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āHeās told us not to blow it
āCause he knows itās all worthwhileā
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Seven (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1441106037-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Jazin95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
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Do you happen to know of any Vulcan holidays/celebrations?
I do! Here are some Vulcan holidays:
-Kal Rekk, an important but modest holiday spent in solitude, sitting in silence and meditating about your lapses in logic and control over the previous year.
-Tal-Shanar, a holiday that no offworlder has ever been allowed to see, and for this reason very little is known about it. It seems to be a very spiritual celebration focusing on self-examination in respect to the violent history of the Vulcan race.
-The Festival of TāPlana-Hath, celebrating the life and works of this famous Vulcan historian and philosopher. It also involves a good amount of contemplation and meditative practices.
-Uzhaya wak-krus, the season of renewal. A spring festival celebrated in some of the provinces of Vulcan like Raal and ShiāKahr. Originally a time of reflection and restorative meditation and exercises at the beginning of the calendar year, it seems to have gained with tourists and Starfleet Academy students looking for a āspring breakā equivalent.
-Surakās Memorial (not to be confused with the monument of the same name located in ShiāKahr).
There are of course other smaller, unofficial celebrations and special occasions such as bonding ceremonies, local music festivals, etc. And finally, an honorable mention:
-Rumarie, a pagan festival that has not been celebrated since the 14th century. It involved feasting, naked dances and presumably other types of (now unacceptable) debauchery.
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Six (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1439917100-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Jazin95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Five (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1438738566-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Jazin95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Four (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1438386888-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Jazin95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Three (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1437890159-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Jazin95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
#romulan#startrek#starwars#thehighrepublic#thejediorder#vulcan#science-fiction#books#wattpad#amreading
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter Two (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1437651515-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=kraussjane95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
#romulan#startrek#starwars#thehighrepublic#thejediorder#vulcan#science-fiction#books#wattpad#amreading
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Star Wars: The High Republic: Ruling Passion - Chapter One (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1437480926-star-wars-the-high-republic-ruling-passion-chapter?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=kraussjane95 After the death of her former master, Jedi Knight Te'elis vowed to continue her master's research. However, when she finds that she is at the centre of a mystery that spans not just her galaxy but one million lightyears away, Te'elis questions her very origins. Following the Force will uncover secrets the Jedi are not ready to answer and will embark on a quest of self-realisation.
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Soooo, here I come with another Vulcan culture ask! This time I'm curious about Vulcan perception of death. Like, I know katras and kaiidth play a big role in it, but I was hoping for some more in-depth explanations and details. Thank you!
Na'Shaya! Thank you for your question.
Vulcans tend to be really secretive about their rituals, so not much is known by outworlders regarding something as intimate as mourning and funerary customs. As you mentioned, the stoic philosophy behind the concept of Kaiidth probably influences their view of mourning (@mayapleiades wrote an incredible post about the meaning of Kaiidth by the way!). I think the following quote by Spock also expands on this worldview: Accepting death - by understanding that every life comes to an end, when time demands it. Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted.
Tuvok also mentions an interesting Vulcan funerary prayer: May your death bring you the peace you never found in life. We can extrapolate from this that death is viewed (not unlike in many Terran cultures) as something not necessarily negative, but rather a state of rest, free from all suffering.
We also know that Vulcan religion recognizes a figure called Kal-ap-ton, the personification of necessary grief, depicted as a tall, gaunt young man in mourning attire who carries a small pouch full of tears. Like all figures in Vulcan polytheism, he has a darker counterpart: Tyr-al-tep, the Unforgiver, who makes Vulcans forget about what is and brood only in the past, in the possibilities of what might have been, and in the ways they should have treated the deceased differently before their departure. (I am currently putting together a post on Vulcan polytheism as well, so keep your eyes peeled if you're interested in learning more!).
Vulcan legends also speak of ghosts that haunt certain locations seeped in tragedy. For example, the area of Golgatya in the L-Langon Mountains is said to be haunted by the souls of warriors killed centuries ago by the warlord Tokar, who used his mind powers to scatter their katras upon the wind. The veracity of these claims has never been confirmed.
What we do know for sure, of course, is that it is possible for Vulcans to preserve their katra (a combination of their soul and their memories) in a vessel called a katric arc, or to pass them directly to another person. This is culturally used for important figures in Vulcan culture or politics to designate a successor, as the keeper would have access to the knowledge and experience of their predecessor. More than a way of cheating death, it plays an important part in the preservation of tradition and the development of different disciplines.
