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Qaqhaash derives from the Proto-Ka'alukian 'Kakatasi', which translates as 'That which entangles itself' and originally just meant 'spinsel', 'wool' or fiberous materials. However, early Ka'alukian religion emphasised liminal spaces as places of spiritual importance, like waterfalls, doorways, and especially beaches. Early theologens wrote extensively on the fact that life itself is the ultimate liminal experience, in which man lives a short, confusing, and puzzeling life. He lives his entire life on the beach of existence, trapped between the never-ending sea of the cosmos and the Cliffs of understanding. He can not experience all of existence, for then he shall drown, nor can he understand existence, for it does not matter how high he scales the Cliffs of understanding, the sea keeps on chasing its own horizon -never revealing itself. From this understanding of spirituality, the ecclesiatical notion of Qaqhaash develops. Qaqhaash in this sense is an aspect of the world, namely that the world appears chaotic, not because the world is unstructered, but because these structures are too large to understand. One should envision the world as a clump of wool. It has a structure, but on the surface it looks unorganised. When one acts in the world, he performs an action akin to pulling on the woolen thread, inside the wool entangles with other threads and itself until it creates a knot. In a similar way, acting in the world -whatever the intentions may be- bring consequences with them, creating 'knots' in the world. This is why, although the Faith of Alteration believes in the existence of God, they never pray to It to act within the world, for even Gods acts are not spared from the web that binds existence together. Instead, priests of the Faith pray to God to provide insight or guidance, letting It lead there hand as they slowly and carefully pull on the threads of existence in order to manifest their wills into the world. This provides one with a segue to the relationship between 'qaqhaash' and 'destiny'. For 'qaqhaash' does not mean 'the plan of the universe' in the way that 'destiny' does. Instead, the Ka'alukians envision destiny as a natural force -like gravity- that may be best imagined as an existential form of cause and effect. Qaqhaash will never 'make something happen', for it is a passive force. It only comes into frame whenever someone else acts upon the world, at which points it sends this tug at the thread of life through the world, where it catches the other threads of reality. Qaqhaash is not planned, nor is it inescapable, nor is it structured. In fact, Qaqhaash is chaotic, in that it is the destiny of the unforseen consequences. No one ever thanks destiny when a plan comes to fruition; one only uses destiny when a plan brings in unforseen consequences that hinder life.0 items
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