{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "GlossaryIndex", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:01Z", "language": "en", "schemaUrl": "/v1/schema/glossary-term/" }, "data": { "$schema": "./glossary-schema.json", "version": "1.5.0", "updated": "2026-06-07", "description": "Terminology glossary for consistent translations across all languages", "terms": [ { "id": "elohim", "category": "core", "definition": "Biblical Hebrew term meaning 'those who came from the sky'. Refers to the extraterrestrial civilization that created life on Earth.", "translations": { "en": "Elohim", "de": "Elohim", "es": "Elohim", "fr": "Élohim", "he": "אלוהים", "ja": "エロヒム", "ko": "엘로힘", "ru": "Элохим", "zh": "耶洛因", "zh-Hant": "耶洛因" }, "notes": "Always capitalize. Do not translate as 'God' or 'gods'." }, { "id": "yahweh", "category": "core", "definition": "President of the Council of the Eternals on the Elohim planet. Led the scientific team that created life on Earth.", "translations": { "en": "Yahweh", "de": "Jahwe", "es": "Yahvé", "fr": "Yahvé", "he": "יהוה", "ja": "ヤハウェ", "ko": "야훼", "ru": "Яхве", "zh": "耶和华", "zh-Hant": "耶和華" } }, { "id": "raelism", "category": "core", "definition": "The new religious movement founded by Claude Vorilhon (Raël) based on messages from the Elohim.", "translations": { "en": "Raelism", "de": "Raëlismus", "es": "Raelismo", "fr": "Raélisme", "he": "ראליזם", "ja": "ラエリアン・ムーブメント", "ko": "라엘리안 운동", "ru": "Раэлизм", "zh": "雷尔运动", "zh-Hant": "雷爾運動" } }, { "id": "rael", "category": "core", "definition": "Born Claude Vorilhon, the last prophet who received messages from the Elohim.", "translations": { "en": "Raël", "de": "Raël", "es": "Raël", "fr": "Raël", "ja": "ラエル", "ko": "라엘", "ru": "Раэль", "zh": "雷尔", "zh-Hant": "雷爾" } }, { "id": "age-of-aquarius", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The current precessional age (1945-4105 CE) characterized by revelation and enlightenment.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Aquarius", "de": "Zeitalter des Wassermanns", "es": "Era de Acuario", "fr": "Ère du Verseau", "he": "עידן הדלי", "ja": "みずがめ座の時代", "ko": "물병자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Водолея", "zh": "水瓶座时代", "zh-Hant": "水瓶座時代" } }, { "id": "great-year", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The ~26,000 year precessional cycle, consisting of 12 ages of ~2,160 years each.", "translations": { "en": "Great Year", "de": "Großes Jahr", "es": "Gran Año", "fr": "Grande Année", "ja": "大年", "ko": "대년", "ru": "Великий Год", "zh": "大年", "zh-Hant": "大年" } }, { "id": "precession", "category": "astronomy", "definition": "The slow wobble of Earth's axis that causes the equinox points to shift through the zodiac.", "translations": { "en": "Precession of the Equinoxes", "de": "Präzession der Tagundnachtgleichen", "es": "Precesión de los Equinoccios", "fr": "Précession des Équinoxes", "ja": "歳差運動", "ko": "세차운동", "ru": "Прецессия равноденствий", "zh": "岁差", "zh-Hant": "歲差" } }, { "id": "ancient-astronaut", "category": "theory", "definition": "The hypothesis that extraterrestrial beings visited Earth in antiquity and influenced human civilizations.", "translations": { "en": "Ancient Astronaut Theory", "de": "Prä-Astronautik", "es": "Teoría de los Antiguos Astronautas", "fr": "Théorie des Anciens Astronautes", "ja": "古代宇宙飛行士説", "ko": "고대 우주인 이론", "ru": "Теория древних астронавтов", "zh": "远古外星人理论", "zh-Hant": "遠古外星人理論" } }, { "id": "intelligent-design", "category": "theory", "definition": "The hypothesis that life was created by an intelligent agent rather than random processes.", "translations": { "en": "Intelligent Design", "de": "Intelligentes Design", "es": "Diseño Inteligente", "fr": "Dessein Intelligent", "ja": "インテリジェント・デザイン", "ko": "지적 설계", "ru": "Разумный замысел", "zh": "智能设计", "zh-Hant": "智慧設計" } }, { "id": "genesis", "category": "bible", "definition": "The first book of the Bible, interpreted as an