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EN045.01 Yule

2023-11-09T01:13:27Z

Phi: /* Ott 2023 */ Fixing simple typo in a footnote ("axplain" to "explain")

==Ott 2023==
'''6. Yule, Script, Numbers'''

'''[[045|[045]]]''' What is written hereunder is inscribed upon the walls of the Treasureburg:

[[File:Hk6-1.jpg|none|500px|three wheels]]

Wralda — the Potential — the Beginning<ref>For full size images, see p. 45 of the color section. The 'Anfang' (‘Potential’ or ‘Beginning’) is likely what was contemplated at the German-Marsi 'Tamfana' temples which were destroyed by the Romans as described by Tacitus (Annals I 50-51), rather than a goddess by that name. Likewise, 'Bijin' may be the origin of the Beguines. This could also explain the word ‘temple’, which has an uncertain etymology, as a place where (the beginning of) time (tempus) was pondered.</ref>

Depicted above are the signs of the Yule, which is the primary symbol of Wralda and of the Potential or the Beginning, from which came Time, the Bearer, who must conduct the Yule in its circuit forever. From it, Frya made the Standscript that she used for her Tex. And when she was honorary mother, Festa used it to make the continuous Runscript.<ref>'continuous Runscript' (RUN JEFTHA HLAPANDE SKRIFT) — lit.: 'running (or walking: Dutch 'lopende') script'; interpreted as Dutch 'doorlopend' (continuous), as the pen does not have to be lifted from the paper between the letters; cursive.</ref> The ‘witkeaning’ — that is: sea king — Godfreyad the Old made individual counting numbers, for each the Standscript and the Runscript, based on the Yule. It is, therefore, not unfitting that we should celebrate the Yule every year. Wralda deserves our eternal gratitude for imbuing our ancestors so deeply with his spirit.

In her time, Finda also devised a script. But it was so pompous and full of flourishes and curls that her descendants soon lost its meaning. They later learned our script — specifically the Finns, the Tyrians and the Greeks — but they were not well aware that it was based on the Yule and therefore must always '''[[046|[046]]]''' be written sunwise.<ref>‘sunwise’ (MITH SON OM) — clockwise; in the northern hemisphere, the sun appears to move ‘clockwise’.</ref> They also wanted their writing to be unreadable for other peoples, as they always have secrets. Thus, they went very much astray, so much so that children can scarcely read and understand the writings of their elders, whereas we can read our most ancient scriptures just as well as those that were written yesterday.

Here is the Standscript and, under it, the Runscript. Further, the counting numbers, in both styles.<ref>Full size images on pages 46 and 47 of the color section. The letter TH was sometimes used to represent HT, in which cases it was also transliterated as such; when N and G appear as individual letters in the text, they are separated by an apostrophe (when Roman Font is used), for example, FIN'GRUM; fingers. The letter used for DS/DZ (a mirrored D with a half-spoke through the center: Z — e.g., in the verb SEDSA: ‘to say’) was transliterated as Z. Note that the Runscript ‘f’ looks like a mirrored Greek lower case φ (phi).</ref>

[[File:Hk6-2.jpg|none|500px|letters of Standscript and Runscript]]
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'''[[047|[047]]]'''

[[File:Hk6-3.jpg|none|500px|counting numbers]]

{| style="text-align: center; width: 55%;"
| style="width: 9.09%"|Stand.
| style="width: 9.09%"|0
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| style="width: 9.09%"|2
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| style="width: 9.09%"|4
| style="width: 9.09%"|5
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==Sandbach 1876==
'''[p.65 cont.]''' What is written hereunder is inscribed on the Walls of Waraburgt.

(See Plate I.)

