Blessing Of The Ancestors - 'May the Blessing of the Ancestors be upon this Association,' said Heineman, 'and upon broccoli, and upon all who eat it.' He was cheered, and a basket of fresh broccoli was thrust upon him, which he...

Ceremony Of Anointing - A fake ceremony invented by Atlanta. The next cockfight duly got underway, and proceeded promptly to its bloody conclusion. When it was over, however, the corpse of the defeated gladiator was not...

Cult Of Orgy - A sex cult based on the Island of Lighthouse which is located next to the holy island of Zachalacharo. It is run by the Guru Lox. Atlanta's sister Panjalo is a member. Belinda Del Dorn joins briefly...

Darshan Ashram - A guru 'There are people of potential in both East and West,' said Lox gravely. 'I met with Howling Dad Urk, the channeler of Chan Molest. I consider him to be a man of potential. In Sakura Amir, I...

Earth Gods - An ancient religion in the Chasms of Hell. Heineman was stunned by the enormity of the insult which had been delivered to him. Capable of self-government? Chalakanesians had been managing their own...

Enlightened One - Another name for Guru Lox Since Lox had apparently preferred his encounter with a dead temple to his meeting with two of the world's greatest spiritual masters, Heineman considered himself justified...

Gardeners - Gardeners are the priests of Chalakanesia, the functionaries who supervise the maintenance of the mirarilusistans, the Gardens of the Dead which are the focus of Chalakanesia's institutionalized...

Garden Of The Dead - The holiest site in the ancestor worship religion of Chalakanesia. Located on the Island of Zachalacharo (which is technically outside Chalakanesia) is the Garden of the Dead where the holiest of the...

Garden Of The Flesh - Religious sex cult founded by Ziljanthrop in his youth. The Gardeners are the priests of Chalakanesia, the functionaries who supervise the maintenance of the mirarilusistans, the Gardens of the Dead...

Gardens Of The Dead - The Gardens of the Dead are the focus of Chalakanesia's institutionalized ancestor-worship The Gardeners are the priests of Chalakanesia, the functionaries who supervise the maintenance of the...

Howling Dad Urk - Another guru. 'There are people of potential in both East and West,' said Lox gravely. 'I met with Howling Dad Urk, the channeler of Chan Molest. I consider him to be a man of potential. In Sakura...

Meditation Of The Burning Lens - One of the Three Meditations of the ancestor worship religion of Chalakanesia. The night was cool, dark, and quiet, but for a single enunciating rooster and the hiss of the surfing sea. In the...

Meditation Of Turning Outwards - One of the Three Meditations of the ancestor worship religion of Chalakanesia. The night was cool, dark, and quiet, but for a single enunciating rooster and the hiss of the surfing sea. In the...

Meditations - On the morning of his debate with Gorkindachina, Heineman rose before dawn and went outside to the Family mirarilusistan. With the crisis of the toad and the crisis of the election campaign coming...

mirarilusistan - Religious gardens where the spirits of ancestors reside. 'Yes,' said Tebby, glancing again at the note which had just been passed to him. 'It seems they are a bit fierce, these Chalakanesian women....

nostraluminum - A religious candle. His mother passed him just such an incensed candle. Moving with great care, working laboriously to overcome the effects of more beers than he was used to, Heineman took the...

Sheldonian mirarilusistan - The Sheldonian mirarilusistan, greatest of the religious ornaments of Westport, the western quarter of the city of Lexis. Burnt down by arson, blamed on Panjalo, who is acquitted. Panjalo Pantaline...

Three Meditations - Religious ceremony The night was cool, dark, and quiet, but for a single enunciating rooster and the hiss of the surfing sea. In the unobserved privacy of the night, Heineman lit a nostraluminum, set...