How important is/was discipline in Aristasia?
It was and is very important. The main misconception promoted by this kind of publicity is that discipline = corporal punishment. Discipline actually means order, harmony, neatness: thamë. Discipline is conformity to the Golden Order. The word “discipline” actually derives from “disciple” and it means following the way of a (spiritual) mistress. In some households or districts this is ultimately backed up by the possibility or actuality of punishment, but even then, in a majority of cases, punishment is not corporal. So are you saying an Aristasian schoolteacher or elder-sister or other authority must be a Spiritual Mistress? No. The point is that Aristasian spirituality is very much community-oriented and culturally-based. So the order, the thamë, the discipline of Aristasian life is based in its spiritual and cultural roots. The whole basis of civilisation in Aristasia Pura is that the Empress is the head of the Social Order, the highest link in the Golden Chain. She is the represent