What appears at the top is the signs of the Juul—that is, the first symbol of Wr-alda, also of the origin or beginning from which Time is derived; this is the Kroder, which must always go round with the Juul. According to this model Frya formed the set hand which she used to write her Tex. When Fasta was Eeremoeder she made a running hand out of it. The Witkoning—that is, the Sea-king Godfried the Old—made separate numbers for the set hand and for the runic hand. It is therefore not too much that we celebrate it once a year. We may be eternally thankful to Wr-alda that he allowed his spirit to exercise such an influence over our forefathers.

In her time Finda also invented a mode of writing, '''[p.67]''' but that was so high-flown and full of flourishes that her descendants have soon lost the meaning of it.

Afterwards they learned our writing—that is, the Finns, the Thyriers, and the Krekalanders—but they did not know that it was taken from the Juul, and must therefore always be written round like the sun. Furthermore, they wished that their writing should be illegible by other people, because they always had matters to conceal. In doing this they acted very unwisely, because their children could only with great difficulty read the writings of their predecessors, whereas our most ancient writings are as easy to read as those that were written yesterday.

Here is a specimen of the set hand and of the running hand, as well as of the figures, in both.

(See Plate II.)

==Notes==
<references />

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User:Phi

2023-11-08T23:36:18Z

Phi: /* Claim: Frinda Population Replacement in the Bad Times */ silly typo

This page contains some ideas I had about how the wiki could be used to help crowdsource the effort of validating the claims of the OLB. Consider everything here simply a proposal. I welcome all comments, of course. If I haven't been clear about something, feel free to ask me to explain something better.

[2023-11-08] On a personal note, I should say that I can help do some of this but my overall amount of free time will become restricted very soon. Ideally I've described the process below in a way that anyone could do it.

== Validation ==
Is any of the Oera Linda Book true? Is it a history book or only a work of philosophical fiction? How much of it is legendary and how much is legitimate? These are questions that will always stick with the OLB.

Many people have invested large amounts of time into researching the claims of the Oera Linda Book to validate its authenticity. Much of that information is unfortunately scattered throughout many disparate sources, and much of it isn't fully up-to-date with the latest scientific studies.

Notwithstanding translation tweaks, the text of the Oera Linda Book is static and fully known, therefore the sets of claims it makes are also static. I would like to propose a method for organizing the empirical claims made by the OLB. The goal is to establish discrete citable anchor points which further theories and arguments can reference. Effort should be made to distinguish between different sets of claims that exist within a single section of the OLB; two sets of claims are different if they would require different evidence to corroborate or refute them. Only details that can be possibly proven or disproven should be considered a Claim.

Once a process is in place, a review can be done of all the available books, posts, presentations, etc, to extract any original findings or clues and centralize the substance of them on the wiki with citations.

To have many people collaborate on a single dialectical discourse about the OLB's veracity, we have to be very careful to separate hard facts from "maybes" and from outright disproven claims shared for the sake of argument. The only "facts" we can say about the OLB is that "the OLB says X", never "X absolutely happened because the OLB says X". The goal should be to get to the point where we can say "The OLB says X and here is a theoretical argument that supports X".

Whether arguments are convincing is up to each individual. Many people will interpret the OLB and real-world evidence differently, so there will naturally be conflicting theories and arguments for explaining claims. If these are well organized, multiple lines of argumentation can be made in parallel so that no one dominant ''Gestalt'' suppresses new or divergent ideas. Ultimately, in a best-case scenario, one comprehensive Argument could be written about "Why the OLB is Real" that includes references to all the good Arguments made in the various Theories, per that author's discretion.

