The Void Mother's Congregation

Category:Religion
In the beginning, all there was was the void, which is all things and no things at once. Everything which has ever been made was made by our Mother, by slicing a part of the void into twain, such that each piece was more one way than another. So, for every thing which is light, there is necessarily another thing which is equally dark, and for every thing which tilts left, there is another which tilts equally right - some of this contradiction we will find inside ourselves, and some we will only find outside, in our complements. One day, all things shall come into agreement with their exact complement, and on that day, true peace will be known.
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As of late, many of our Void Mother’s children have taken to hiding in isolated peaks and caves, whiling their days away in pure meditation and self-reflection. As much as I applaud their dedication, this is merely another way of embracing folly and imbalance. Humbly, I would beg them instead to travel and to educate themselves as widely as possible, so that they may grow to understand each perspective as well as any other, and to appreciate more fully those parts of themselves which they would otherwise forget.
-- Excerpts from the writings of Chrysali, human religious scholar and diplomat. (Source: Squidlar)A new religion with its roots in Eniya. It's rapidly grown in popularity in recent times across Enchiron, but it's still mysterious to those outside it.
== Tenets ==
Members of the Congregation have a faith that cruxes on the idea “from she have we come, and to her we shall return”. Similar to the Heart's Followers, they believe in the reincarnation cycle. According to them, the Mother creates and releases the souls into the cycle and accepts them back when it’s over. That’s what the Void Mother’s cult focuses on most: the supposed end to the reincarnation cycle.
They believe that, when a soul has passed through the reincarnation cycle enough times, it loses its ability to retain an identity, and that's when it's allowed to return to the Mother. Thus, that's what the Congregation's members aspire to: total annihilation of the self.
The Void Mother’s cult places heavy emphasis on meditation, the loss of individuality, the unification of all past identities, and the destruction of the self. Intense adherents are known to cover their entire bodies in monochromatic cloth, including the face; take on new names; and shift to ascetic lifestyles.