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And where did this "made up" word philotix come from? Well, the orignal source of this is from the works of author Orson Scott Card, whose works inspired me at an early age to see the world differently.
Although a Mormon, Card introduced the science fiction concept of the "philotic particle". The word philotic came from the greek word "philos" which means the "love of" [something]. Much as philosophy translates to the love of wisdom (philos and sophia) and Philidelphia is the City of Brotherly Love (philos and delphi), the philotic particle in Card's fictional work was a subatomic particle that is the basis of all matter and energy. It exists "Outside" the known universe and is "called" "Inside" when there is a structure that it "loves". The love of philotic particles is called a "twining", an invisible two-dimentional line that connects the particles that are engaged in a relaionship together. It is these twinings that bind everything in the universe together. The philotic particles twine to form atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, organs, living beings, and the relationships that bring them together. Philotic twinings are the cause of gravitational force, and what cause us to fall in love. Everything that exists exists within a "web" of philotic twinings, with some stronger and some weaker, constantly changing in strength. This is, of course, all fictional speculation. However, wouldn't it be grand if it was the truth, and all things that exist in this world exist because they LOVE to exist? All the things around you are near to you because they love you? If we all thought in this way, the world may be a very different place today. |