Editing Zajouni (section)

== Philosophy ==
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The Zajouni place an immense emphasis on their philosophical schools, and are reputed for their sophistication even by their most ardent enemies. Yet, their philosophy could not be further from that of their peers. The Zajouni believe in the immortality of the soul, but only once it has been enlightened. Man is a corporeal prison within which the soul is entrapped, by the evil spirit of Malthambra. To believe in Alnaari and pursue his commandments is to slowly strip the corporeal bonds that ground and restrict the soul, allowing the soul to escape upon death. As such, asceticism is an important practice among the devout, and fasting is common among the Zajouni populace. 

Commensurate with their belief about the soul, they believe that material pleasures are evil in most cases, though confine this belief mostly to material excess. To be rich is to be under the influence of evil, and one is commanded to give away their possessions to live virtuously once more. The richness of their philosophy is engendered by their focus on the purity of the soul and its connection to the body. Zajouni philosophers have long debated on the separation of soul and body. The prevailing view, “Fravasi Midtha” is the belief that the soul is alien to the body, that the material world has bound it in its clutch to be delivered to Malthambra. Some disagree, alleging instead a concept called, “Fravasi Utitha”. Fravasi Utitha is the view that the body is not completely bound in the evil spirit, and that Alnaari has allowed the material to shroud the soul so that the soul may lead the material to produce good works. Despite the usual zealotry toward differences in belief, the disagreement over Fravasi is not one to produce violent animosity. Instead, the dispute is bound by good-mannered debate among the Seers who take interest in it.