The Shrine of Clean's All-in-1 Alcohol-Scented Degerminating Hand Liquid

On C-Street there are hand sanitizer dispensers for travelers provided by The Shrine of Clean. The packaging proselytizes The Cycle's tenets and manifesto.

## Transcript

### Front

THE WAY: The Way is The Cycle. The Cycle is life, never ending, always renewing. Things become other things, are reborn, and die again. The Way is a path of allowing this to continue. It is the road. The Way is one of dirt and cleansing. Things become soiled, must be reborn, are cleaned, and become new. By cleaning clothing, we push the universe forward in its Cycle of renewal.

WARNING: Keep liquid out of eyes, mouth, ears, and other orifices. Yes, that one, too. Do NOT use product to extinguish grease fires. Product cannot disinfect sins of the soul, heart, or mind. If sensor below does not detect you, please check that you exist before trying again. Product is unaffiliated to the Earth entity known as "Germany."

### Right Side

#### THE MESS OF ORIGINS

At first everything was nothing. Vast and colorless, the universe was negative. Then the great clapping of hands occurred and from the center of this sound came the first atom. That atom floated aimlessly in the expanse of nothing for eons looking for any other thing in all of the universe. It was alone. In their loneliness, the atom pulled itself apart in frustration igniting the great expansion. In the fire of that energy the void became filled with infinite duplications of that first atom. In their excitement, the atoms began to bond, to form clouds of dust and then debris. A universe of things colliding in violence was born. It was a mess.

Slow order came into being as these collisions began to create larger things: nebulae, asteroids, planets, stars! Then stars began to spin in glorious joy, pulling all into orbit, making all have place. And the colliding continued, allowing these things to break apart back to their atomic origins to start the process anew. The Cycle was born. Beings rose and fell. Time echoed itself and the rules governing the cosmos formed The Way forward.

WE ALL MUST TUMBLE FREELY IN THE DELICATE CYCLE THAT IS LIFE. FIND YOUR SOFTENER. FIND YOUR DETERGENT.

*Left Side:* All things possess nature and energy, each thing threads to every other thing, the threads must be preserved.

*Right Side:* Manage the chaos, feel at peace, find the wrinkles and iron them away

### Left Side

**The Algeean Stations of The Fold:** Rumored to be descendants of The Unknown Many, the Algeeans have built a civilization around the collection and trade of technology. Well suited to the discovery of Oss, the Algeeans have become central in history and information dealing. Preferring to let the data talk for itself, much of their work is uncredited. The Stations of The Fold are the result of an Algeean algorithm designed to track the 7 historic events that helped shape The Cycle. At first many disliked the way the Stations were "found", but the pureness of computer algorithms eventually was seen to be more clean than a sentient being doing the work could ever hope to be. Today they are revered across the multiverse as the foundational moments of Clean.

* **The Tenets:** One must understand The Way before one can walk The Way.
* **The Clean**: The power of Water. The magic of Clean.
* **The Gift of Soap:** The coming of Soap.
* **Seers Defeats the Terrible Crease:** The coming of Iron
* **Lamentation of The Missing Sock:** The evils of electric drying.
* **AC/DC Schism:** The schism between electric v. manual cleaning.
* **Boon of Anti-Bacterial Non-Solids:** The science of sanitizer.

#### The 4 Tenets

1. In all things, clean.
2. Preserve the threads that connect all things.
3. Find the wrinkles and iron them away.
4. Return to the fold.

## References

This style of packaging is in reference to Dr. Emanuel Bronner's All-One Magic Soaps which are sold with small printed excerpts from his personal philosophy. The phases here are very similar:

> Absolute cleanliness is Godliness! Teach the Moral ABC that unites all mankind free, instantly 6 billion strong & we’re All-One. “Listen Children Eternal Father Eternally One!” – *Excerpt from DR. BRONNER’S 18-IN-1 HEMP TEA TREE PURE-CASTILE SOAP*
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