Kanism

Kanism is an ancient religious system originating in Southern Baron, specifically in the region that is today Nyoko. Kanism today is practiced in many forms, but share central religious texts and ideas, namely the collection of scriptures known as the Kaan. This collection of some 5000 stories constitute the canon of Kanist thought. 
Kanists believe in a series of spiritual beings, holy men and messianic figures, all described in the Kaan. The central creator figure in Kanism is Ke, a formless, impersonal force which can manifest itself in three personal forms; Gueg, Dieg and Sueg. In the personal form, these three beings constitute independent persons with shared visions, thoughts and values, but different specific missions and attributes. Along with the three manifestations of Ke, Kanists believe in the three universals, corresponding to the three manifestations, known as Beyni, Semsi and Dukei, loosely translating as love, unity and order. 
In Kanist cosmology, Gueg, Dieg and Sueg inhabit an "unseen dimension" called Seva, in which the three persons hold hands in a circle, with the realm of earth being in the middle, held up by the co-operation of these three forces. Additionally, Kanists believe in the concept of three distinct ages or periods in which different events will happen. The first two, named after Gueg and Dieg, are described in the Kaan. Kanists therefore believe that the universe is currently in the Sueg era, the final age before the destruction of the universe. 
The Kaan describes the people who believe in Ka as the Raau. Conversion to Kanism involves a four day ceremony in which Kan priests place the spirit of Laanu into the believer, which will grant them salvation. 
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