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[[Faction Paradox]] adopted the concept of ''loa'' to refer to the entities they called upon in most of their temporal [[ritual]]s, attempting to communicate with them and "prime" them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) Some sources had the Faction usually refer to these beings as simply "spirits" or indeed "[[the Spirits]]". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) | [[Faction Paradox]] adopted the concept of ''loa'' to refer to the entities they called upon in most of their temporal [[ritual]]s, attempting to communicate with them and "prime" them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) Some sources had the Faction usually refer to these beings as simply "spirits" or indeed "[[the Spirits]]". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) | ||
Either way, the Faction viewed these ''loa'' or spirits as emergent processes within the [[Web of Time|structure]] of [[time]] itself, who were in some sense alive, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) as contrasted with the [[ | Either way, the Faction viewed these ''loa'' or spirits as emergent processes within the [[Web of Time|structure]] of [[time]] itself, who were in some sense alive, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) as contrasted with the [[Gallifrey]]an [[Great House]]s' conventional view that the laws and processes of time were mere [[mathematics|mathematical]] [[equation]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}, {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) For example, when [[Parent (rank)|Mother]] [[Tarra]] invoked the ''loa'' among a [[coven]] of young [[Gallifreyan]]s, [[Kellen (The Ancestor Cell)|Kellen]] preferred to refer to them as equations. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}) | ||
How literally the Faction took its belief in the sentience of these spirits was a matter of some debate. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) One source gave their view as substantially metaphorical: if one defined history as an ever-changing pattern, then, just as shapes can be seen in clouds in the sky, the ''loa'' could be seen in time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) Also to the credit of the hypothesis that the ''loa'' were a metaphor was the fact that some Faction elders, such as [[Godparent (rank)|Godparent]] [[Morlock]], had been known to "invent ''loa'' out of thin air whenever necessary". | How literally the Faction took its belief in the sentience of these spirits was a matter of some debate. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) One source gave their view as substantially metaphorical: if one defined history as an ever-changing pattern, then, just as shapes can be seen in clouds in the sky, the ''loa'' could be seen in time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) Also to the credit of the hypothesis that the ''loa'' were a metaphor was the fact that some Faction elders, such as [[Godparent (rank)|Godparent]] [[Morlock]], had been known to "invent ''loa'' out of thin air whenever necessary". | ||