White Sun

The White Sun is the name of a recurrent motif or possible deity witnessed by several people in visions related to the Silver Isle, sometimes called Imogenia. It is a phenomenon not clearly understood.
== History ==
The White Sun was first mentioned by Queen Imogen Wilem II of Flowers in her account of her Nine Feats. When she experienced her first vision, she found herself in the middle of a field of white lilies before a distant black forest, even further silver mountains, and a grey sky illuminated by a white sun. Appearing before her was the Lord of the Pierced Breast, a mysterious entity that gave her instructions on how to please Justain and obtain a "Kingdom of Pearls". In her recurrent visions after that, the White Sun is seen but does not feature in any miraculous ways. It is simply a strange heavenly body. 
Later, Aleksandr the Conjurer who had trained in mysticism at Kavidae University in Caldos, claimed to have visited the Silver Isle by inducing a certain type of dream. He claimed not to meet the Lord of the Pierced Breast, but to have awoken to find himself on a small rock in a field of grey grass. He was met with total darkness when he opened his eyes, as everything around him three feet off was only an inky void. He rubbed his eyes before hearing a voice in his mind say, "Conjurer of Mortal Things, why hast thou come here? By what means hath thee found thyself here?" Aleksandr replied "By means of a dream" only to feel a piercing cool heat of pain in his temple. He cried out and the voice returned, saying, "Oh foolish Conjurer! Return to thy home and know that as thou conjureth the Mortal Things, so doth We conjureth thee." The pain then dissipated, replaced only by the sight of the most radiant of burning white suns only feet away from Aleksandr. He cried out from its radiance yet he felt no heat or pain. He saw upon it twisting flames and glancing hands. When it became too much to bear, he closed his eyes and awoke in his bed. Aleksandr attempted to return to the Silver Isle, but never again managed to. 
Several groups dedicated to the occult arts have attempted to find out how to enter the Silver Isle, though none have succeeded in any way that can be verified. One account claims to have managed to enter the realm, witness the burning White Sun and its multitude of fiery hands, creep to the edge of the Black Forest, and then be startled awake by a persistent buzzing. Other mystics have tales of journeys within the Silver Isle, but few relay information of the White Sun, only that it burned distant overhead.
Solomon of Arimania claims to have been struck by a dream while sleeping in his home in Justainia, Arimania. He awoke in a fields of white lilies, on the shore of a white lake, beneath the White Sun. The White Sun began to speak to him, saying, "Kneel Child of Obedience, and hear mine voice. Go west, beyond the Fayosi Sea to that Sunset Kingdom where Mortal Things mingle and find thy calling, for there is the place and the time and the hour of thy atonement." He awoke after. While he would have other dreams and visions of the Silver Isle, he would not meet the White Sun again. 
== Description ==
The White Sun is a massive sun like that seen in the sky of Fayos, though several times its size and ten times as bright. It does not burn, nor does it blind, though it is clearly coated in flames. The color of the sun is white though Aleksandr says it was almost silver in its glow. Aleksandr's account is the only to mention hands and what is meant of this is not known. When asked what the voice of the Sun sounded like, he said it was feminine, though not a woman's voice. Typically, it seems the White Sun remains in a normal distant position in the sky of the Silver Isle. 
The White Sun is seemingly sentient, either part of a singular being that uses the royal pronouns or possibly multiple beings as one. What the being is is not known. The White Sun is as mysterious, if not more so, than the Lord of the Pierced Breast.
== Theories ==
Some scholars think that perhaps the White Sun is a metaphorical or allegorical symbol. The metaphorical would say it is representative of Justain, the pure unfiltered image of god without dimming. This would account for the radiance without burning. Others however, believe it is perhaps alchemicly significant, with the White Sun representing the purity of gold. This is similar to the alchemic symbol of the Green Sun. The Justainian Church does not officially recognize either explanation nor do they see the White Sun as anything other than heretical. It was added to the list of Heretical Icons in 39 ME.
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Category:Alchemy
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