The word tribe wasn’t defined in terms of how we think of tribe in our world; the nonexistent world had its different definition. The Senetha concept defines it as people, nation-state, nation, and everything else. This means the whole universe is a tribe; to the Senetha, the trees, hills, grasses, rocks, mountains, sky, soil, storms, rain, and anything else in nature were the tribe. Although they considered the whole earth the Senetha tribe, they knew that the neighboring tribes would say or think something hostile, thinking the Senetha wished to build an empire, but this wasn’t true. This concept didn’t have a physical definition, a spiritual thing without religion or philosophy. The Senetha felt that other tribes had the right to believe that the whole world and themselves were part of their tribe. The concept of tribe was the state of mind in the Senetha philosophy, but in other ways, it was a physical thing, the way a person dressed, food, language, and other aspects. To some people, this all-embracing tribal thing was considered absurd. To the tribe that shared feelings for one another, this wasn’t anything new, and one sensed it was like a club. The word club was a simple definition; too many in the mythical world like the Senetha considered themselves a people who had a goal that they wished to be and will be in the future, and people of change that they will constantly rethink remake themselves as a people they had a concept that definitions change over time. The Senetha believe the universe is a mother a womb; she gives birth to many children with new forms of change in the world; the Senetha believe all things are one, heaven and earth are part of the human mind, and humanity controls the sky. The Senetha, like other peoples in the mythical world, are diverse people.
There are hovering structures around the borders of a village or the adjacent lands. They seem to be made of light, shaped like jars of oscillating light resembling jellyfish or a pulsating heart. It’s like hearts are pumping to keep the village and tribe alive. The Ilc are sentinels and perhaps power sources for the earth and the things that grow from it, giving energy to the machines.
Cylinders resemble giant pillars that elevate from the ground; they carry the history of the tribe and village. For years, the devices had recorded the history visually and sounds and thoughts of everything that transpired among the tribe’s peoples. Yes, there are people registering things down to record individual impressions. The cylinder devices a cold analytical history record, and there is no bias.
People have things and concepts that are particular to them. They believe this is what separates them from other tribes; some others might share the same ideas. The Senetha, in particular, keep their spiritual beliefs to themselves; if they keep their shrines are individuals to a family, there is no ethnic aesthetic governing a spiritual shrine. They are all so alien to one another. Everything is alive to the Senetha; when ink is laid on paper, the ink and paper are active; they will often speak to a bottle of ink and paper, asking it questions and discussing what they should write. To other people, water is sacred, and the Senetha had created ways to make musical forms with falling water. Some notable people can hear the seas speak and communicate with what the waters are saying.
The word tribe carries many definitions in the mythological world. It includes people with very diverse beliefs and limited concepts; for others, all peoples are one part of a broad universe. Remember, each person has their way of defining what a tribe is; not everyone agrees with each other.
Robert J. Matsunaga
