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 ===== Novice Teachings =====
 For the novice, who may be a child of a priest or simply a curious outsider, Yahnvaist teachings blend the role of the caste system and the ancient [[polemos:religions:classical_pantheon|pantheons]] of gods into the monotheistic teachings of [[Zulit]].
-Novices are taught that the Zulit God (called True God), communicated with Zilit from the future, but that God has yet to fully unify, with the gods of today being metaphysical concepts, spiritual puzzle pieces that must combine into a whole.
+Novices are taught that the Zulit God (called True God), communicated with Zilit from the future, but that God has yet to fully unify, with the gods of today holding spiritual puzzle pieces that must be combined into a whole.
 The Parhru was appointed by True God to protect the Zulit people from The Darkness, and the priestly nobility are both his civil servants to see his will done, and theological guardians to defend both Yahnvaism and Zulit against The Darkness's many attempts at deception.
+The Zulit faith is protected by the Parhru, as the lack of time travel is easier for simple commoners to understand, yet both Zulit and Yahnvaism worship the same True God.
 In this view the Zulit concept of The Light is the being to unite all things, materially and spiritually, to birth True God.
-The process to do this, and the identity of The Light, are claimed to be known by the inner circle of high priests, and the Parhru, but kept secret so that The Darkness will not learn details that might thwart True God's plan.
+The process to do this, and the identity of The Light, are known by the inner circle, i.e. the high priests and Parhru, but kept secret so that The Darkness will not learn details that might help it thwart True God's plan.
-Novices must swear themselves to The Light and his priesthood before being initiated and trusted with further knowledge.
+Novices must swear themselves to The Light and his priesthood, and demonstrate the ability to keep secrets, before being initiated and trusted with further knowledge.
 ===== Initiate Teachings =====
 Once sworn to secrecy, initiates are taught a second, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism_in_cosmology|dualistic]], layer of beliefs.
-The Darkness, not a vague spiritual enemy of The Light, as in Zulit, is rather The Creator, a god created by True God and sent backwards in time to create all the spiritual pieces that would combine into True God.
+The Darkness is not a vague spiritual enemy of The Light, as taught in [[Zulit]].
-This creator, however, betrayed True God and made not just the spiritual pieces, but also the material universe, which he trapped the spiritual pieces within so they would not combine, allowing the creator to rule as God instead.
+Rather it is The Creator, a god created by True God and sent backwards in time to create all the spiritual pieces that would combine into True God.
-Over time some spirits have escaped their prison, and these are the gods of the pantheons worshiped today.
+This creator, however, betrayed True God and made not just the spiritual pieces, but also the material universe, which he trapped the spiritual pieces within so they would not combine, allowing this creator to rule instead.
+Initially some spirits escaped their prison, and these are the gods of the pantheons worshiped today.
 The Spiritual Realm is where they are locked in struggle with The Creator to free more spirits and ultimately combine into True God.
 Thus initiate teachings are anti-material - emphasizing the superiority of the spiritual over the material, and that the highest calling of humans it to transcend their physical bodies to join the gods in becoming True God.
+This they attempt with various methods passed down by the high priests.
-Only the highest ranks are then invited into the inner circle to learn the secrets behind the methods taught to initiates to achieve enlightenment.
+Only the highest ranks are then invited into the inner circle to learn the secrets that informed the creation of those methods of enlightenment.
 ===== Master Teachings =====
-In the inner circle of the high priests and Parhru, beliefs re-cast the [[polemos:3rd_age:events:elesh_rebellion|The Great War]] as an attempt to prevent [[polemos:3rd_age:characters:elesh|Elesh]] from joining with [[polemos:celestials:psychi|Tasi]] to achieve enlightenment, transcending to divine status and birthing True God.
+In the inner circle of high priests and Parhru, beliefs re-cast the [[polemos:3rd_age:events:elesh_rebellion|The Great War]] as an attempt to prevent [[polemos:3rd_age:characters:elesh|Elesh]] from joining with [[polemos:celestials:psychi|Tasi]] to achieve enlightenment, transcending to divine status and birthing True God.
-Those who opposed Elesh were agents of The Creator/The Darkness, who successfully delayed True God's birth, which they will continue so that they might rule forever.
+Those who opposed Elesh were agents of The Creator/The Darkness, who successfully delayed True God's birth.
+These servants of The Creator continue that work today, so that The Creator/The Darkness might rule forever.
 Elesh was always fated to fail, however, as the bloodline to produce The Light belongs to the Parhru.
 It is the priestly caste's duty to support each Parhru's attempt to transcend, including keeping records of previous methods and attempts made.
-Each member of the high priests is tasked with a different category or line of inquiry to pursue.
+Each high priest is tasked with a different category of knowledge or line of inquiry to pursue.