We also know it is technically possible for Vulcans to re-unite a preserved katra with the corresponding deceased body to bring a Vulcan back to life in a ritual called fal-tor-pan (ārefusionā), but it is worth noting that this ritual is so dangerous and rare that some Vulcans do not believe it can be performed at all.
Regarding Vulcan funerary customs specifically, we know that mummification was historically performed in the monasteries and sanctuaries up until the Age of Expansion, presumably only for the priestesses, masters and other important figures. The mummies were normally kept in the catacombs. Here are some pictures of them:
Modern Vulcan funerary services, however, are also a tradition dating back to the Time of the Beginning. They are usually performed at their respective clan's ancestral lands (much like other ceremonies such as marriages and child bonding). The ceremonies are short and simple, attended only by about a dozen of the closest family members, and the body is not present. The espouse of the deceased might say a few words about them, and they then use a bucket of water to extinguish a circle of burning coals, which represent the deceased Vulcan's life and mental connection to their family. After this, the traditional gong is struck to signify the end of the ceremony. Tadition dictates that the espouse and children of the deceased return to their home on foot together after the ceremony.
Vulcans who die in service at Starfleet seem to receive a military funeral very similar to that of non-Vulcans to dispose of their bodies. However, the traditional ceremony in their clan's grounds might be performed by their family in addition to the Starfleet funeral.
To finish, I leave you with some words you might hear at a Vulcan funerary service. This may, of course, vary from individual to individual and from clan to clan:
- Dor-tor etek nash-gad vokaya t'XXX - sa-fu t'YYY.
Nam-tor ek'etek nelauk k'tevakh hi vesht tvidonik k'ha'kiv t'osa-veh. (Today we honor the memory of XXX, son of YYY. We are all diminished by his death but we were enriched by his life.)
- Dor-tor etek nash-gad o'ish-veh -- doran sa-telsu - doran sa-mekh -
doran sa-kai - doran ek'talsu. Noshau ha'kiv t'o'ish-veh wuhkuh
t'dan-fudaya eh t'dan-vam (Today we honor him: We honor the husband, the father, the brother, the scientist. His life is one to be held in the highest regard and esteem.) (NOTE: this section may, of course, be altered to reflect the appropriate gender, relationships and profession of the deceased, this is just an example).
- Pi'maat heh t'hai'lu -- sochya eh dif. (My family and friends . . . peace and long life.)
-(reply): Dif-tor heh smusma. (Live long and prosper.)
Sources: The Fire and the Rose by David R. George III, Spock's World by Diane Duane, VLI, Memory Alpha, ENT, TAS, VOY, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock.
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hi you know loads of stuff about vulcans, do you know anything abt their funerals? particularly songs/poems they might recite? i know neelix sang part of a funeral dirge in voyager but i can't find any others.
Vulcan Funerals
I appreciate the compliment! Unfortunately, aside from the fraction of a funeral dirge we see in Voyager, there is little canonical information on the technical practices. However if you want a funeral dirge for TāKhasi and all the Vulcans who perished when Niro destroyed Vulcan in the Kelvin timeline, check out Nadordatoran naāo TāKhasi by TāPrion. OR if you want to delve into a modern human dirge translated into Vulcan, Denatonia did a cover of How To Save A Life by The Fray (which I nicknamed Remembering A Friend in my head, because of the slight change of lyrics in the translation).
Here is all the information we have on Vulcan funerary practices to make up for the tragic lack of canonical music! (Star Trek II & III, & Star Trek: Enterprise & TNG spoilers ahead!)
The most we know about Vulcan funerary practices we can extrapolate from Spockās death (and resurrection) in Wrath of Khan & The Search For Spock. As well as the temples Mount Seleya & TāKarath Sanctuary, the existence of Katric Arks, and the knowledge of Surakās Disciple, TāKlassās body. On top of all that, parallels to human cultures.
The starting point of a Vulcan death is the transference of the Katra (if possible) or the Vulcan soul. When a Vulcan knows they will die soon, they transfer their Katra to another individual. Sarekās accusations toward Jim in The Search For Spock, and Spockās internal commentary in the Wrath of Khan novelization imply a few things. That the carrier of the deceasedās Katra must be trained or at least prepared, and close to the deceased, physically if not emotionally. Spock ruled out Saavik because he wasnāt prepared/close enough, and Jim because he could not get to him in time, choosing then to take the unprecedented act of placing his own Katra into a human, McCoy. I only say unprecedented because Syrran put someone elseās Katra, Surakās, into Archerās mind before his death, forfeiting the chance to preserve his own Katra.
