FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THAT GNOSIS THING
The entry on Gnosis. Taken from the Episode III clear data database: spoilers for the ending of Xenosaga III.
"Non-physical beings that exist in another dimension perceived as aliens from the viewpoint of mankind. Ordinarily, they have not materialized so physical attacks do not affect them. When they have materialized, their constituent matter seems to consist of things like water and in sodium hydroxide--why such matter would hold such hostility against the human race is unclear. They have many types of external appearances; for the sake of convenience, they have been named after mythological creatures.
"Since they exist in 'imaginary space', cut apart from normal phenomena, all attacks on them using current [read: of 5000 years in the future] weaponry based on the laws of physics are infective. When a Gnosis attacks, however, it brings the part of it attacking into local normal space. The D.S.S.S. system was developed to take advantage and predict the area of normal space that would be created, but the performance has been below expectations. [BASICALLY ONLY WORKING FOR LONG ENOUGH TO GO O SHI-]
"Later, the Hilbert Effect and the 100-Series Observational Units were developed by Joachim Mizrahi, making it possible for people in normal space to interact with them.
"Space in this world is made of normal space and imaginary space, places on top of each other. If you picture normal space as matter, or the body, then imaginary space can be seen as consciousness, or the mind. The word "Gnoiss" refers to all forms of existence in imaginary space.
"All things, not just humans, have an imaginary space component, so things like the 'Gnoiss planet' which appears in the story also exist. In imaginary space, all consciousness is in a state of full awareness, allowing things like 'another person's animosity,' for example, to be directly experienced.
"If a human comes into contact with the fear held by imaginary space and choses to escape or reject it, he or she is Gnosisfied.
"At first, it would appear that they act in groups, but each one moves with its own consciousness of the rejection, dissipation, and proliferation; they could be seen as wandering in search of a kind of salvation. One could say that this consciousness of rejection and dissipation is putting all of space in peril.
"Wilhelm is attempting to concentrate all of this--the negative consciousness of man--into Zarathustra, and to awaken the eternal reocurance [aka the reset button] in order to return once again to the world mankind hoped for."
"Non-physical beings that exist in another dimension perceived as aliens from the viewpoint of mankind. Ordinarily, they have not materialized so physical attacks do not affect them. When they have materialized, their constituent matter seems to consist of things like water and in sodium hydroxide--why such matter would hold such hostility against the human race is unclear. They have many types of external appearances; for the sake of convenience, they have been named after mythological creatures.
"Since they exist in 'imaginary space', cut apart from normal phenomena, all attacks on them using current [read: of 5000 years in the future] weaponry based on the laws of physics are infective. When a Gnosis attacks, however, it brings the part of it attacking into local normal space. The D.S.S.S. system was developed to take advantage and predict the area of normal space that would be created, but the performance has been below expectations. [BASICALLY ONLY WORKING FOR LONG ENOUGH TO GO O SHI-]
"Later, the Hilbert Effect and the 100-Series Observational Units were developed by Joachim Mizrahi, making it possible for people in normal space to interact with them.
"Space in this world is made of normal space and imaginary space, places on top of each other. If you picture normal space as matter, or the body, then imaginary space can be seen as consciousness, or the mind. The word "Gnoiss" refers to all forms of existence in imaginary space.
"All things, not just humans, have an imaginary space component, so things like the 'Gnoiss planet' which appears in the story also exist. In imaginary space, all consciousness is in a state of full awareness, allowing things like 'another person's animosity,' for example, to be directly experienced.
"If a human comes into contact with the fear held by imaginary space and choses to escape or reject it, he or she is Gnosisfied.
"At first, it would appear that they act in groups, but each one moves with its own consciousness of the rejection, dissipation, and proliferation; they could be seen as wandering in search of a kind of salvation. One could say that this consciousness of rejection and dissipation is putting all of space in peril.
"Wilhelm is attempting to concentrate all of this--the negative consciousness of man--into Zarathustra, and to awaken the eternal reocurance [aka the reset button] in order to return once again to the world mankind hoped for."