account of the Elohim's creation activities.", "translations": { "en": "Genesis", "de": "Genesis", "es": "Génesis", "fr": "Genèse", "ja": "創世記", "ko": "창세기", "ru": "Бытие", "zh": "创世记", "zh-Hant": "創世記" } }, { "id": "wheel-of-heaven", "category": "site", "definition": "The name of this knowledge base, referencing Ezekiel's vision. A brand/proper name — kept as \"Wheel of Heaven\" in every language. The literal astronomical image (the precessional cycle as a turning wheel) may still be described with a translated phrase in prose, but the NAME is never translated.", "translations": { "en": "Wheel of Heaven", "de": "Wheel of Heaven", "es": "Wheel of Heaven", "fr": "Wheel of Heaven", "ja": "Wheel of Heaven", "ko": "Wheel of Heaven", "ru": "Wheel of Heaven", "zh": "Wheel of Heaven", "zh-Hant": "Wheel of Heaven" } }, { "id": "council-of-the-eternals", "category": "core", "definition": "The governing body of the Elohim on their home planet, led by Yahweh. Makes decisions about the creation, custody, and ongoing relationship with humanity.", "translations": { "en": "Council of Eternals", "de": "Rat der Ewigen", "es": "Consejo de los Eternos", "fr": "Conseil des Éternels", "ja": "永遠者の評議会", "ko": "영원자 평의회", "ru": "Совет Вечных", "zh": "永恒者议会", "zh-Hant": "永恆者議會" } }, { "id": "hebrew-bible", "category": "bible", "definition": "The canonical Jewish scriptures, comprising the Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Also known as the Tanakh.", "translations": { "en": "Hebrew Bible", "de": "Hebräische Bibel", "es": "Biblia Hebrea", "fr": "Bible hébraïque", "ja": "ヘブライ語聖書", "ko": "히브리어 성경", "ru": "Еврейская Библия", "zh": "希伯来圣经", "zh-Hant": "希伯來聖經" } }, { "id": "comparative-mythology", "category": "method", "definition": "The academic discipline of comparing myths across cultures to identify shared structures, motifs, and possible common origins.", "translations": { "en": "Comparative Mythology", "de": "Vergleichende Mythologie", "es": "Mitología Comparada", "fr": "Mythologie comparée", "ja": "比較神話学", "ko": "비교신화학", "ru": "Сравнительная мифология", "zh": "比较神话学", "zh-Hant": "比較神話學" } }, { "id": "synthetic-biology", "category": "science", "definition": "The scientific field that designs and constructs new biological systems, including the de novo synthesis of organisms — the modern analogue of what the Elohim are described as having done on Earth.", "translations": { "en": "Synthetic Biology", "de": "Synthetische Biologie", "es": "Biología Sintética", "fr": "Biologie de synthèse", "ja": "合成生物学", "ko": "합성생물학", "ru": "Синтетическая биология", "zh": "合成生物学", "zh-Hant": "合成生物學" } }, { "id": "zodiac", "category": "astronomy", "definition": "The belt of constellations along the ecliptic through which the Sun, Moon, and planets appear to move. The precessional age framework uses the astronomical zodiac, not the astrological sign system.", "translations": { "en": "Zodiac", "de": "Tierkreis", "es": "Zodíaco", "fr": "Zodiaque", "ja": "黄道帯", "ko": "황도대", "ru": "Зодиак", "zh": "黄道带", "zh-Hant": "黃道帶" }, "notes": "Astronomical sense (the band of constellations) — distinct from astrological sign-set. In German prefer Tierkreis (astronomical) over Sternzeichen (astrological)." }, { "id": "satan", "category": "core", "definition": "In the corpus's reading, the Hebrew *ha-satan* — 'the accuser' or 'the tester' — designates a faction in the divine council that argues against the confident plans of others. The corpus uses the Hebrew sense, not the later Christian-demonological one.", "translations": { "en": "Satan", "de": "Satan", "es": "Satán", "fr": "Satan", "ja": "サタン", "ko": "사탄", "ru": "ха-сатан", "zh": "撒但", "zh-Hant": "撒但" }, "notes": "ru uses transliterated Hebrew '*ха-сатан*' (italicised) per 2026-06 project decision — preserves the philological argument the corpus is making about the Hebrew root, vs. conventional 'Сатана' which carries the Christian-demonological sense. zh/zh-Hant use Union