== Proposal for Organizing Sets of Empirical Claims ==
Here is how I would suggest expanding the wiki to accommodate a collaborative validation effort:

# Create a [[Claims]] page with all claims from the entire book on it
#* The page may become quite long, but a long page is easier to scan, search through, and re-organize. It can always be broken up later.
# Edit the pages of each section (e.g. [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]], [[7a - Before the Bad Times|7a]], etc) to include a link to the relevant heading on the Claims page about that section (if any)
# To present research relevant to explaining some claims, create a name for your Theory that summarizes it
#* e.g. "The Frisland Theory".
#* see the "Related Theories" section below in my example for more sample names
# Create a new page for your Theory
#* In your Theory page, you must cite the relevant Claims from the OLB that the Theory is meant to support or dispute
#* Write a section called "Steelman Supporting Argument"
#* Optionally, write a section called "Steelman Disputing Argument"
#* Optionally, your Theory may have sub-theories; these can be included on the same page.
# Edit the relevant "Claims" section(s) to include a link to your Theory page under a "Related Theories" header

The reason why a Theory page should have "Steelman Supporting Argument" and "Steelman Disputing Argument" is to give a space for yourself or others to play "devil's advocate" with a different interpretation of the evidence presented. Some steelman supporting arguments might sound good on the surface, but might have some critical flaws. Having separate sections offers a place for multiple ideas to be presented without editors fighting over diction and talking points. It will be up to the reader to determine which argument holds up better.

Below I've provided an example "Claims" section. Notice how there are two different sets of claims, one about the geological phenomena and one about population replacement. Each of the linked "Related Theories" pages should reference any of these claims that the theory seeks to address.

== ''EXAMPLE "Claims" for Section 7b'' ==

=== '''[[7b - How Aldland Sank|7b]]''' ===
The Bad Times were brought about by a confluence of physical phenomena that greatly affected the Fryas and some Findas.

==== Claim: Geological Phenomena of the Bad Times ====
Some or all of the following geological phenomena began happening during the summer of the year that [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] sank and lasted for up to three years:

* the first phase of the phenomena was marked by overcast skies and little-to-no wind
** "All summer long, Sun had hidden behind clouds, as if she did not wish to see Earth. Wind rested in his bags..."
* the second phase involved tremors or earthquakes
** "...Earth began to tremble as if she were dying"
* geothermal activity occurred
** "Mountains split asunder, spewing fire and flames..."
* geothermal activity was accompanied by the creation of new mountains and the flattening, sinking or destruction other mountains
** "...[mountains] sank into Earth's bowels; and where she had once borne plains, she thrust up mountains"
* a landmass called [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] became completely submerged underwater
** [<nowiki/>[[ALDLAND|Aldland]]] sank down... so that all was submerged.
* the [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] landmass had mountains and valleys
** "...the roiling sea trod everywhere over mountain and valley [of [[ALDLAND|Aldland]]]"
* landslides buried some Frya peoples
** "many people were buried by landslides..."
* at least in some areas, the phase of fire was felt before the phase of flooding
** "...many who had escaped the fire later perished in the water"
* geothermal activity occurred in the lands of Finda's folk
** "...in the lands of Finda did mountains spew fire..."
* geothermal activity occurred in Twiskland
** "...also in the Twiskland [did mountains spew fire]"
* forest fires occurred in Twiskland
** "Forests burned one after another and, when Wind came from [Twiskland], our lands were covered in ash."
*** Because the previous sentence emphasizes Twiskland, the antecedent of "there" is assumed to be "Twiskland" in this quotation
* rivers changed course
** "rivers changed their course..."
* new islands were created by river water flow
** "rivers changed their course and, at their mouths, new islands were formed of sand and drift."
* some lands were submerged
** "Many lands were submerged..."
* new lands were created in the sea
** "Many lands were submerged, others had risen out of the sea..."
* Twiskland was significantly deforested
** "...half of the Twiskland had been deforested"

==== Claim: Finda Population Replacement in the Bad Times ====

* The final phase of the Bad Times involved population replacement of Frya's folk with Finda's folk
** "Troops of Finda's people came and settled in the empty places. Our dispersed people were exterminated or made slaves."

==== Related Theories ====

* [[The Frisland Theory]]
* [[The Laacher Sea Eruption Theory]]
* [[The Atlantean Origin Theory]]
* [[The Methane Venting Tectonics Theory]]
* [[The Baltic Mega-Tsunami Theory]]
* [[The Lower Saxony Petroleum Basin Theory]]

== Metaphysics of Wralda ==
In addition to organizing empirical claims, I believe discrete metaphysical claims can be aggregated from the entire book to help teach the overall ''ethos'', ''mythos'', and ''logos'' of the Fryas.

