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{{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]}} | {{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]}} | ||
According to the Lore Book "Unveiling," which is seemingly narrated by the [[Darkness]] itself, both the Light and the Darkness have existed since before the start of time, and thus before the universe came into existence. Being unbound by the laws of causality, neither the Light or Darkness can be said to have a beginning. Rather, they are emergent properties of even more | According to the Lore Book "Unveiling," which is seemingly narrated by the [[Darkness]] itself, both the Light and the Darkness have existed since before the start of time, and thus before the universe came into existence. Being unbound by the laws of causality, neither the Light or Darkness can be said to have a beginning. Rather, they are emergent properties of even more fudamental "mathematical structures" that in turn underlay reality itself. <ref name = 'Unveiling'>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/gardener-and-winnower#book-unveiling</ref> | ||
In the allegorical story recounted in the Lore Book, the Darkness and Light occupied themselves by engaging one another in a [[flower game|game]], analogous to a vastly more complex version of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Game of Life]" devised by Earth mathematician John Conway. This game would consistently arrive at an end-state dominated by a single, self-perpetuating pattern, which subsumed all others in the game. The Darkness found this to be a pleasing outcome, but the Light felt the pattern to be boring, and desired that the game endlessly produce novel patterns instead. In order to promote this novelty, the Light transformed itself into a new "rule" within the game; the Darkness did the same, to counteract the Light's efforts. These new rules were "set aside" from the other rules of the game, so that they could not be limited or influenced by them, but could manipulate the other rules to bring about their intended outcomes. | In the allegorical story recounted in the Lore Book, the Darkness and Light occupied themselves by engaging one another in a [[flower game|game]], analogous to a vastly more complex version of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Game of Life]" devised by Earth mathematician John Conway. This game would consistently arrive at an end-state dominated by a single, self-perpetuating pattern, which subsumed all others in the game. The Darkness found this to be a pleasing outcome, but the Light felt the pattern to be boring, and desired that the game endlessly produce novel patterns instead. In order to promote this novelty, the Light transformed itself into a new "rule" within the game; the Darkness did the same, to counteract the Light's efforts. These new rules were "set aside" from the other rules of the game, so that they could not be limited or influenced by them, but could manipulate the other rules to bring about their intended outcomes. | ||