Intergalactic Summit

Crazy people ranting at crazy people as to who's imaginary friend is the right one. Well done, people.

Odd, I was under the impression that the 'Red God' was pretty big with your religion, considering it is an offshoot of the traditional Imperial Faith.

The Sani Sabik are Anthroentheists. They "follow" the self-enshrined, egocentric, self-deification of personal godhood. Such a theology justifies whatever they want to do, however they want to do it.

Common, but by no means universal. Remember, Ms Zandraki, that when people speak of Sani Sabik, they do not speak of a single, unified faith. Centuries of isolation and secrecy has ensured that there are dozens of different sects; the core may be similar, but to make sweeping generalisations beyond that core - the symbolic importance of blood, and the advancement of the self by will and strength - is dubiously accurate.

For my part, I acknowledge a God as the creator, but I do not worship him in the same way that an Amarrian might.

It might have been better to have said "many Sabik" instead of "most". Given the very large number of different sects, I would wager it rather difficult for any one person to know exactly what the differences are between all of them - even something as binary as whether they follow a god or not.



And I could say much the same to you, Admiral. In my several years as a pilot, I have met and interacted with a large variety of people from all walks of life, including a sizable number who identified themselves as Sabik, on both sides of this line. One or two particularly loud voices in a crowd are not the same as the entire crowd. For lack of a better example, Revan Neferis does not represent all Sani Sabik, just as you do not represent all "Faithful" Amarrians.

Indeed, this "quality" of presuming to evangelise or consider oneself above all reproach is not a trait unique to the Sabik. It is extremely common in capsuleers of all nationalities and loyalties, particularly including those who identify as loyal to the Empire. Boiled down without all the little details getting in the way, the difference between the Sani Sabik and Amarrian faiths, at its very core, is that one group's book says X and the other group's book says Y. Nothing more, nothing less. It's like bickering over differences in spelling or grammar between dialects of a language.



I get the feeling I'm voicing the unspoken sentiments of a number of people who frequent the IGS when I say that it's a pity that that service hasn't also bound your mouth shut.

Indeed, its would be near impossible to categorise and list every Sani Sabik sect/group/cult, i am mearly speaking from experience and will ammend my previous statement to include this.

Thank you for your input Ms Lagann.

I wouldnt know how all sects go about it, some have been known engage in a simple blooding ritual where they share a few drops apon an alter before meditation, there is one sect i know of in Gallente space that activly shares the blood of the coven between members wheras myself and fellow Covenant members will happily enlighten those who cross our path with the use of hallowed blooding methods in which we take all the captures blood slowly, to make them whole at last.

Blood is used as it is a symbol of life, strength and power as to affecting intellegence and coherence in my case it is a yes i find the taste and smell relaxes me along the path to complete enlightenment, though i have had dealings in the past with a null sec Sabik cult that laced the ritual blood with several different narcotics to, in their words, "Delve deeper into their mind".

To ask of the Sani Sabik faith is to receive many different answers depending on whom you speak to but i hope i have answered some of your questions.

Not at all unlikely. One might go so far as to say probable. It is the nature of a scattered religion to acquire the traits of others that appear to be compatible and inspiring.

For my part, almost all blood rites I have undertaken have been between willing participants, and although rather more than a few drops were involved, there were no fatalities. Those one or two rites using unwilling participants were carried out in the spirit of victory over an enemy; if one is to forcibly take the blood of an individual, it should have some significance and meaning, not a soul picked at random from a crowd. The vast majority of the universe does not have our luxury of returning from death; to take a life is a sacred act, and should be treated as such - that is, with respect and consideration.

Such is the case between more belief systems than many people realize, and it is of constant annoyance to radical and militant followers of these varying faiths that they actually have more in common in ritual and belief than they would care to admit. But of course, as the saying goes, the devil is in the details.

Frankly I think the generalization that the Sani Sabik are godless heathens is pretty safe.