Religion

## Dēmuirism

Born from the writings of many prophets, scholars, and clergyfolk Dēmiurism is the belief in the Dēmiurgói, the name given to entities that created the universe. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion, Its adherents, known as Dēmuirs, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in X countries and believe that the world was created by a pantheon of unchanging, transcendent entities, each of which has a unique and constant personality that guides their opinions and actions in the world.

Dēmuirism began as a strand of the Macian religion, Erudimoi (Learned Love), in which religious scholars were encouraged by their doctrines to investigate the nature of divinity; "Faith Seeking Understanding, to seek the divine not only with and in our hearts but with and in our minds as well". The Macian Philosopher Oppius Petillius collected with works of many Erudimoian scholars and published his work "the Treatise of Divine Creation" in which he established the 12 Major Divine entities and their personalities based upon the writings held in the Library of Qui decem milia (they who know ten thousand things).

### The Pantheon

#### The Gods

##### The Lover

As they say "the heart wants what the heart wants", The Lover is one of the most mysterious and unknowable Gods of the Dēmuirgói. In a constant state of ardour, the Lover has complete compassionate loyalty for all the gods and cherishes each one of them for their own, as they see it, perfection. With the eloquence and elegance that they carry themselves it is true that they are which nothing can be thought to be more beautiful than. For the Lover above aught else is beauty and beauty is them. Yet for the Lover, pleasure is a necessity, without it they weaken as if a flame starved of fuel and will only come back to their full godly vigour, like the flowering rose, when pleasure is provided like wood on a fire.

##### The Soldier

With confidence and pride The Soldier marches across the universe for no one could ever face them with violence and relish in victory. Honour is their currency for they hold nothing above it, and bravery is their form for if nothing else they are it in whole. Stoic and hardened, phased by nothing nor any, yet emotion is naught but a myth to them. Should any dare wrong them then all remaining gods would not save thee from their vengeance and wrath. Bouts of their fury can spill over as if all of the tides of the cosmos were trying to fit into one goblet, it comes with little warning and they lash out with anger, malice and thirst for blood.

#### The Saints

##### Saints of The Fool

* St Festus the Mirthed
* St Rosalia the Free-handed

##### Saints of The Thinker

* St Cyprian the Hypnotic
* St Gregor the Wonder
* St Isidor the Teacher
* St Myriam the Teller

##### Saints of The Saviour

* St Cyr the Defiant
* St Gardenel the Anchorite
* St Selman the Reasonable
* St Gerlac the Oakleaf (a saint of two Dēmiurgói)
* St Townes the Drifted

##### Saints of The Lover

* St Melangell the Tender
* St Amata the Sensual

##### Saints of The Soldier

* St Porrace the Insurgent
* St Lysidamus the

##### Saints of The Judge

* St Gaed the Confessor
* St Liborius the Persistent
* St Diniarchus the

##### Saints of The Hermit

* St Gerlac the Oakleaf (a saint of two Dēmiurgói)

##### Saints of The Reaper

* St Khadash the Wretched
* St Fane the Lamented
* St Murganesh the Decayer
* St Seton the Griever
* St X the Guide
* St X the Quietus

##### Saints of The Marshal

* St Barre the Resolute
* St Eulalia the Constant
* St Orion the Watchful

##### Saints of The Artist

* St Cuthbert the Quaint
* St Miriam the Prophetess
* St Pollard the Quip
* St Vopicus the Rhetor

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## Burkhanlism

Originated from the word of mouth beliefs passed on through the generations and cultures of nomadic folk living on the plains of Oriern and eventually becoming established by the Kingdom of X, as a organised faith.

### The Pantheon

#### The Ajilchid (the Workers)

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### The Pantheon

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## Hearthism

The recognised religion of the Raelian Empire.

### The Gods- The Hearth

#### The Father

He protects the household and ensures its four walls remain strong. It is the father who stokes the Hearth of life and gives warmth to the family and to all life. The father’s command over the house is unquestionable and the family stand to execute his will and bend to the desires of his strength.

#### The Mother

She provides for the house and takes care of the children. Sometimes, her emotions come before rational thought, and she must learn patience.

#### The Son

He helps the mother to be strong in times of hardship, and he learns from the father how to protect the family. The son’s brashness and lack of forethought are his weaknesses and he must learn to consider things, like his father. However, it was this boldness which first granted humans their reason, when the son stole an apple from the garden of the Father.

#### The Daughter

She teaches the father to be calm and caring. She is the representation of grace and innocence. Her fear is her weakness and she must learn to be brave.

#### The Babe

The babe brings hope to all. It has no contribution nor fault, yet is a sign of the future of the family, of its prosperity and of the father's success. "may the father be reminded of the birth of the babe."

#### The Hound

Loyal, obedient, and protective of the family. Humanity is the extension of the Hound and could never survive without the hearth, or the Father.

### The Sin Eaters

The hearth is not only a place of warmth for the family, but a place to prepare food. A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food is believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Sin-eaters, as a consequence, carry the sins of all people whose sins they had eaten; they are usually feared and shunned.

## Jedenism

(german for every) it is the belief that all is god, and god is the sum of all. The Jedens believe that the other religions have mistaken what they believe to be Gods as the creators of the universe, when rather these near omnipotent entities are simply another extension of the one above all. Jedens argue the if these entities exist (which would seem so from the proof proposed by the other religions) then they were created by something and therefore are not worthy of devotion and instead worship should be dedicated to their creator.

### The Cosmological Argument

All that exists must have been created because all things have a cause. if all things have a cause there must exist that which exists as its own cause. It is that which exists as its own cause that is all powerful and deserving of worship.

## Tharaonism

Tharaonism is a religion from the north eastern continent of Hemes