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Katholi Personality Type Katholi:
The priests promoted sedition, and their followers were eager to die in
defense of their priests and lofty ideals. These impractical laborers gave
themselves the name Katholi and believed
themselves to be highly spiritual and idealistic. “It
was in the formative years of the Lemurian Empire that the seeds for its
destruction were sown. The nation’s early growth was much more rapid than its
mechanical and scientific development; and the persons who had earned
citizenship felt such a pressing need for manual laborers, that others who were not trained in Universal Law and the high precepts of
citizenship were allowed within the nation. With typical magnanimity, the
citizens allowed these laborers to share equally in the abundance of the
economy. Eventually noncitizens lived on a scale
exceeding that available to present‑day millionaires. The citizens’
original expectation that the noncitizens would
soon aspire to citizenship never materialized. The laborers wouldn’t bother with the effort of schooling since they
could expect nothing more in the way of physical comfort. Only citizens could
vote; but the laborers seemed to like this arrangement, for then they didn’t have to share in the responsibility or
administration of the nation. “Before
long there were more noncitizens than citizens in the
empire; but because the citizens were those striving on the path to immortal
perfection, the power inherent in their aggregate advancement far outweighed
the lower masses. From the citizens arose the Egos who have already earned
Mastership. “The
laborer class could not comprehend the religious philosophy of the citizenry
and therefore was not attracted to it. In hopes that the laborers Could be
enticed to study Universal Law and come to an understanding of the vast
advantages of striving for perfection, the citizens set up ‘churches’ for the
laborers. Breathtakingly beautiful buildings were provided,
rituals employing fascinating symbolism were instituted, and the church
leaders were provided with magnificent robes and other trappings. The
laborers eventually were attracted in droves for much the same motivation
that people go to a parade or a circus. The plan was to arouse the curiosity
of the laborers and then unobtrusively implant the desire and incentive
toward concerted soul uplift. “The
plan was a miserable failure; for not only didn’t the laborers seek to
understand and advance, but with the passing of centuries the `church’
leaders succumbed to the delight of being literally worshipped by the
laborers. The nation was so abundantly prosperous that profit was not the
motive of those who later became known as priests; it was public adulation
and the delicious control over others that made these priests seek ever greater power for themselves. Noncitizen
laborers were attracted to the priests’ promise that they would return the
empire to edenic paradise if the priests could
achieve control over the government. Not all the laborers, however, were taken in by the priests’ claims, but these exceptions
were in the minority. The priests promised that no one need ever again work if “On
the other hand, the practical‑minded noncitizen
laborers realized that a return to Edenic conditions would put an end to
civilization and all its advantages. The Lemurian Empire enjoyed an abundance
of labor‑saving appliances and luxuries which
are beyond your present understanding, Richard; yet the Katholis
had been duped into wanting to trade civilization for a labor‑free
paradise. The priests had freely implied that none of the material comforts would be given up in paradise and that their God would provide
everything for the Katholi believer in return for
his true worship. Because the great Angel, Lucifer, had been responsible for
the abolishment of “Those
laborers who couldn’t swallow the idea of a paradise replete with endless
luxuries and civilized conveniences without anyone working to manufacture
these commodities or to provide public services gravitated to an alliance
with the citizenry of Lemuria. The noncitizen
laborers who could not tolerate the priests of the Katholi
churches banded together and called themselves the Pfree. They were usually craftsmen and
highly skilled metalworkers who enjoyed their skill in building things. These
practical laborers even adopted Lucifer as their patron in
order to strongly differentiate themselves from the Katholis. Their natural ability to become foremen and leaders in their crafts brought them into
close contact with engineers and administrators who had the education
entitling them to citizenship. This contact provided a natural opportunity
for the Pfrees to learn the advantages and
philosophy of the citizenry. “The
idea that men might enjoy a paradise of plenty without effort is absurd. The
Angels provided every possible raw material which man can use to further his
understanding of the physical plane, but not until man expends effort upon
raw material can it serve him. In this world there
is no such thing as something for nothing! Man has a built‑in desire to
visualize and to achieve goals. To achieve anything necessitates the
expenditure of human thought and energy. When a man is working toward a goal,
he is happy; when he has no goal, he becomes dissipated and feels cast
adrift. To create is the basis of man’s joy. To build is to bring wealth into
existence. “The
Katholis and Pfrees came
to be poles apart in their philosophies, and yet both were wrong. Each faction
of laborers lacked the citizens’ proper balance between blind faith and
skepticism; the Katholis prized idealism and the Pfrees prized practicality. The obstinate onesidedness of each group of laborers inevitably led to
open conflict between them, which was much to the distress of the citizens
and to the detriment of the empire. Finally, the citizens began a movement to
encourage the emigration of the Katholis to
hitherto unpopulated continents by offering extraordinary inducements, and
hundreds of millions of laborers became enthusiastic enough to colonize other
lands. The thought of being able to found their own nation according to their
religious beliefs strongly appealed to the Katholis.
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