Version (和合本) Protestant convention 撒但. he rendering: שָׂטָן (native form, with niqqud)." }, { "id": "book-of-the-watchers", "category": "bible", "definition": "The first major section of 1 Enoch (chapters 1–36), recounting the descent of the Watchers — a class of divine beings — to Earth, their hybrid offspring (the Nephilim), and the divine response. A primary apocryphal source for the corpus's reading of pre-flood events.", "translations": { "en": "Book of the Watchers", "de": "Buch der Wächter", "es": "Libro de los Vigilantes", "fr": "Livre des Veilleurs", "ja": "監視者たちの書", "ko": "감시자의 책", "ru": "Книга Стражей", "zh": "守望者之书", "zh-Hant": "守望者之書" }, "notes": "The class of beings themselves: 'Watchers' / 'Veilleurs' / 'Стражи' / 'Wächter' etc. — the same translations apply with the 'Book of' prefix dropped. he: ספר הצופים (alternative: ספר העירים)." }, { "id": "dreaming", "category": "comparative", "definition": "The Aboriginal Australian conception of the foundational creative period — neither past nor present in linear time but a continuously-active substratum of reality. Surfaces in the corpus as one of the cross-cultural traditions preserving the creation-narrative shape.", "translations": { "en": "Dreaming", "de": "Traumzeit", "es": "Tiempo del Sueño", "fr": "Temps du Rêve", "ja": "ドリーミング", "ko": "드림타임", "ru": "Время сновидений", "zh": "梦境时光", "zh-Hant": "夢時" }, "notes": "Often rendered as 'the Dreaming' with definite article. de 'Traumzeit' is the standard German anthropological term. ja uses katakana loanword; alternatives include ドリームタイム. he: הזמן החלום." }, { "id": "hubris", "category": "comparative", "definition": "The Greek philosophical-tragic term for overweening pride that invites divine correction. The corpus uses it as a moral category recurring across traditions — most explicitly in the Crichton/Malcolm warning in the Preamble, and structurally in the Babel and Eden narratives.", "translations": { "en": "hubris", "de": "Hybris", "es": "hibris", "fr": "hubris", "ja": "ヒュブリス", "ko": "휴브리스", "ru": "хюбрис", "zh": "傲慢", "zh-Hant": "傲慢" }, "notes": "Often italicised in body prose as a Greek loanword. fr keeps the Greek form 'hubris' (italicised) per French scholarly convention. de 'Hybris' is the naturalised German form (capitalised as all German nouns). zh/zh-Hant 傲慢 conveys the moral sense but loses the Greek-tragic connotation; consider keeping 'hubris' transliterated in Latin script alongside on first mention. ru 'хюбрис' is one of several competing transliterations (also: гюбрис); verify with native-speaker reviewer on first canonical use. he: הוּבְּריס (transliterated Greek with niqqud)." }, { "id": "hamlets-mill", "category": "source", "definition": "Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend's 1969 study reconstructing precessional cosmology as a cross-cultural framework preserved in world mythology. One of the corpus's two interpretive backbones (the Raëlian source material being the other).", "translations": { "en": "Hamlet's Mill", "de": "Hamlets Mühle", "es": "El molino de Hamlet", "fr": "Le Moulin d'Hamlet", "ja": "ハムレットの臼", "ko": "햄릿의 맷돌", "ru": "Мельница Гамлета", "zh": "哈姆雷特的磨坊", "zh-Hant": "哈姆雷特之磨" }, "notes": "Book title — preserve in italics as a work title. zh-Hant variant '哈姆雷特之磨' is closer to literary Chinese register; '哈姆雷特的磨坊' is also acceptable. ja '臼' (mortar/mill) emphasises the cosmological grinding-stone metaphor. he: standard practice keeps the English title with a Hebrew transliteration in parens (טחנת המלט)." }, { "id": "hesiod", "category": "comparative", "definition": "Ancient Greek poet (c. 700 BCE) whose *Theogony* and *Works and Days* preserve the five-ages scheme (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroic, Iron) that the corpus reads as a Greek variant of the cross-cultural age-of-the-world framework.", "translations": { "en": "Hesiod", "de": "Hesiod", "es": "Hesíodo", "fr": "Hésiode", "ja": "ヘシオドス", "ko": "헤시오도스", "ru": "Гесиод", "zh": "赫西俄德", "zh-Hant": "赫西俄德" }, "notes": "Standard