to believe in this Nordic version of time, referred to as a Kalpa. After all, time being a linear concept is a rather modern idea (in the cosmic scheme of things). Just as time is sometimes non-linear, time’s beginning and end are also sometimes non-linear (more often they are cyclical according to the myth).

We theorize that Alduin existed as a Aurbical Failsafe, existing until the end of the world to restart it, so that it doesn’t subgradiate into nothingness, as is the tendency of all things, mundane or supernatural.

[Editor’s note: I hate to interject at this point, but I need to explain the Psijic concept of Dharma, or “law”. They believed that the universe followed a set of rules and principle, not by conscious effect of the actions of gods and men, but moreso that the Aurbis follows certain tendencies by coincidence. An example of this would be the archetype of the Enatiomorph found throughout history.]

Whether subgradiance is the Dharma of other Kalpas is unknown, but it certainly is the part of the Dharma of our current Kalpa (trying to understand the nature of Dharma throughout our own time/universe is nearly impossible , let alone across multiple worlds). Vivec-sama saw the Mundus as the most integral part of the Wheel as a means to ascend past the Aurbis.

Alduin was necessary to ensure that this Aurbis didn’t crumble to dust. But he is not necessary anymore.

Alduin enforced Ald-Dharma.

Talos made Nu-Dharma.

Yes, the god of men is used as a means to hold the world together. We of the PSJJJ have attempted to use Ald-Tao to look into the world that used to never not exist before this one, and we have determined that this kalpa has gone on much longer than any other (well…assuming that we can measure kalpic length in time without Dragon-fluxuations). Talos enforces this Aurbis’s existence.


Nu-Dharma will be eternal!

But you, my fellow Psijics, may ask, why? Why should we care?

Simple, this is a large step forward in perusing Ald-Tao. Mundus is a tool to ascend. But we take a restart backward whenever the world ends and the Wheel turns (infact, the Nordic word “Kalpa” does mean “to turn”). When the Wheel stays stationary, we have longer time to ascend past the Mundus, and to accumulate our Karma further to become royal and beautiful.

Talos has given us a mighty gift indeed!

[Editor’s note: It’s worthy of note that the concept of “Karma” changed before the disappearance of Artaeum. Before this essay (more than likely, because I’m not either a scholar of PSJJJ history, nor am I a member of the organization itself, so I’m not “the authority” on these matters), karma was simply meant the “sum of our deeds in this life” that our reincarnations inherit. The meaning changed to “the entire sum of all of our deeds throughout all of our lives”, and the connotation changed to imply that our position throughout kalpic changes is inspired by the actions of all of our lives in this one. This is not a radically new idea, as the Psijics believed that karma changed who you reincarnated as in your next life, but now the idea expands trans-kalpa. Karma could be fragments that remain on a soul that are uncleansed by the dreamsleeve, but we don’t even know if souls go through the dreamsleeve or not for certain.]

OOC: This is just fanwank. It's not fanfic-ey for the fanfic forum, and not lore-ey for the lore forum. If this should be moved, please feel free.

While I am pleased to see you actually putting a little bit of effort into your work, Alkeno, I don't think you've yet put near enough. There are some very interesting things going on with this superficially - the inclusion of veda, dharma, etc., and their application to the Psjjj - but you don't really follow through and explore them very well. To be honest, most of this piece might just as well be one of us talking out Kalpas and the rest normally; you haven't really expanded on anything. And more, you haven't really told us anything about the Psjjj. You have to develop a specific voice, a specific style, a specific tone that is unique to them and based on their philosophy of the world. Their worldview should be present - though not obvious - in every turn of phrase. And by worldview I mean not just their opinion about the big issues, but the way they look at everything, big and small, the gods and the day-to-day grind. The style of this is really mundane and typical, as well - not at all what the Psijiics should be.

I recommend that you do some deep thinking and develop your own, complex understanding of how the Psijiics think. Make it up. Put good hard effort into it. Make it deep and interesting. And then rewrite this or a similar document, suffusing your unique understanding of the Psjjj into every word. You might try to emulate the Loveletter, actually; not in content or style or anything, but just in the way it brings us bit by bit closer to revelation. Do that. It's a good way to pull us through your writing.

Really, I'd just like to see you start to take your writing more seriously. Most of what I see you doing is just thrown off the cuff without any real care put into it that I can see, which isn't really the kind of standard we should live by when it comes to Tamriel. You have skill, so use it.

Thank you very much for your advice!