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    Restoring the Triune Mother
    Posted on Fri, November 23, 2001 by Toran
    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))
    Used with Permission. Do not repost without first obtaining prior permission from the author.

    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
     
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    Re: Restoring the Triune Mother (Score: 1)
    by Scottenkainen on Wed, November 28, 2001
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    It's not too suprising that this weighty treatise has not been commented on yet. The logic is internally sound throughout, so long as one is willing to accept the initial precepts, which are a bit of a stretch. How and why do the trines reach beyond pantheon lines? I see no reason to associate Beory with Istus to start with, thus making the search for a missing deity an interesting exercise, but in the end an unnecessary one.




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