Kassiyadin

Kassiyadin (Old Exekian, "spiritual warfare", "battle with the supernatural" or "conflict with the unseen") is a religious concept particular to the Zantine religion.
Adherents believe in a supernatural or spiritual realm beyond the physical plane of reality. This world includes ghosts (spirits of the dead who have refused to move on), demons (spirits of dead magic users who are unable to move on), and other such beings. Some of these spirits are hostile to the living and will attempt to attack or sabotage them. When the living person defends themselves from these attacks or even fights back, it is kassiyadin, or spiritual warfare.
The most prolific use of this concept is in the teachings of the Zantine paladins, who train to fight both physically and spiritually.
Some of the founders of Vormundism (including Leon Gorrister and Gavin Zosimus) also believed in the concept. The prophet Dagda Vormund himself apparently engaged in a kind of amateur kassiyadin in an attempt to help his follower Ethan, who had been condemned as a dangerous madman. His attempts proved unsuccessful, though Ethan's relapse into insanity and violence can be attributed to his having been drugged with the hallucinogenic darjeel, and the turmoil and paranoia of the times.
Category:Religious Concepts
Category:Old Exekian Dictionary