Hylaean Theoric World

First Appearance and Context

During a guided tour of the Hylaean Way inside the Unarian math at an opening of the gates, the narrator explains “the HTW, or the Hylaean Theoric World” as the plane of ideal forms first associated with the upsight of Cnous. The presentation contrasts the accounts tied to Cnous’s daughters: Our Mother Hylaea framing the vision as pure theorics, and Deat describing a heavenly realm. In the Diorama Chamber, the model of the Temple of Orithena is used to illustrate how early theors gathered at that site to pursue study of the HTW.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Theors who followed Hylaea (early on called Physiologers) took the study of the HTW as central to their work.
• Adrakhones is said to have established Orithena as a temple dedicated to exploration of the HTW; later figures emphasized disciplined thought there, with “Diax’s Rake” invoked as a check on error and enthusiasm. See Diaxan for the principle.
• Within current discussion at the concent, attitudes toward the HTW vary by tradition. Some speakers associated with the Edharian Order treat the HTW as a real domain of theorics, while others aligned with the Procians are presented as more skeptical of absolute claims; this distinction is noted in an exchange with visiting hierarchs.
• In recent debate, some in the New Circle characterize the HTW as superstition; avout who hold it meaningful may keep such talk private in mixed company.
• Usage in debate: the label “HTW” is sometimes used by Procians as a backhanded shorthand to imply naïveté among those who affirm it, as noted in intramathic remarks.
• Metatheorics tradition: starting at least as early as Protas, the idea of the HTW has been developed into more sophisticated metatheorics. In that line of thought, classical Protism can be treated as one polycosmic theory. Figures cited in recent discussion (for example, Fraa Paphlagon) are said to affirm both some form of the HTW and the existence of other cosmi; this topic also draws interest from Latter Evenedrician teachers such as Suur Aculoä.

Relationships

• Origin narrative: tied to the upsight of Cnous and subsequent, divergent interpretations offered by Hylaea and Deat.
• Institutional memory: linked to the practices and teaching remembered at Orithena, with the HTW named explicitly in that context.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Defined as a “plane” or realm of pure theorical objects (for example, ideal triangles) about which absolute statements can be made.
• Physical drawings and measures are treated as representations of those ideal objects; the tradition cautions not to confuse symbol with the thing symbolized.
• Some speak of seeking “things that have beauty” as signs of a ray shining in from a true place; some identify that ray with the HTW.
• Common abbreviation: “HTW.”

Current Status/Location

The HTW is not a physical place but a foundational concept used in teaching, ritual narrative, and debate. It is presented to visitors on the Hylaean Way and remains a live topic of study and interpretation within the concent.