It is a notable fact that Katras have a significant mortality rate, resulting in the true and permanent death of a Vulcan, especially when off-world or not amongst their own people. Many things can go wrong. A Vulcan cannot transfer their Katra if they die suddenly and unexpectedly. The Katra can also be lost if they fail to transfer it to another host properly, or if the host dies before transferring the Katra to a practitioner. Who knows how to transfer the Katra to a Katric Ark, like the priestesses at Mt. Seleya. Even then, the only known successful Katric Ark transfer and maintenance of a Katra was Surakās, all other discovered Katric Arks have appeared empty.
That being said, there may be rituals and alternatives. Such as the deceasedās Katra selecting loved ones to be transferred to over time (whose Katra gets transferred upon death may vary) almost like a sort of Soul Swap Meet. Alternatively a ritualistic releasing of a Katra if one does not believe in the merit of Katric Arks or wish to burden loved ones/future generations with sustaining their Katra. We see evidence of the first example in The Guiding Light, when Spock transfers his deceased fatherās Katra from Picard to himself. Although we do not know whether Spock still harbors it, or what became of Sarekās Katra after the scene.
So what happens to the body once the Katra has left or is no more? The only funeral/burial for a Vulcan we see in-canon is Spockās. His is more of a generic Federation burial-at-sea with no other Vulcans present aside from Saavik, I do not think we can use his funeral as a quintessential example. Although I do think itās worth noting he is interred in his Kohlinar robe, this may be a legitimate practice even for those who did not complete Kohlinar to be buried in their robe, or it may have just so happened to be the most appropriate clothing he had aboard to be buried in (by human standards, Iām sure it was at least not disrespectful, Iām sure Saavik wouldāve said something otherwise).
The only named body we ever see interred however is TāKlass. His mummified remains entombed at the TāKarath Sanctuary along with the KirāShara. This implies that mummification, at least for highly regarded members of Vulcan spiritual/philosophical society, was a sacred (if not common practice).
TāKarath Sanctuary also contains catacombs, we do not know who else is interred there, it may only be a burial place for Vulcans of TāKlassās stature, or of slightly less importance but still revered, that are also mummified, likely not members of the common population. I have a theory based on the logical philosophy of modern Vulcan, and the way the cycles of life are regarded in the (fan authored) KirāShara chapter, The Thread of Life. Vulcans may actually practice a form of Sky Burial for those who are not interred with the same pomp and circumstance as the Vulcan spiritual elite. Sky Burial is a type of excarnation (removing the flesh and organs from the body before burial) practiced in Tibet on Earth, or, perhaps in addition to excarnation, Vulcans may practice cremation.
Possible Burial Styles (Fanon)
Sky Burial/Excarnation- the body is left in a chosen excarnation place (in Tibetan practice the body is taken to a mountain top, like Mt. Seleya on Vulcan) to be stripped of its flesh by natural elements, predators & carrion eaters until only the skeleton remains, which is then interred in local/familial catacombs or other burial places. This idea coming from the Logic in sustaining the ecosystems of Vulcan with the flesh that the Katra no longer has need of, the same result could come from donating oneās remains to science as well (for educational or scientific purposes), perpetuating the axiom that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one, where the need for the body no longer exists other than its natural course of consumption and decay.
Cremation- Fire and heat are no rare commodities on Vulcan, and this practice could potentially be done post excarnation or perhaps in some cases instead of. The Fire Plains are a sacred place that we see in Enterprise, and are part of Falorās pilgrimage to seek the monks of Kir in the ballad āFalorās Journeyā (as sung by Tuvok in Voyager), I could imagine it being a sacred place of cremation. Perhaps the remains are to be cremated when the Katra is lost or released, whether excarnation still occurs prior is optional. The flames consuming the organic remains is symbolic of sending the body where the Katra has gone, disseminated into infinite oblivion.
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One of my bad habits is reading multiple books at once. What better way to get back into Tumblr than sharing what Iām currently readingā¦
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Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby // āļø āļø āļø āļø āļøĀ
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob // āļø āļø āļø āļø
Currently Reading:
Night by Elie Wiesel // The terrifying and intimate account of the increasing horrors he endured during the holocaust.
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan // Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?
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The Case for Israel by Alan M. Dershowitz // An ardent defence of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence.
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Yeah 100% this. Itās even harder to explain dynamic disability
seeing people i havenāt talked to since i started using a cane is so hard, especially in public.
be they a regular at my store, or an acquaintance, itās always āWHAT HAPPENED TO YOUā āWHAT DID YOU DOā āARE YOU OKAY?ā
and i donāt know how they expect me to- in public, usually while im working- explain every symptom that led to my need for a cane. if you must ask, ask quietly in private. but itās genuinely none of your business why someone may use a mobility aid! just treat us as you would normally if it werenāt there!
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