The Holy Web of Law

The Holy Web of Law is a Principle in Religious Forntianism which explores the interconnectedness of the individual person or persons with natural law. of The world to a Forntian, is considered to be governed by infinitely entangled webs of laws which control all aspects of the world. These laws are mostly unobservable and invisible, but can be made observable and visible with or without instrumentation by use of reason. Many more unobserved laws are yet unknown and cannot be observed with or without instrumentation, and there are unobservable laws, those which cannot be observed at all due to limitations of Spiritual Weakness. Attempting to view the Holy Web of Law is compared to being a hanging bug attempting to look at the cast shadow of an invisible Spider's web. One cannot see all the tendrils which bind them, but one can see the cast shadows upon the ground if they are able to carefully look or use cunningly created tools to look. While it is generally believed that none can truly escape the constantly shifting natural laws and changes, by observing the law by its effects Forntians believe one can redirect and overcome known natural laws allowing themselves to transcend beyond it. Sentient beings are said to exist as an effect of the web of law, and when they are born, they are born spiritually weak, limited, and constrained by their ignorance of the law. It is when they choose to understand it, that it gives them the ability to grow and become wiser to transcend their condition of absolute weakness and ignorance. It also promotes innovation to learn how to use natural law to one's own advantage. Therefore knowledge of the Web of Order is considered to be crucial to religious understanding, and is desired and coveted. The goal of Transcendence is compared to using discernment as a blade to cut one's self free from the invisible spider's web.

Etymological Origin

The meaning of the word "Rejtilohnɛt"is derived from the world in ancient D'rɑgolɛthic Rej meaning "Purity" and has evolved and the modern meaning is "Holiness", "Tiloh" meaning "order" or literally "As is to be" in Ancient D'rɑgolɛth. The words are affixed to nɛt meaning, twilled web. It is used in referring to the Holy Web of Law, and its modern usage is first written in the Canticles of Valiste verse 27, Line 11 and the usage has since adopted the Valistian meaning of "Entangled, Complex, and Invisible Laws".

Origin of the Metaphor

The Metaphor originated from an ancient memorial called the Spider Stone which was said to be used as a headstone of the Exarch Aventris Clarius and was dedicated to Fornt in the Third Kingdom of the Skylords. The Stone was then an Inspiration to several religious writings.

The Complexity of Nature

The Forntian Belief in the Web of nature ensures that there is no chaos in the world, there is only complexity. Those things which look superficially chaotic on the conventional level are in fact are governed by complex causal factors that are heavily deterministic. The Holy Web of Law is seen to be dynamic, constantly adapting, and changing, however it is in fact not changing at all. This means that what are observed to be natural laws constantly evolving as things interact are merely a result of overcoming spiritual weakness and the subsequent changing conditions of observation. These patterns and interactions appear to be constantly in flux, giving it the appearance of chaos and randomness, it is however not random, spontaneous, nor chaotic.

The Inseparability of Beings from the Law

All sentient beings are said to be utterly inseparable from the law. Interconnectedness is an inevitable reality, therefore every action of the will has an effect on the entire universe. For each resulting condition there is a cause. Each cause is dependent upon all other existing conditions ad infinitum. In this way it invokes a web-like interconnected structure in which all will and action is inseparable from one another.