Welcome to Gaia! ::

1. General Information
1.1. Books
1.1.1. Book of Origins
1.1.2. Books of Life and Death
1.1.3. Book of Gods
1.1.4. Book of War
1.1.5. Book of Testaments
1.1.6. Book of Elements

1.2. Gods
1.2.1. Corinth- Astral Bodies
1.2.2 Ngurethos- Life and Death
1.2.3. (Branden)- Knowledge, Wisdom
1.2.4. (Kayla)- War, Opposition
1.2.5. Er’eille- Love
1.2.6. Talos- Earth
1.2.7. Soa- Water
1.2.8. Ha’lin- Fire
1.2.9. Athar- Air/Wind
1.2.10. Ka’asen- Void, Destruction
1.2.11. Nathar- Rebirth
1.2.12. Etin- Retribution


2. Worship
2.1. Worship
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2.2. Worship Practices
2.2.1. Meditation
2.2.2. Prayer in temples
2.2.3. Common religious courtesies


3. General Structure
3.1. Overview of Life Cycle

3.1.1. Reborn after death
3.1.2. Reborn through Nathar
i. Eternal enemy of Ngurethos
ii. Ngurethos can halt one’s transmigratory process
3.1.3. Nathar determines how an individual is reborn
i. Social class, species, etc.
3.1.4. Also allows beings to ascend to higher plane of existence
i. Body dies, soul ascends to higher level of existence
ii. Do not become a god, rather gain demi-god powers

3.2. Structure of Religion
3.2.1. Unstructured
i. monks and priestesses designated to each god
ii. little or no elevated social status
iii. live in temples dedicated to their particular god (think Greek
architecture)
iv. No heavily regulated form of worship outside of priesthood
v. Gods play large role in everyday life and are very human-like
3.2.2. Structured
i. Monks and priestesses designated to each god
ii. Highly elevated social status
iii. Live in temples dedicated to their god
iv. Weekly (for lack of a better term) sermons
v. Gods less human in nature, more omniscient

3.3. Objectives
3.3.1. Promote understanding of science, math, and physics
3.3.2. Promote understanding and respect of history
3.3.3. Preserve equality and democratic ideals
3.3.4. Promote diversity of opinion and belief
3.3.5. Promote individual rights and freedoms
3.3.6. Promote advancement in knowledge
3.3.7. Promote simpler, more economic lifestyles
3.3.8. Promote freedom of personal choice
3.3.9. Promote general wellbeing of community


4. Books
4.1. Book of Origin
4.1.1. Provides overview of creation of universe
4.1.2. Supports Big Bang and black hole multiverses
4.1.3. Supports evolution with mild creationist ideals

4.2. Books of Life And Death
4.2.1. Overview of reincarnation, ascension, etc.
4.2.2. Elaborates on 3.1

4.3. Book of Gods
4.3.1. Elaborates on 1.2
4.3.2. Gives history of all gods

4.4. Book of War
4.4.1. History of all god-wars and correlation to human wars

4.5. Book of Testaments
4.5.1. Elaborates 2.1 and 2.2
4.5.2. Restates 3.3

4.6. Book of Elements
4.6.1. Outlines principles of nature
4.6.2. Uses established physics and math
4.6.3. Small injections of mythology


5. Reincarnation
5.1. Transmigration
5.1.1. Similar to Buddhist perspective of reincarnation
5.1.2. Can transmigrate to higher and lower planes
5.1.3. Migratory level decided by Nathar

5.2. Ngurethos
5.2.1. Controls life and death
5.2.2. Can halt transmigratory progress
5.2.3. Soul remains in “limbo”
5.2.4. Power rivals Nathar’s
5.2.5. Causes frequent conflicts between two

Maybe we should create a religion revolving around you? whee whee

We could see how many would join... rofl