=== Proposal for Organizing Esoteric Claims ===
Here is an example of how I would translate section [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] to esoteric claims:

==== [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] ====

* Wralda is wholly good
* Wralda is eternal
* Wralda created the [[ANFANG]]
* Wralda is masculine
* The [[ANFANG]] was created "before" Time was
* Time wrought Earth
* Earth is feminine
* Earth bore plants and animals
* Earth brought forth the dear and the good by day
* Earth brought forth the evil and the fearsome by night
* After the twelfth Yulefeast, Earth created Lyda, Finda and Frya
* Lyda was borne of glowing hot substance
* Finda was borne of hot substance
* Frya was borne of warm substance
* When Lyda, Finda and Frya were born, Wralda fed them with His breath
* Mankind is "bound to" Wralda through the breath He gave the triplets
* The triplets took time to reach maturity
* The triplets become fruitful as they matured
* The triplets took pleasure in their dreams as they matured
* The triplets each had 24 children (12 sons and 12 daughters)
* Each of the triplets had twins each Yuletide
* All of mankind is descended from one of the triplets
* Wralda's "od" was the masculine component of the pregnancies that bore the triplets' children

===== Potential Interpretations =====

* Frya was a virgin mother
* Each time Lyda, Finda and Frya gave birth to twins, the twins were 1 boy and 1 girl

== Other notes ==
It might be beneficial to have a numbering scheme so that every sentence in the OLB has a unique identifier and can be cited by reference number. The numbering should be based on the way that the sentences are shown on the original pages. This could be used by claims (and other writing) to cite an exact sentence without copying a translation (that could become out of date) or referencing an entire section.
__FORCETOC__

User:Phi

2023-11-08T22:12:47Z

Phi: /* Claim: Geological Phenomena of the Bad Times */ Inserting some hyperlinks and changing "volcanic" activity to "geothermal"

This page contains some ideas I had about how the wiki could be used to help crowdsource the effort of validating the claims of the OLB. Consider everything here simply a proposal. I welcome all comments, of course. If I haven't been clear about something, feel free to ask me to explain something better.

[2023-11-08] On a personal note, I should say that I can help do some of this but my overall amount of free time will become restricted very soon. Ideally I've described the process below in a way that anyone could do it.

== Validation ==
Is any of the Oera Linda Book true? Is it a history book or only a work of philosophical fiction? How much of it is legendary and how much is legitimate? These are questions that will always stick with the OLB.

Many people have invested large amounts of time into researching the claims of the Oera Linda Book to validate its authenticity. Much of that information is unfortunately scattered throughout many disparate sources, and much of it isn't fully up-to-date with the latest scientific studies.

Notwithstanding translation tweaks, the text of the Oera Linda Book is static and fully known, therefore the sets of claims it makes are also static. I would like to propose a method for organizing the empirical claims made by the OLB. The goal is to establish discrete citable anchor points which further theories and arguments can reference. Effort should be made to distinguish between different sets of claims that exist within a single section of the OLB; two sets of claims are different if they would require different evidence to corroborate or refute them. Only details that can be possibly proven or disproven should be considered a Claim.

Once a process is in place, a review can be done of all the available books, posts, presentations, etc, to extract any original findings or clues and centralize the substance of them on the wiki with citations.

To have many people collaborate on a single dialectical discourse about the OLB's veracity, we have to be very careful to separate hard facts from "maybes" and from outright disproven claims shared for the sake of argument. The only "facts" we can say about the OLB is that "the OLB says X", never "X absolutely happened because the OLB says X". The goal should be to get to the point where we can say "The OLB says X and here is a theoretical argument that supports X".