scholarly transliterations across languages. Adjectival form ('Hesiodic') derives regularly in each language (de: hesiodisch; fr: hésiodique; ja: ヘシオドスの; etc.). he: הסיודוס." }, { "id": "age-of-capricorn", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Capricorn — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Capricorn", "de": "Zeitalter des Steinbocks", "es": "Era de Capricornio", "fr": "Ère du Capricorne", "ja": "山羊座の時代", "ko": "염소자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Козерога", "zh": "摩羯座时代", "zh-Hant": "摩羯座時代", "he": "עידן הגדי" } }, { "id": "age-of-sagittarius", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Sagittarius — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Sagittarius", "de": "Zeitalter des Schützen", "es": "Era de Sagitario", "fr": "Ère du Sagittaire", "ja": "射手座の時代", "ko": "사수자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Стрельца", "zh": "射手座时代", "zh-Hant": "射手座時代", "he": "עידן הקשת" } }, { "id": "age-of-scorpio", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Scorpio — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Scorpio", "de": "Zeitalter des Skorpions", "es": "Era de Escorpio", "fr": "Ère du Scorpion", "ja": "蠍座の時代", "ko": "전갈자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Скорпиона", "zh": "天蝎座时代", "zh-Hant": "天蠍座時代", "he": "עידן העקרב" } }, { "id": "age-of-libra", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Libra — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Libra", "de": "Zeitalter der Waage", "es": "Era de Libra", "fr": "Ère de la Balance", "ja": "天秤座の時代", "ko": "천칭자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Весов", "zh": "天秤座时代", "zh-Hant": "天秤座時代", "he": "עידן המאזניים" } }, { "id": "age-of-virgo", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Virgo — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Virgo", "de": "Zeitalter der Jungfrau", "es": "Era de Virgo", "fr": "Ère de la Vierge", "ja": "乙女座の時代", "ko": "처녀자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Девы", "zh": "处女座时代", "zh-Hant": "處女座時代", "he": "עידן הבתולה" } }, { "id": "age-of-leo", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Leo — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Leo", "de": "Zeitalter des Löwen", "es": "Era de Leo", "fr": "Ère du Lion", "ja": "獅子座の時代", "ko": "사자자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Льва", "zh": "狮子座时代", "zh-Hant": "獅子座時代", "he": "עידן האריה" } }, { "id": "age-of-cancer", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Cancer — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Cancer", "de": "Zeitalter des Krebses", "es": "Era de Cáncer", "fr": "Ère du Cancer", "ja": "蟹座の時代", "ko": "게자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Рака", "zh": "巨蟹座时代", "zh-Hant": "巨蟹座時代", "he": "עידן הסרטן" } }, { "id": "age-of-gemini", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Gemini — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Gemini", "de": "Zeitalter der Zwillinge", "es": "Era de Géminis", "fr": "Ère des Gémeaux", "ja": "双子座の時代", "ko": "쌍둥이자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Близнецов", "zh": "双子座时代", "zh-Hant": "雙子座時代", "he": "עידן התאומים" } }, { "id": "age-of-taurus", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Taurus — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Taurus", "de": "Zeitalter des Stiers", "es": "Era de Tauro", "fr": "Ère du Taureau", "ja": "牡牛座の時代", "ko": "황소자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Тельца", "zh": "金牛座时代", "zh-Hant": "金牛座時代", "he": "עידן השור" } }, { "id": "age-of-aries", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Aries — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Aries", "de": "Zeitalter des Widders", "es": "Era de Aries", "fr": "Ère du Bélier", "ja": "牡羊座の時代", "ko": "양자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Овна", "zh": "白羊座时代", "zh-Hant": "白羊座時代", "he": "עידן