Mesopotamia - The Redeemer by Yehuda Israely, Dor Raveh Page A

other. Just as the Catholic Church preferred the
theological atrophy of the middle-ages over the spiritual renewal
and scientific discoveries following the discovery that the Earth
orbits the sun, so did the Atheistic government. Orpheus's
discovery appeared to them to be a danger to the stability of the
materialistic culture, and they preferred the Atheistic atrophy.
After a long process, during which the struggle with the traces of
humanity on Earth continued, the Pythagoreans and the Atheists
founded colonies on separate planets. The Pythagoreans on Octavia
and the Atheists on Dust".
    "Why not on Earth"?
    "On Earth there were violent groups
developing. The Atheists and the Pythagoreans weren't interested in
forcing their beliefs on others. Humanity had suffered enough from
religious wars, and so they preferred to start anew in a new place
where they could formulate their own principles and beliefs. We,
the Pythagoreans, intended to return to our mission for humanity
only after our own continued existence was guaranteed. Even today
there are arguments between Pythagoreans about the extent of
isolation needed to survive and the extent of openness necessary to
have influence. The perceived danger to the Pythagoreans was not
the only reason we abandoned Earth. In fact, that's how danger was
averted from all of humanity. Orpheus knew that such a sensational
discovery could change the paradigm of human thought. He knew that
the technology which would result from the discovery of An, the
Constant of Creation, could be harnessed for destructive purposes,
and be taken as a "miracle" that awakens messianic discontent which
could go in any direction. An could cause a change in the
philosophical, mathematical, physical, and eventually technological
paradigms. He knew it was not safe to trust humans to use the new
technology to build and not to destroy. He preferred to take the
secret with him than to share it".
    "It's a good thing he
succeeded".
    "Actually, he didn't".
    "What?" he said, surprised.
    "He didn't succeed." Sophia sat
down in the silk cocoon and looked into the eyes of the stranger.
"Adamas was Orpheus's deputy in the research laboratory and he
stole the formula for the creation constant 'An'. At the same time
as Orpheus was founding the Pythagorean Brotherhood, Adamas founded
the New Gnosis Order. That's how the terrible secret ended up in
the wrong hands".
    "So Adamas is the founder of the
Gnosis"?
    "The New Gnosis, yes".
    "And how did Adamas use the
secret?" asked the stranger.
    "Adamas swept after him the
desperate people of earth, and together they built an army that
recruited more and more people and resources, and all with the aim
of developing technological applications for the creation constant
An".
    "For what purpose"?
    "On Samos we research the creation
of matter according to the creation constant. To this end, our
research is done with the help of the simulator and the processor.
The Gnostics also base their work on discovery of technological
applications, but their purpose is to dismantle matter".
    "What for?" the stranger
questioned.
    "For destruction".
    "Destruction of what?" he asked in
amazement.
    "Of everything, of every living
thing, of the entire universe if they have the opportunity." She
saw something hardening within him and continued, "It's
complicated. They believe in destruction as a spiritual
mission".
    The stranger was silent. Everything
was beginning to consolidate like the pieces of a jigsaw
puzzle.
    "Do you understand?" she asked, her
voice pained.
    "No, I don't understand them, but I
understand why Thales is afraid of the possibility that I might be
a Gnostic spy".
     
    It was clear again to Sophia that
she would not be able to concentrate. She tried in vain to tune the
sound of the spinning of the spheres. She was tempted to use an
automatic calibrator but restrained herself at the last minute.
After several tries, the station finally played the exact sounds.
'Can I ever tune myself like