Sahaj

Sahaj is an original male character created by Leslye Lilker. Stories about him take place in what fans often called "The Sahaj Universe".
Sahaj is Spock's son, and he comes into Spock's custody after the boy's mother dies. 
==The Stories==
The Sahaj stories appeared in a number of zines;
* IDIC (a number of issue, including "The Forging")
* Dagger of the Mind 
* Dedication/And The South Shall Fall Again
* Sahaj Collected
* He Who is Close to Nature
* The Bronze Cord
==Valjn'd'jt to Val'jn'jt: The Universe Becomes Fanon==
Navigating the choppy waters of fanworks and "borrowing" from each other could be tricky. 
Lilker noted this herself in a statement in IDIC #3: 
Another example in Lilker's "IDIC" zine series is the story, Confrontation, by Connie Faddis. It also utilized some very direct borrowing of Spock Enslaved! in Faddis' alternate retelling of that very famous story. 
See Unauthorized Sequels and Shared Universe for much more on this topic.
This is context for how "Valjn'd'jt" became "Val'jn'jt."
In 1978, Lilker wrote a personal statement to Warped Space: 
While Karen had asked for permission from Lilker, and was led to understand it was Lilker's term, not all fans made that connection. Like Kraith and other popular fan-created universes, the Sahaj Universe spawned much fanon, and even the fans had a hard time keeping it straight. 
In 1980, when a fan used Leslye Lilker's term in a story, the fan and the editor of the zine it appeared in had to apologize. "In "And God Against All" In R&R XII, Collette Mak used the term, Valjn'd'jt, which is a term coined by Leslye Lilker for the Sahaj universe. Collette thought it was one of the usual terms in Treklit. I knew it was Leslye's, but I missed it. Both Collette and I apologize; the term is Leslye's, and our use of it was unauthorized." from the editorial of R & R #14 
A fan, Claire Cooper, utilized Sahaj and Valjn'd'jt in her two 1983 stories in the Australian zine series Spock. They were "To Return Again..." in #30 and "As Would I For You" in #32. 
In August 2015, Leslye Lilker added to Fanlore: "Apologies to Collette Mak. 40 years ago I was a real jerk. I should have been honored that Collette thought enough of the term to use it. Besides, I didn't create it. It was given to me by Trinette Kern. The place is Val'jn'jt these days, and if you use it -- well, thanks. added to Fanlore by L. Lilker 8/2015. 
==A 1976 Loss!==
In 1976, some of Sahaj material was lost at a con. It is unknown if it was returned to its creator.
From IDIC #4: "At Bicentennial-10 in New York: a spiral notebook containing two hundred handwritten pages of an unfinished novel, and two pencil portraits of Sahaj. If anyone knows where these two items are, or inadvertently picked them up while visiting, please return them to to the editor of this zine. I will reimburse postage. Thank you."
==A 1980 Con==
A con with a Sahaj focus may have taken place in 1980. From an ad in The Clipper Trade Ship #27: 
==More Sahaj?==
In 1978, an art zine by Gee Moaven and Leslye Lilker was proposed. For unknown reasons, it did not make it off the ground. 
The last Sahaj novel was to be called "And Straight On 'Till Morning." It was to take place ten years after The Bronze Cord. In Universal Translator #22, Lilker wrote: "This will be the last novel in the Sahaj universe. Overlapping the end of ST:WK, it will be the ultimate resolution of the relationship between Spock and Sahaj. ASOTM is in draft stages now, but may be released late this year [1984]." This zine was never published, at least in this form. 
Lilker also wrote of continuing the Sahaj series in a number of personal statements and in the proposed zine sections of ad zines from 1978 to 1984. For more information, see Sahaj Collected.
In August 2015, Lilker added this to Fanlore: "Oddly, as of 2015, there is more Sahaj. I've gone back and rewritten some of the old stuff, made some of the old stuff available, and have actually writtin [sic] (and am writing some new stuff.) The author includes her email: "Feel free to contact me at sahaj.of.vulcan@gmail.com for information." 
==Gallery==
Image:Hewhoisfront.jpg|from He Who is Close to Nature, Alice Jones
File:Idic5inside1.jpg|from IDIC #5, Alice Jones
File:Daggerart1.jpg|from Dagger of the Mind, Carol Walske
File:Idic5art3.jpg|from IDIC #5, Alice Jones
==Sahaj's View on K/S==
In the second issue of Obsc'zine, Leslye wrote a Letter of Comment as though she was Sahaj, and commented on the K/S Premise: 
==Reactions and Reviews==
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==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Characters
Category:Fanon Characters