הטלה" } }, { "id": "age-of-pisces", "category": "timeline", "definition": "The precessional age of Pisces — one of the twelve approximately 2,160-year ages that structure the Wheel of Heaven corpus's main sequence. Astronomical (precessional), not astrological.", "translations": { "en": "Age of Pisces", "de": "Zeitalter der Fische", "es": "Era de Piscis", "fr": "Ère des Poissons", "ja": "魚座の時代", "ko": "물고기자리 시대", "ru": "Эпоха Рыб", "zh": "双鱼座时代", "zh-Hant": "雙魚座時代", "he": "עידן הדגים" } }, { "id": "noah", "category": "bible", "definition": "The patriarch who built the ark in Genesis 6–9 and survived the flood. In the corpus's reading, the historical figure preserved as the genetic-and-cultural seed of the post-flood Eden lineage.", "translations": { "en": "Noah", "de": "Noah", "es": "Noé", "fr": "Noé", "ja": "ノア", "ko": "노아", "ru": "Ной", "zh": "挪亚", "zh-Hant": "諾亞", "he": "נח" }, "notes": "he: נח (no niqqud in modern usage; נֹחַ with niqqud in liturgical contexts)." }, { "id": "noahs-ark", "category": "bible", "definition": "The vessel built by Noah to survive the flood. In the corpus's reading, a preservation craft prepared in advance of an engineered or anticipated cataclysm.", "translations": { "en": "Noah's Ark", "de": "Arche Noah", "es": "Arca de Noé", "fr": "Arche de Noé", "ja": "ノアの方舟", "ko": "노아의 방주", "ru": "Ноев Ковчег", "zh": "挪亚方舟", "zh-Hant": "諾亞方舟", "he": "תיבת נח" }, "notes": "he: תיבת נח." }, { "id": "tower-of-babel", "category": "bible", "definition": "The structure described in Genesis 11 whose construction prompted the divine confusion of languages. In the corpus's reading, a post-flood human technological project that the Elohim intervened to disrupt.", "translations": { "en": "Tower of Babel", "de": "Turm zu Babel", "es": "Torre de Babel", "fr": "Tour de Babel", "ja": "バベルの塔", "ko": "바벨탑", "ru": "Вавилонская башня", "zh": "巴别塔", "zh-Hant": "巴別塔", "he": "מגדל בבל" }, "notes": "he: מגדל בבל. German uses Luther's 'Turm zu Babel'." }, { "id": "sodom-and-gomorrah", "category": "bible", "definition": "The cities destroyed by divine fire in Genesis 19. In the corpus's reading, a targeted Elohim intervention against a specific human population.", "translations": { "en": "Sodom and Gomorrah", "de": "Sodom und Gomorra", "es": "Sodoma y Gomorra", "fr": "Sodome et Gomorrhe", "ja": "ソドムとゴモラ", "ko": "소돔과 고모라", "ru": "Содом и Гоморра", "zh": "所多玛与蛾摩拉", "zh-Hant": "所多瑪與蛾摩拉", "he": "סדום ועמורה" }, "notes": "he: סדום ועמורה. zh/zh-Hant use Union Version (和合本) Protestant convention." }, { "id": "abraham", "category": "bible", "definition": "The patriarch of Genesis 12–25, founder of the Eden lineage's covenantal phase. In the corpus's reading, the figure with whom the Council establishes the long-arc lineage that becomes the Hebrew people.", "translations": { "en": "Abraham", "de": "Abraham", "es": "Abraham", "fr": "Abraham", "ja": "アブラハム", "ko": "아브라함", "ru": "Авраам", "zh": "亚伯拉罕", "zh-Hant": "亞伯拉罕", "he": "אברהם" }, "notes": "he: אברהם. Spanish alt 'Abrahán' is less common in modern usage." }, { "id": "moses", "category": "bible", "definition": "The leader of the Exodus and lawgiver of Sinai in the Hebrew Bible. In the corpus's reading, the figure who receives the Sinai theophany — read as a high-bandwidth Elohim contact event.", "translations": { "en": "Moses", "de": "Mose", "es": "Moisés", "fr": "Moïse", "ja": "モーセ", "ko": "모세", "ru": "Моисей", "zh": "摩西", "zh-Hant": "摩西", "he": "משה" }, "notes": "he: משה. German prefers 'Mose' (Luther) over the Latin 'Moses'; both occur." }, { "id": "exodus", "category": "bible", "definition": "The departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses, narrated in the biblical book of the same name. In the corpus's reading, an Elohim-led extraction event with full theophanic apparatus.", "translations": { "en": "Exodus", "de": "Exodus", "es": "Éxodo", "fr": "Exode", "ja": "出エジプト記", "ko": "출애굽기", "ru": "Исход", "zh": "出埃及记", "zh-Hant": "出埃及記", "he": "ספר