Whether arguments are convincing is up to each individual. Many people will interpret the OLB and real-world evidence differently, so there will naturally be conflicting theories and arguments for explaining claims. If these are well organized, multiple lines of argumentation can be made in parallel so that no one dominant ''Gestalt'' suppresses new or divergent ideas. Ultimately, in a best-case scenario, one comprehensive Argument could be written about "Why the OLB is Real" that includes references to all the good Arguments made in the various Theories, per that author's discretion.

== Proposal for Organizing Sets of Empirical Claims ==
Here is how I would suggest expanding the wiki to accommodate a collaborative validation effort:

# Create a [[Claims]] page with all claims from the entire book on it
#* The page may become quite long, but a long page is easier to scan, search through, and re-organize. It can always be broken up later.
# Edit the pages of each section (e.g. [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]], [[7a - Before the Bad Times|7a]], etc) to include a link to the relevant heading on the Claims page about that section (if any)
# To present research relevant to explaining some claims, create a name for your Theory that summarizes it
#* e.g. "The Frisland Theory".
#* see the "Related Theories" section below in my example for more sample names
# Create a new page for your Theory
#* In your Theory page, you must cite the relevant Claims from the OLB that the Theory is meant to support or dispute
#* Write a section called "Steelman Supporting Argument"
#* Optionally, write a section called "Steelman Disputing Argument"
#* Optionally, your Theory may have sub-theories; these can be included on the same page.
# Edit the relevant "Claims" section(s) to include a link to your Theory page under a "Related Theories" header

The reason why a Theory page should have "Steelman Supporting Argument" and "Steelman Disputing Argument" is to give a space for yourself or others to play "devil's advocate" with a different interpretation of the evidence presented. Some steelman supporting arguments might sound good on the surface, but might have some critical flaws. Having separate sections offers a place for multiple ideas to be presented without editors fighting over diction and talking points. It will be up to the reader to determine which argument holds up better.

Below I've provided an example "Claims" section. Notice how there are two different sets of claims, one about the geological phenomena and one about population replacement. Each of the linked "Related Theories" pages should reference any of these claims that the theory seeks to address.

== ''EXAMPLE "Claims" for Section 7b'' ==

=== '''[[7b - How Aldland Sank|7b]]''' ===
The Bad Times were brought about by a confluence of physical phenomena that greatly affected the Fryas and some Findas.

==== Claim: Geological Phenomena of the Bad Times ====
Some or all of the following geological phenomena began happening during the summer of the year that [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] sank and lasted for up to three years:

* the first phase of the phenomena was marked by overcast skies and little-to-no wind
** "All summer long, Sun had hidden behind clouds, as if she did not wish to see Earth. Wind rested in his bags..."
* the second phase involved tremors or earthquakes
** "...Earth began to tremble as if she were dying"
* geothermal activity occurred
** "Mountains split asunder, spewing fire and flames..."
* geothermal activity was accompanied by the creation of new mountains and the flattening, sinking or destruction other mountains
** "...[mountains] sank into Earth's bowels; and where she had once borne plains, she thrust up mountains"
* a landmass called [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] became completely submerged underwater
** [<nowiki/>[[ALDLAND|Aldland]]] sank down... so that all was submerged.
* the [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] landmass had mountains and valleys
** "...the roiling sea trod everywhere over mountain and valley [of [[ALDLAND|Aldland]]]"
* landslides buried some Frya peoples
** "many people were buried by landslides..."
* at least in some areas, the phase of fire was felt before the phase of flooding
** "...many who had escaped the fire later perished in the water"
* geothermal activity occurred in the lands of Finda's folk
** "...in the lands of Finda did mountains spew fire..."
* geothermal activity occurred in Twiskland
** "...also in the Twiskland [did mountains spew fire]"
* forest fires occurred in Twiskland
** "Forests burned one after another and, when Wind came from [Twiskland], our lands were covered in ash."
*** Because the previous sentence emphasizes Twiskland, the antecedent of "there" is assumed to be "Twiskland" in this quotation
* rivers changed course
** "rivers changed their course..."
* new islands were created by river water flow
** "rivers changed their course and, at their mouths, new islands were formed of sand and drift."
* some lands were submerged
** "Many lands were submerged..."
* new lands were created in the sea
** "Many lands were submerged, others had risen out of the sea..."
* Twiskland was significantly deforested
** "...half of the Twiskland had been deforested"

