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Organic life is the Machine-God’s greatest accomplishment within the scope of the Great Work. The Machine God created the complex weaknesses of flesh so his followers might learn metallic strength, and ascend to his level of machinic perfection.{{Fn|15c}} Thus striving to improve upon it and replace it, however, abandoning his numerous gifts is done at great peril. For to give up one's soul is the great sin of the Cult Mechanicus. The soul must be understood, not despised. Such is life’s great test.{{Fn|16b}}
The Great Work of the Machine God was made with the [[warp]] and the [[realspace|universe]] in balance, each influencing the other. Without the touch of the warp, the human soul cannot function. Ill effects occur to humans when completely cut free of the spiritual aspect of the universe. Both [[Great Rift]] created by [[Chaos]] forces and the [[Pariah NexusStilling]] effect of the [[Necrons]]' [[Pariah Nexus]] are examples of the detrimental extremes of either sides of this spectrum.{{Fn|20}}
In death, some followers of the Machine Cult believe they join the '''Machina Opus''', the Great Work of the Machine-God, to become pure data.{{Fn|15b}}
