Laying out the underlaying goals and beliefs of the heretical group known as The Restorers of the Triune Mother, this work delves into the organization and makeup of the pantheons of the Flanaess in an effor to explain just why the goddess Wee Jas must be split into two different goddesses. Despite the fact that it seems to be a hopeless cause, the Restorers continue to marshall their resources in an attempt to "fix" the Suel goddess.
Author: Sam Weiss
Restoring the Triune Mother
by Aineias Lerakos
(Article by Sam Weiss (samwise1@email.msn.com))
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We shall now discuss the most significant factor in the existence
of the Triune Mother, the fact that She is currently incomplete.
As we have seen, most all Trines of the Great Mother are composed
of Maiden, Mother and Crone figures, though some Powers which
serve in multiple Trines, take different positions in the different
Trines they are members of (witness Beory, who in the Earth Trine
of Ulaa - Beory - Beltar fills the role of Crone to Ulaa's Maiden
and Beltar's Mother, while in the Lands Trine, Beory is Mother
while Ulaa shifts to Crone and Ehlonna is Maiden). Further, we
know that we can see in this, that each of the members of the
Primary Trine, have each figure represented in them individually
(thus each individual is a Trine unto Herself), as well as existing
distinctly as members of other Trines. This is nowhere more evident
than within Our lady of Fate, Istus Herself, who routinely manifests
in any or all of the three forms. Therefore, we look and Beory
- The Mother, Istus - The Crone, ??? - The Maiden.
Who is this missing Maiden? Where has She gone? This is perhaps
the greatest mystery of the Heavens today, and indeed is the root
cause of the unbalance in the world. Some do not hesitate when
confronted with this simple fact, that indeed a maiden is missing.
Mostly, the Male dominated churches of the Oeridians. (Although
the root cause of that is quite simple to understand.) Most are
content with the basic Male/Father Trines they can see. Those
of Pelor (Light, Good) - Nerull (Dark, Evil) - Boccob (Shadow,
Neutrality) and Lendor (Order, Law) - Procan (Possibilty, Chaos)
- Boccob (Power, Neutrality) being the most basic and popular,
but also those of Rao (Mind, Group) - Kord (Body, Individual)
- Pelor (Spirit, Both and Neither), and its dark counterparts
of The Nine (3x3) - The Monarchs of Demonium(3x2) - Nerull(3/3
[who never was divided as the others were]).
The identity of the missing Maiden can be discovered by connecting
seemingly minor bits of knowledge.
First, what aspects of the Great Mother do each of her components
represent? Beory, the Mother stands for Life. Istus, the Crone
is Knowledge. What remains for the Maiden? Power! The Maiden wielded
most of the Power of the Great Mother. We know Boccob is the Father
of magic. Such is not challenged here by any means. The maiden
was the wielder of Magic. The one who used the Power descending
from the Father within the world of Her Mother/Self Beory. So
we are looking for a Mage among Powers.
Second, Each aspect of the Great Mother engendered one of the
Races of the Flanaess. Beory gave us the Flan with Pelor. Istus
gave us the Bakluni through Herself, brining them forth at the
truly named navel of the Oerth, Tovag Baragu. Such information
provides both the clues as to the Race engendered by the Missing
Maiden, as well as showing us the root antipathy between the Oeridians
and Bakluni. For as we have seen elsewhere, the Oeridians have
no basic connection to the Great Mother, being the product of
two male Powers, Zilchus and Procan who had donned a female guise
for the purpose. The maiden is the Mother of the Suel people with
Lendor. A Mage among the Suel. It seems almost obvious, but something
is wrong you say. How can She be the missing Maiden? That one
is not Neutral, not a servant of the Balance. How can this be?
The answer lies in examining one lesser Trine of the Mother.
It is very commonly known that Syrul - Crone, Beltar - Mother,
and Wee Jas - Maiden, form a lesser Trine of the Mother devoted
to darkness. And this is very true. And looking at them closely
shows they are a very close, dark reflection of the Great Mother.
The Knowledge aspect being corrupted into Lies by Syrul. The Life
aspect being corrupted into the foul spawn of Beltar. And the
Power aspect corrupted into Death by Wee Jas. (I know you are
saying, Wee Jas is the Power though as well. Patience and learn).
But consider the Power levels of this Trine. It is strangely unbalanced.
Syrul and Beltar are much weaker than Wee Jas, and such is not
easily explained by lesser influence within the overall structure
of the Oerth of their spheres (as perhaps in the Ulaa - Beory
- Beltar Trine where the pits are of lesser import than the peaks
that take second place to the flat lands below). The answer to
this, is the answer to the whole problem posed. Indeed, the truth,
in its own way is widely known. Even the Suel admit that at one
time Wee Jas was not a power of Death, being Purely a Power of
Magic, but at some point in time, she changed in both nature and
sphere of influence. That so many are unaware of it remains a
mystery to us to this day, though perhaps the Oeridians general
dislike of both the Suel and anything connected to the Mother
Trines could be an explanation for this.
Simply put, at one time He Jas (Great Jas in the Suel tongue)
was the Maiden, proudly Neutral and wielding the Power of Magic
for the Great Mother. A Power whose name is long forgotten was
the third member of the Beltar - Syrul Trine, representing simply
Death ( we know it was Death because of the nature of Her home
on Acheron, the charnel house-battlefield) in opposition to Beory
and Life while Beltar was in opposition to He Jas and Power (the
expression being bizarre magics found in the Under-oerth that
crumbled away during the day. Further, the dramatic increase in
the power and number of Under-oerth and humanoid creatures can
be attributed to the change in Beltar's position among the Dark
Trine. She was already a Mother within the Oerth Trine. Now she
was Mother again, and her children grew in might because of this).
Under the influence of some unknown force, most likely the Imprisoned
One We Do Not Name, He Jas sought to enhance herself by absorbing
all of the Dark Trine of Death - Syrul - Beltar. To what end?
Not even we can say. To utterly replace the Great Mother Trine
with her own personal Trine is the only possibility we have been
able to consider at all possible, yet that seems to be madness.
Still, what mortal can truly understand the motivations of these
Great Ones? Suffice to say, He Jas tried to subsume this lost
Power of Death and succeeded. Perhaps too well, for in the process,
part of He Jas was lost due to the lesser nature of her Daughter/prey,
and He Jas became Wee Jas (Little Jas in both Suel and the popular
corrupt form of Oeridian in most of the Flanaess), and the Suel
fell, and the Balance was disrupted.
Can this be undone? We believe so, though the process will
be long and difficult. Still, the results will be beneficial beyond
all the costs that may be involved. The Balance being restored
is of course the most important, but the diminishment of the Children
of Beltar will be no mean thing to the Children of the Earth Trine
as well as the Humans.
Note: Balance, Restorers, Suel, Wee Jas