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A Xan proverb reads: Behind the seen is the unseen.
Among early Xan, there was a wide belief that the spirit world was an imminent reality intertwined with the material world. They thought their survival depended upon the help given by the spirits, so the way they related to the spirit force would be crucial to their well-being.

The Xan knew that the essences had the ability to permeate the body of any life form and used this for all it was worth as their technology became more advanced. Some of the Xan saw the essences as the gods' way of giving the life forms the warmth and heat of the emotional body. That the Xan were seemingly superior to the other beings was a way of explaining that the Xan were closer to the gods. They opposed the scientific experiments that other Xan initiated to improve the spirits used by their warriors.
Groups were formed on the basis of such beliefs, but they were not supported by the majority of the Xan.

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