4,000,000,000 years ago, life began on planet Earth.
During its formative era, energies collected beyond mere physical existence to become sentient in a morphogenetic field called, “The Melt.” The Melt is an all pervasive force described as a:
mesh of countless smaller fields, each one a blueprint which guides the formation of atoms into molecules, molecules into cells, cells into tissues, organ, systems.
As divisions of life developed (bacteria, plants, animals, fungus, and others) each genus dictated how everything in their life web grew, functioned and died. They also sought to dominate Earth, so…
From this rite (The Parliament of Life), the parliaments were formed. Intended to be advisory councils acting as guardians and policy makers for their specific realms, the parliaments acted through avatars, elementals that were able to summon energies from the realms.
For example, The Green is a union of all plant life protected by the Parliament of Trees. The Green selects avatars to enforce maintenance of the biosphere. Another way to think of The Green is as a cosmic energy force that powers all plant life. It can be accessed by its avatars in a realm inhabited by the collective minds of the Parliament of Trees.
Other realms include:
The Red, a union of all animal life, protected by the Parliament of Limbs (or Bones)
The Clear, a union of all underwater life, protected by the Parliament of Waves
The Black (or The Rot), a force strongly associated with death, protected by the Parliament of Decay:
Through millennia, the parliaments would have their own agendas and constantly clash…
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“At Play in the Fields of the Lord”
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April 2020 (2-26-20)
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