שמות" }, "notes": "he: ספר שמות (book) / יציאת מצרים (the event). The biblical-book form is used here; for the event qua narrative, use the event form contextually." }, { "id": "jesus", "category": "bible", "definition": "Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of the New Testament and founder of the Christian tradition. In the corpus's reading, the most consequential of the Piscean-age prophetic figures sent under the post-discovery missionary strategy.", "translations": { "en": "Jesus", "de": "Jesus", "es": "Jesús", "fr": "Jésus", "ja": "イエス", "ko": "예수", "ru": "Иисус", "zh": "耶稣", "zh-Hant": "耶穌", "he": "ישוע" }, "notes": "he: ישוע (Yeshua, common scholarly form) or יֵשׁוּעַ with niqqud." }, { "id": "golden-age", "category": "comparative", "definition": "The first and best of the five ages in Hesiod's *Works and Days* (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Heroic, Iron). In the corpus's reading, the Hesiodic scheme is a Greek variant of the cross-cultural age-of-the-world framework that the precessional ages also preserve.", "translations": { "en": "Golden Age", "de": "Goldenes Zeitalter", "es": "Edad de Oro", "fr": "Âge d'or", "ja": "黄金時代", "ko": "황금시대", "ru": "Золотой век", "zh": "黄金时代", "zh-Hant": "黃金時代", "he": "תור הזהב" }, "notes": "he: תור הזהב. Distinct from the corpus's precessional 'great year' concept (see [[great-year]])." }, { "id": "war-in-heaven", "category": "comparative", "definition": "The conflict in the celestial realm described in Revelation 12 and analogous passages across traditions (Vedic devas vs. asuras, Norse Aesir-Vanir war, Mesopotamian Anunnaki conflicts). In the corpus's reading, a faction-conflict within the Elohim governance that is preserved across multiple cultural memories.", "translations": { "en": "War in Heaven", "de": "Krieg im Himmel", "es": "Guerra en el Cielo", "fr": "Guerre au Ciel", "ja": "天上の戦争", "ko": "천상의 전쟁", "ru": "Война на Небесах", "zh": "天界之战", "zh-Hant": "天界之戰", "he": "מלחמה בשמיים" }, "notes": "he: מלחמה בשמיים. fr alternative: 'Guerre dans le Ciel'." }, { "id": "day-of-creation", "category": "bible", "definition": "A single day of the seven-day creation sequence in Genesis 1. In the corpus's reading, each 'day' is mapped to one precessional age (the 1st day → Capricorn, etc.), making the Genesis 1 narrative a compressed cosmological framework rather than a literal seven-24-hour-day account.", "translations": { "en": "Day of Creation", "de": "Schöpfungstag", "es": "Día de la Creación", "fr": "Jour de la Création", "ja": "創造の日", "ko": "창조의 날", "ru": "День Творения", "zh": "创造之日", "zh-Hant": "創造之日", "he": "יום הבריאה" }, "notes": "Ordinals constructed regularly per language (1st Day → 1. Schöpfungstag / 1er jour de la Création / 創造の第1日 / 창조의 첫째 날 / 1-й день Творения / 创造的第一日 / 創造的第一日 / היום הראשון לבריאה). he: יום הבריאה." }, { "id": "terraforming", "category": "science", "definition": "The hypothetical engineering of a planetary surface and atmosphere to make it habitable. The corpus reads several precessional ages (Sagittarius / Scorpio / Libra) as terraforming phases preceding the biological-creation phases.", "translations": { "en": "terraforming", "de": "Terraformierung", "es": "terraformación", "fr": "terraformation", "ja": "テラフォーミング", "ko": "지구화", "ru": "терраформирование", "zh": "地球化", "zh-Hant": "地球化", "he": "עיצוב מחדש" }, "notes": "Wiki slug `terraforming` resolves to a corpus entry." }, { "id": "astrobiology", "category": "science", "definition": "The scientific discipline studying life beyond Earth — its possible forms, detection signatures, and the conditions under which it can arise. The corpus's 'scientific overlay' on the Capricorn-age survey-and-target-selection phase tracks contemporary astrobiology's instrumentation