Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing
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The Prayer to the Cloud of Unknowing is performed by Humanoid Cylons when they believe that that downloading is impossible and death is near.
Several Cylons, all infected by a contagion found on an ancient beacon, crawl to each other on their stricken basestar to say the prayer.
The prayer, interrupted by shouts of the Colonials as they assess the situation of living Cylons in their midst is: "Heavenly father [. . .] grant us the strength...the wisdom [. . .] and above all...a measure of acceptance..."
Lee Adama learns of this prayer from Sharon Agathon and witnesses the event (A Measure of Salvation).
Notes
- The name of this prayer is a direct reference to a Christian centering prayer created in the 16th Century on the real-world Earth, which creates further parallels between the Cylon God and real-world Judeo-Christianity in the Re-imagined Series, in contrast to the Colonial polythesism.