Leydenastian

Leydenastian is a fictional term used in speculative fiction to designate a culture, movement, and class of technologies centered on the storage and regulation of electric energy, drawing its name from the Leyden jar, an early capacitor. In-universe, Leydenastiens pursue electric energy as a material resource to be managed with precision and ethics. The core concept blends engineering with ritualized practices around charging and discharging energy, treating devices that store charge as social instruments.

Technology and everyday life: Leyden vessels are compact, high-capacity energy storages integrated into buildings, clothing, and vehicles. Public spaces may feature controlled discharge interfaces to power common utilities. Safety and governance concerns focus on preventing overload, fragmentation of energy access, and harm from discharge.

Society and culture: Leydenastian communities emphasize modular energy infrastructure, transparent energy accounting, and collaborative maintenance. Education centers around electrostatics, materials science, and energy ethics. In many portrayals, Leydenastiens are depicted as meticulous, pragmatic, and communitarian.

In fiction and games: The term appears in encyclopedias of speculative worlds and RPG sourcebooks as a notable but niche movement, used to explore themes of power, responsibility, and technology's impact on society.

See also: Leyden jar, energy storage, electrostatics.