directly.", "translations": { "en": "astrobiology", "de": "Astrobiologie", "es": "astrobiología", "fr": "astrobiologie", "ja": "宇宙生物学", "ko": "우주생물학", "ru": "астробиология", "zh": "天体生物学", "zh-Hant": "天體生物學", "he": "אסטרוביולוגיה" } }, { "id": "elohim-home-planet", "category": "core", "definition": "The planet of origin of the Elohim — the world from which they departed before arriving on Earth in the Capricorn age. The wiki entry treats the canonical-source claims about its star, distance, and conditions.", "translations": { "en": "Elohim home planet", "de": "Heimatplanet der Elohim", "es": "planeta de origen de los Elohim", "fr": "planète d'origine des Élohim", "ja": "エロヒムの母惑星", "ko": "엘로힘의 본국 행성", "ru": "родная планета Элохим", "zh": "耶洛因故乡行星", "zh-Hant": "耶洛因母星", "he": "כוכב הלכת של האלוהים" }, "notes": "Short-form variants (Heimatplanet / 母星 / 故乡行星 / planète d'origine) are acceptable in body prose when the antecedent is clear; use the full form on first mention." }, { "id": "garden-of-eden", "category": "bible", "definition": "The original creation-site of the first humans in Genesis 2–3. In the corpus's reading, the laboratory or controlled environment in which the Elohim conducted the initial human-genesis work.", "translations": { "en": "Garden of Eden", "de": "Garten Eden", "es": "Jardín del Edén", "fr": "Jardin d'Éden", "ja": "エデンの園", "ko": "에덴동산", "ru": "Эдемский сад", "zh": "伊甸园", "zh-Hant": "伊甸園", "he": "גן עדן" } }, { "id": "ezekiel", "category": "bible", "definition": "Hebrew Bible prophet (6th c. BCE) whose visions — especially the chariot of Ezekiel 1 — the corpus reads as direct first-person testimony of an Elohim craft seen at close range.", "translations": { "en": "Ezekiel", "de": "Hesekiel", "es": "Ezequiel", "fr": "Ézéchiel", "ja": "エゼキエル", "ko": "에스겔", "ru": "Иезекииль", "zh": "以西结", "zh-Hant": "以西結", "he": "יחזקאל" }, "notes": "de uses Luther's 'Hesekiel'; Catholic German tradition sometimes uses 'Ezechiel'. zh uses Union Version (和合本) convention. ko uses 'Eseuk-gel' (에스겔, Protestant) — Catholic 한국 Bible uses 에제키엘." }, { "id": "drake-equation", "category": "science", "definition": "Frank Drake's 1961 probabilistic formulation estimating the number of communicating civilisations in the Milky Way as the product of seven factors (star-formation rate, fraction with planets, fraction habitable, fraction with life, fraction intelligent, fraction communicating, average lifetime). The corpus uses the equation as the contemporary scientific frame for the Capricorn-age target-selection problem.", "translations": { "en": "Drake equation", "de": "Drake-Gleichung", "es": "ecuación de Drake", "fr": "équation de Drake", "ja": "ドレイクの方程式", "ko": "드레이크 방정식", "ru": "Уравнение Дрейка", "zh": "德雷克方程", "zh-Hant": "德雷克方程式", "he": "משוואת דרייק" } }, { "id": "jwst", "category": "science", "definition": "The James Webb Space Telescope (launched 2021, science operations from 2022) — the contemporary instrument whose transit-spectroscopy capability the corpus reads as the early-stage analogue of the long-range characterisation phase the Elohim are described as having conducted on Earth.", "translations": { "en": "James Webb Space Telescope", "de": "James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop", "es": "Telescopio Espacial James Webb", "fr": "Télescope spatial James-Webb", "ja": "ジェイムズ・ウェッブ宇宙望遠鏡", "ko": "제임스 웹 우주 망원경", "ru": "космический телескоп «Джеймс Уэбб»", "zh": "詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜", "zh-Hant": "詹姆斯·韋伯太空望遠鏡", "he": "טלסקופ החלל ג'יימס וב" }, "notes": "Abbreviation 'JWST' is retained as-is across all languages (per international astronomy convention). Use the full name on first mention, then the abbreviation." }, { "id": "proxima-centauri", "category": "science", "definition": "The nearest star to the Sun (~4.24 light-years), with a known terrestrial-mass planet in the habitable zone (Proxima b). The corpus uses it as the contemporary instrumentation benchmark for what's reachable with present-day technique.", "translations": { "en": "Proxima