them.

Onan continued speaking, "You see, Jehu, the whole of history, both that
now written and that yet to come, is planned, executed according to its
own power, for the course of time is marked as clearly as the tides: by
its own coming and going it is revealed. Revealed, however, only in an
abstract and undefined manner, so that while its marks are clearly seen,
it is only by special revelations that it is shown in a comprehensive
and detailed light. And that is why I have summoned you here, my dear
Jehu, for you are the chosen one, summoned to help me."

I was skeptical and asked him, "You summoned me? But how, I was to
forced to crash land on the island by the weather, and accidentally fell
into the volcano's mouth. It was by my own freewill decisions that the
circumstances of my arrival here were fulfilled."

Onan laughed quietly and said, "History is not an unstoppable machine,
allied with fate to control the destiny of all things past and future,
nor does it nullify the power of man's freewill, yet the force that acts
upon the minds of men to form them is history itself. You see, men are
not the opponents of history and fate, for they do not impede its
progress with their freewill decisions, instead they are its minions,
its slaves, building up its strength and carrying out its dictates by
its influence, so that they become history as they serve it, adding to
its organism their own consciouses. While you were brought to these
Chambers by circumstances of your own choosing, your desires in choosing
those circumstances were dictated by the experiences of the past. But
never mind how I summoned you, for you are here now."

"Very well," I said, not wishing to disagree with the Lord of the Past.