Breath

Breath is the sacred book of Architecture. It contains the revelations, messages, and histories of the Makers, 72 individuals who were selected by the Architect to hone revealed wisdom.

It's first early circulation was published during the first Maker's lifetime as *Spirit* in it's first edition in **107 BSC.** Two years later in **109 BSC**, it was republished as *Breath* by the second generation of Makers upon Faberfilia's death. The version of Breath as it stands extant prior to the Solar War (roughly when the canon was closed), was compiled and commented upon by Theodosius, who considered himself the Last Maker.

## Contents

* Spirit
	+ *Pneuma*: Written by Faberfilia in Greek
	+ *Ruach*: Written by Faberfilia in Hebrew
	+ *Nephis*: Written by Faberfilia in Arabic.
	+ *Pranayama*: Written by Faberfilia in Sanskrit.
	+ *Spiritum*: Written by Faberfilia in Latin.
	+ *Attan*: Written by Faberfilia in Pali.
	+ *Enlil*: Written by Faberfilia in ancient Sumerian.
	+ *Huxi*: Written by Faberfilia in Chinese
	+ *Tinifashi*: Written by Faberfilia in Amharic
	+ *Dykhaniye*: Written by Faberfilia in Russia

* Telestial Testament
	+ Kinematics
	+ Thermodynamics
	+ Electromagnetism
	+ Nuclear Physics
	+ Quantum
* Terrestrial Testament: Entirely the compilation of Sophia
	+ **Christ**: Compilation of the Seven Gospels
	+ **Brahman**: extracts of the Rig Veda and Upanishads
	+ **Krishna**: the Bhagavad Gita
	+ **Buddha**: Dhammapadda and portions of Lotus Sutra
	+ **Allah**: Koran
	+ **YHVH**: Deuteronomy, Psalms, portions of Prophets
	+ **Tao**: Tao Te Ching and I Ching
* Celestial Testament
	+ **Beginning**: Creation of the universe and a spiritual view of man’s history until Yuri Gagarin reaches orbit, attr. to Siderelean
	+ **Exodus/Egress**: an account of the colonisation of Sol System with allusions to the Solarian War, written by Moshe
	+ **Principles**: A long prophetic oratory given by Eluvius , detailing the Ways of the Architect and how they are to be followed. The exact dimensions of Ezekiel’s Temple in modern SI terms and plans for its construction.
	+ **Statistics**: populations of Sol System at a given time, taken by a census via the Makers, probably a collective work of the third and fourth generations of Makers.
	+ **Summation**: A summary of all of these prior things in poetic verse form as a covenant renewal by Evectarion
	+ **Songs** is a book of poetry by Ontophilius
	+ **Proverbs** are traditional wisdom sayings of humanity by Erosophiagape
	+ **History** details the history of the community the Makers built and the two Orders and the first of the Heroes
	+ **Lament**: a book written in a time of Solar poverty, lamenting that people are leaving the ways of the Architect; about **SY 97** or so, circa the Freitaika Rebellion. Written by Ichkami
	+ **Prophets**: compilation of the teachings of “lesser” Makers who no less contributed, though few in words but perhaps great in deed: Bardo, Logan, and The Yogi are found here.
	+ **Epistles**: series of letters written between **SY 97** and **SY 138**
	+ **Acts**: an account of the Faith movement, which does not describe the teachings itself; only the actions of its disciples, per respecting the Faith itself.
	+ **Eschaton**: a vision of mankind’s galactic destiny written by Shem

## Extracts

### Pneuma

Rendered from the original Greek

v.2v.i Before anything was, there was Ennoia. The Planck Epoch! All was one, and one was all. The four fundamental forces were completely united, and there was no distinction between matter, energy, space, and time.

v.ii All was the Ekpyrotic Singularity, and the Ekpyrotic Singularity was all. It existed infinitely before anything was in Solverse, and the Architect looked onto the singularity from Their Domain.

v.iii And all was still and there was a space of silence, the Divine, encountering SILENCE!

v.iv Then the Architect came and touched the singularity with the tip of Their fingers.

v.v And They resolved to create that which was not before!

v.vi And They found happiness in the creation of this Solverse from singularity.

v.vii and They then rested, for everything that was, is, and is is about to come into Being.

v.1 There was Force, reaching out into all time and space and eternity for all was dark and there was nothing but oneness. The Grand Unification Period! Thus passed the first epoch.

v.2 They spoke and said, "Be united," and gravity came to be, and the first matter, and the other forces saw that it was good. Thus came to pass the second epoch.

v.3 Then They spoke and said, "Let there be an expansion into Being." And behold! the singularity began to greatly expand, and the strong nuclear force came into being, that all may be held together! And the matter that was raced across the universe, even at the Architect's command. Then came to pass the third epoch.

v.4 They again spoke and commanded "Radiate!" and the many bosons came into being, and a great multitude of matter. Thus passed the fourth epoch.

v.5 Then came the fifth epoch, and the great forces of electromagnetism and weak nuclear force came into being! And a great contention came, and matter annihilated antimatter, but the Architect gave strength too the matter and it came to pass that the matter prevailed. The Quark Epoch!

### Abu Bakr al-Shams, from the Prophets

In the Name of the Architect, our Parents, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful, Lord and Maker of all the worlds and stars, hallowed be Thy Name.

Guide us on the Straight Path, the True Way, not the way of those who have gone astray.

Hear, O Humanity! The Architect your Maker, the Architect is whole!

You shall have no others gods before Them. Forgive us in the Now and in the hereafter, and let Your Design become perfected in the Verses even as it is perfectly implanted within us.

Let our Dharma be perfected, our love holy, our souls whole, and our enlightenment bright. May we choose to suffer no more than is necessary. Help us to be healed, and teach us to heal others that we may all bear the burden of humanity and participate in Thy Divine Work, so that all may become actualized and realized.

We shall tell our children these things. We shall write them on our doorposts and keep them on our minds and in our works always.

For You -- You are the Architect of Humanity, and by Thy Divine Design, we shall look at one another face to face and BEHOLD! FOR AS YOU ARE NOW, ALL HUMANITY SHALL BE; AND AS WE ARE NOW, YOU ONCE WERE.

This is the eternal cycle -- one eternal round.

Amen, ameen, salaam, shalom, namaste, om. All else is noise.

## Canonized Iconography

One of the unique features of *Breath* is the use of icons. Icons in Architecture are images used in devotional worship. They are tools for contemplation and meditation.

1. Pale Blue Dot: An image taken in **306 BSC** by Voyager spacecraft as it exited Sol System. Voyager was the first manmade object to leave Sol System in the Second Genesis. The name refers to the appearance of Earth caught in a band of light refracted off the spacecraft. It inspires humility and awe at man's place in existence.
2. Mandelbrot Set: The first image produced in **316 BSC** from the discovery of fractal geometry.
3. Zarya-Unity Module: An image of the first rendezvous between the American *Unity* and Soviet *Zarya* spacecrafts in **298 BSC**.
4. Earth: The most reproduced image in human history taken by Apollo-Soyuz 17 in **324 BSC**.