==== Claim: Frinda Population Replacement in the Bad Times ====

* The final phase of the Bad Times involved population replacement of Frya's folk with Finda's folk
** "Troops of Finda's people came and settled in the empty places. Our dispersed people were exterminated or made slaves."

==== Related Theories ====

* [[The Frisland Theory]]
* [[The Laacher Sea Eruption Theory]]
* [[The Atlantean Origin Theory]]
* [[The Methane Venting Tectonics Theory]]
* [[The Baltic Mega-Tsunami Theory]]
* [[The Lower Saxony Petroleum Basin Theory]]

== Metaphysics of Wralda ==
In addition to organizing empirical claims, I believe discrete metaphysical claims can be aggregated from the entire book to help teach the overall ''ethos'', ''mythos'', and ''logos'' of the Fryas.

=== Proposal for Organizing Esoteric Claims ===
Here is an example of how I would translate section [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] to esoteric claims:

==== [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] ====

* Wralda is wholly good
* Wralda is eternal
* Wralda created the [[ANFANG]]
* Wralda is masculine
* The [[ANFANG]] was created "before" Time was
* Time wrought Earth
* Earth is feminine
* Earth bore plants and animals
* Earth brought forth the dear and the good by day
* Earth brought forth the evil and the fearsome by night
* After the twelfth Yulefeast, Earth created Lyda, Finda and Frya
* Lyda was borne of glowing hot substance
* Finda was borne of hot substance
* Frya was borne of warm substance
* When Lyda, Finda and Frya were born, Wralda fed them with His breath
* Mankind is "bound to" Wralda through the breath He gave the triplets
* The triplets took time to reach maturity
* The triplets become fruitful as they matured
* The triplets took pleasure in their dreams as they matured
* The triplets each had 24 children (12 sons and 12 daughters)
* Each of the triplets had twins each Yuletide
* All of mankind is descended from one of the triplets
* Wralda's "od" was the masculine component of the pregnancies that bore the triplets' children

===== Potential Interpretations =====

* Frya was a virgin mother
* Each time Lyda, Finda and Frya gave birth to twins, the twins were 1 boy and 1 girl

== Other notes ==
It might be beneficial to have a numbering scheme so that every sentence in the OLB has a unique identifier and can be cited by reference number. The numbering should be based on the way that the sentences are shown on the original pages. This could be used by claims (and other writing) to cite an exact sentence without copying a translation (that could become out of date) or referencing an entire section.
__FORCETOC__

User:Phi

2023-11-08T21:36:59Z

Phi: First version of my proposal for a collaborative validation effort of the OLB

This page contains some ideas I had about how the wiki could be used to help crowdsource the effort of validating the claims of the OLB. Consider everything here simply a proposal. I welcome all comments, of course. If I haven't been clear about something, feel free to ask me to explain something better.

[2023-11-08] On a personal note, I should say that I can help do some of this but my overall amount of free time will become restricted very soon. Ideally I've described the process below in a way that anyone could do it.

== Validation ==
Is any of the Oera Linda Book true? Is it a history book or only a work of philosophical fiction? How much of it is legendary and how much is legitimate? These are questions that will always stick with the OLB.

Many people have invested large amounts of time into researching the claims of the Oera Linda Book to validate its authenticity. Much of that information is unfortunately scattered throughout many disparate sources, and much of it isn't fully up-to-date with the latest scientific studies.