Centauri", "de": "Proxima Centauri", "es": "Próxima Centauri", "fr": "Proxima du Centaure", "ja": "プロキシマ・ケンタウリ", "ko": "프록시마 센타우리", "ru": "Проксима Центавра", "zh": "比邻星", "zh-Hant": "比鄰星", "he": "פרוקסימה קנטאורי" }, "notes": "zh/zh-Hant use the calque '比邻星 / 比鄰星' (nearest-neighbour star) rather than transliteration; this is the standard PRC / Taiwan astronomy convention." }, { "id": "habitable-worlds-observatory", "category": "science", "definition": "NASA's planned successor to Hubble/JWST (concept announced 2023; launch target ~2040s), designed to characterise atmospheric biosignatures of dozens of Earth-analogue worlds around nearby stars.", "translations": { "en": "Habitable Worlds Observatory", "de": "Habitable Worlds Observatory", "es": "Observatorio de Mundos Habitables", "fr": "Observatoire des Mondes Habitables", "ja": "ハビタブルワールズ天文台", "ko": "거주가능 세계 관측소", "ru": "Habitable Worlds Observatory", "zh": "宜居世界天文台", "zh-Hant": "適居世界天文台", "he": "Habitable Worlds Observatory" }, "notes": "ru/de/he keep the English name (Russian astronomy-press convention; German scientific press often does the same). Translate the parenthetical descriptive gloss into the target language on first mention. Acronym HWO is universal." }, { "id": "breakthrough-starshot", "category": "science", "definition": "The Breakthrough Initiatives interstellar-probe concept (announced 2016, design study ongoing) for laser-pushed gram-scale spacecraft to Alpha/Proxima Centauri on a ~20-year timeline. The corpus uses it as the contemporary candidate for the kind of long-range Capricorn-age survey approach.", "translations": { "en": "Breakthrough Starshot", "de": "Breakthrough Starshot", "es": "Breakthrough Starshot", "fr": "Breakthrough Starshot", "ja": "ブレークスルー・スターショット", "ko": "브레이크스루 스타샷", "ru": "Breakthrough Starshot", "zh": "突破星击", "zh-Hant": "突破星擊計畫", "he": "Breakthrough Starshot" }, "notes": "Program-name convention — most languages keep the English name. zh and zh-Hant render as 突破星击 / 突破星擊 (with 計畫 'program' in Taiwan tradition). ja and ko use katakana/hangul phonetic forms." }, { "id": "k2-18b", "category": "science", "definition": "An exoplanet ~124 light-years away whose atmosphere shows tentative spectroscopic evidence of dimethyl sulphide (a possible biosignature), as observed by JWST in 2023–2025. The corpus uses it as the contemporary example of the kind of remote-detection result the Elohim survey would have generated.", "translations": { "en": "K2-18b", "de": "K2-18b", "es": "K2-18b", "fr": "K2-18b", "ja": "K2-18b", "ko": "K2-18b", "ru": "K2-18b", "zh": "K2-18b", "zh-Hant": "K2-18b", "he": "K2-18b" }, "notes": "Astronomical designation kept in Latin script across all languages per international astronomy convention. The same convention applies to all exoplanet / star catalogue designations (TRAPPIST-1, HD 209458 b, etc.)." }, { "id": "parasang", "category": "comparative", "definition": "An ancient Persian / Iranian unit of distance (roughly 5–6 km depending on era and surface). The corpus invokes it as the canonical ancient-measure analogue of the corpus's stated Elohim-home-planet distance figure.", "translations": { "en": "parasang", "de": "Parasange", "es": "parasanga", "fr": "parasange", "ja": "パラサング", "ko": "파라상", "ru": "парасанг", "zh": "帕拉桑", "zh-Hant": "帕拉桑", "he": "פרסה" }, "notes": "Italicised in body as a foreign technical unit. he 'פרסה' is the cognate ancient unit (1 פרסה ≈ 4 mil ≈ 3.84 km in Talmudic sources); other langs use phonetic transliteration." } ], "categories": { "core": "Core terminology that defines the Raelian/Elohim narrative", "timeline": "Terms related to cosmic ages and chronology", "astronomy": "Astronomical and scientific terminology", "theory": "Theoretical frameworks and hypotheses", "bible": "Biblical terms and references", "site": "Site-specific terminology" } }, "links": { "self": "/v1/glossary/", "schema": "/v1/schema/glossary-term/" } }