Bajor/Religion

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Welcome to the Monastery of the Kai


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WORK IN PROGRESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

Contents

Introduction

"That's the thing about faith... if you don't have it, you can't understand it and If you do, no explanation is necessary."-Colonel Kira Nerys of Bajor. (DS9: Accession)

"I've always found that when people try to convince others of their beliefs it's because they're really just trying to convince themselves."-Colonel Kira Nerys of Bajor. (DS9: Covenant)

Welcome seeker to the Way of the Prophets and to the religious home of our spiritual leader, the Kai. Please come and go in peace. From here one can learn a great many topics from The Prophets themselves to Cult of the Pah-wraiths, this library in the Kai's Monastery is meant to tell one all they could wish to know about the Bajoran religion. It is a rich and ancient tradition that is in everything Bajorans do. It is their strength in times of trouble, it helps to guide them, and draw them together as a people Should our library be incomplete please notify maquisgoddess@g....com as soon as possible.

The Prophets


The Prophets are central to Bajoran religion, all else is built around them. They are non-corporeal extra-dimensional entities found only, thus far, in the Celestial Temple in the Bajoran System.

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As one can see the Prophet above in its natural state looks very close to the Orbs they sent to communicate with Bajor, just something interesting to note.

The Prophets' origins remain unknown; however, they have identified themselves as being "of Bajor", Some scholars believe this means that they have always been there to guide Bajor as long as there was a Bajor. This would indicate that they are older then can known and perhaps even had a role in Bajor coming into existing. Maybe they were among the first in this plane of existence, the speculation is endless. Others feel that when Bajor was created the Prophets were created, and still others believe that the Prophets created Bajor from a part of themselves. This is a debate that continues in some scholar circles though for many their origins isn't as important as the fact of their existence.

In their natural state, the Prophets appear as blue translucent energy capable of swift movement throughout any environment. When communicating with visitors in their own domain, defined as a vision inside the mind of a sentient or the Celestial Temple or pretty much any setting that takes place in a similar energy plane of existence. The Prophets are able to take the appearance of someone familiar to them by probing the corporeal individual consciousness when speaking to them inside the mind. For instance, when first encountered in "person" by Starfleet Commander Benjamin Sisko in 2369, the Prophets appeared to take the form of people from his past and present – including his wife Jennifer Sisko, son Jake Sisko, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his alter ego Locutus of Borg against whom Sisko had once fought, as well as the Vulcan Captain of the USS Saratoga on which Sisko had served, and Kai Opaka. They do this in order that the one to whom they wish to speak can better relate to them. After all, one can relate better to a former teacher, for example, then a strange being. Being translucent energy and highly telepathic, it is logistically easy for them to speak to and know the mind of those to whom they communicate. Though with them being on a different plane of normal existence it is not always easy to understand their will or for them to understand corporeal limits. Communication is less then easy sometimes.

In normal space, that is to say in the corporeal universe, the Prophets can only physically communicate with outsiders by possessing a body and using it as a vessel. The host is conscious of what is happening but has no control over its actions. One notable instance of this was when a Prophet and Pah-Wraith invaded the bodies of Col. Kira Nerys of Bajor and Jake Sisco, son of the Emissary; respectively. They were both aware but unable to affect the outcome. This was to be an epic battle of good verses evil. More on Pah-Wraith and this battle later in this document. Though for the most part they choose to communicate via orbs they sent to Bajor. More on the orbs and how they work in a later section. To add to the confusion when communicating, the Prophets have no sense of linear time, this could be due at least in part to their incorporeal nature. All that is, was, will be simply is. They live outside of the normal space-time continuum; however their existence has been recorded on Bajor for at least 30,000 years in linear time.

The Celestial Temple


The Orbs


Prophecies and The Emissary


Bajoran Religion Organization and Temples


The Pah-Wraith and their history with Bajor


References:
To see the source material for this and other pages of the Bajoran Cultural Center, please check out, Bajoran Central Archives For this part it would be under Bajoran Religion References.

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