Notwithstanding translation tweaks, the text of the Oera Linda Book is static and fully known, therefore the sets of claims it makes are also static. I would like to propose a method for organizing the empirical claims made by the OLB. The goal is to establish discrete citable anchor points which further theories and arguments can reference. Effort should be made to distinguish between different sets of claims that exist within a single section of the OLB; two sets of claims are different if they would require different evidence to corroborate or refute them. Only details that can be possibly proven or disproven should be considered a Claim.

Once a process is in place, a review can be done of all the available books, posts, presentations, etc, to extract any original findings or clues and centralize the substance of them on the wiki with citations.

To have many people collaborate on a single dialectical discourse about the OLB's veracity, we have to be very careful to separate hard facts from "maybes" and from outright disproven claims shared for the sake of argument. The only "facts" we can say about the OLB is that "the OLB says X", never "X absolutely happened because the OLB says X". The goal should be to get to the point where we can say "The OLB says X and here is a theoretical argument that supports X".

Whether arguments are convincing is up to each individual. Many people will interpret the OLB and real-world evidence differently, so there will naturally be conflicting theories and arguments for explaining claims. If these are well organized, multiple lines of argumentation can be made in parallel so that no one dominant ''Gestalt'' suppresses new or divergent ideas. Ultimately, in a best-case scenario, one comprehensive Argument could be written about "Why the OLB is Real" that includes references to all the good Arguments made in the various Theories, per that author's discretion.

== Proposal for Organizing Sets of Empirical Claims ==
Here is how I would suggest expanding the wiki to accommodate a collaborative validation effort:

# Create a [[Claims]] page with all claims from the entire book on it
#* The page may become quite long, but a long page is easier to scan, search through, and re-organize. It can always be broken up later.
# Edit the pages of each section (e.g. [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]], [[7a - Before the Bad Times|7a]], etc) to include a link to the relevant heading on the Claims page about that section (if any)
# To present research relevant to explaining some claims, create a name for your Theory that summarizes it
#* e.g. "The Frisland Theory".
#* see the "Related Theories" section below in my example for more sample names
# Create a new page for your Theory
#* In your Theory page, you must cite the relevant Claims from the OLB that the Theory is meant to support or dispute
#* Write a section called "Steelman Supporting Argument"
#* Optionally, write a section called "Steelman Disputing Argument"
#* Optionally, your Theory may have sub-theories; these can be included on the same page.
# Edit the relevant "Claims" section(s) to include a link to your Theory page under a "Related Theories" header

The reason why a Theory page should have "Steelman Supporting Argument" and "Steelman Disputing Argument" is to give a space for yourself or others to play "devil's advocate" with a different interpretation of the evidence presented. Some steelman supporting arguments might sound good on the surface, but might have some critical flaws. Having separate sections offers a place for multiple ideas to be presented without editors fighting over diction and talking points. It will be up to the reader to determine which argument holds up better.

Below I've provided an example "Claims" section. Notice how there are two different sets of claims, one about the geological phenomena and one about population replacement. Each of the linked "Related Theories" pages should reference any of these claims that the theory seeks to address.

== ''EXAMPLE "Claims" for Section 7b'' ==

=== '''[[7b - How Aldland Sank|7b]]''' ===
The Bad Times were brought about by a confluence of physical phenomena that greatly affected the Fryas and some Findas.

==== Claim: Geological Phenomena of the Bad Times ====
Some or all of the following geological phenomena began happening during the summer of the year that [[ALDLAND|Aldland]] sank and lasted for up to three years:

* the first phase of the phenomena was marked by overcast skies and little-to-no wind
** "All summer long, Sun had hidden behind clouds, as if she did not wish to see Earth. Wind rested in his bags..."
* the second phase involved tremors or earthquakes
** "...Earth began to tremble as if she were dying"
* volcanic activity occurred
** "Mountains split asunder, spewing fire and flames..."
* volcanic activity was accompanied by the creation of new mountains and the flattening, sinking or destruction other mountains
** "...[mountains] sank into Earth's bowels; and where she had once borne plains, she thrust up mountains"
* a landmass called Aldland/Atland became completely submerged underwater
** [Aldland/Atland] sank down... so that all was submerged.
* the Aldland/Atland landmass had mountains and valleys
** "...the roiling sea trod everywhere over mountain and valley [of Aldland/Atland]"
* landslides buried some Frya peoples
** "many people were buried by landslides..."
* at least in some areas, the phase of fire was felt before the phase of flooding
** "...many who had escaped the fire later perished in the water"
* volcanic activity occurred in the lands of Finda's folk
** "...in the lands of Finda did mountains spew fire..."
* volcanic activity occurred in Twiskland
** "...also in the Twiskland [did mountains spew fire]"
* forest fires occurred in Twiskland
** "Forests burned one after another and, when Wind came from [Twiskland], our lands were covered in ash."
*** Because the previous sentence emphasizes Twiskland, the antecedent of "there" is assumed to be "Twiskland" in this quotation
* rivers changed course
** "rivers changed their course..."
* new islands were created by river water flow
** "rivers changed their course and, at their mouths, new islands were formed of sand and drift."
* some lands were submerged
** "Many lands were submerged..."
* new lands were created in the sea
** "Many lands were submerged, others had risen out of the sea..."
* Twiskland was significantly deforested
** "...half of the Twiskland had been deforested"

==== Claim: Frinda Population Replacement in the Bad Times ====

* The final phase of the Bad Times involved population replacement of Frya's folk with Finda's folk
** "Troops of Finda's people came and settled in the empty places. Our dispersed people were exterminated or made slaves."

==== Related Theories ====

* [[The Frisland Theory]]
* [[The Laacher Sea Eruption Theory]]
* [[The Atlantean Origin Theory]]
* [[The Methane Venting Tectonics Theory]]
* [[The Baltic Mega-Tsunami Theory]]
* [[The Lower Saxony Petroleum Basin Theory]]

== Metaphysics of Wralda ==
In addition to organizing empirical claims, I believe discrete metaphysical claims can be aggregated from the entire book to help teach the overall ''ethos'', ''mythos'', and ''logos'' of the Fryas.

=== Proposal for Organizing Esoteric Claims ===
Here is an example of how I would translate section [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] to esoteric claims:

==== [[2b - Our Primal History|2b]] ====

* Wralda is wholly good
* Wralda is eternal
* Wralda created the [[ANFANG]]
* Wralda is masculine
* The [[ANFANG]] was created "before" Time was
* Time wrought Earth
* Earth is feminine
* Earth bore plants and animals
* Earth brought forth the dear and the good by day
* Earth brought forth the evil and the fearsome by night
* After the twelfth Yulefeast, Earth created Lyda, Finda and Frya
* Lyda was borne of glowing hot substance
* Finda was borne of hot substance
* Frya was borne of warm substance
* When Lyda, Finda and Frya were born, Wralda fed them with His breath
* Mankind is "bound to" Wralda through the breath He gave the triplets
* The triplets took time to reach maturity
* The triplets become fruitful as they matured
* The triplets took pleasure in their dreams as they matured
* The triplets each had 24 children (12 sons and 12 daughters)
* Each of the triplets had twins each Yuletide
* All of mankind is descended from one of the triplets
* Wralda's "od" was the masculine component of the pregnancies that bore the triplets' children

===== Potential Interpretations =====

* Frya was a virgin mother
* Each time Lyda, Finda and Frya gave birth to twins, the twins were 1 boy and 1 girl

== Other notes ==
It might be beneficial to have a numbering scheme so that every sentence in the OLB has a unique identifier and can be cited by reference number. The numbering should be based on the way that the sentences are shown on the original pages. This could be used by claims (and other writing) to cite an exact sentence without copying a translation (that could become out of date) or referencing an entire section.
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