Elementalism
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Name: Elementalism.
Basic points/ Core beliefs/ Primary teachings: The universe always seeks to balance itself, to reach a state of stability. It follows rules, it follows the logic of the gods. Your choices in life have far reaching effects, no matter how small - The gods ensure this balance, this order.
Rituals: Prayer, offerings to the gods, pursuit of knowlege
Holidays: Several, both for specific gods and for all gods.
Views of the beginning of the world: Out of a void of chaos, A great Creator created a universe of order. To inhabit it, he living things by creating not only the four elements - Earth, Wind, Fire, and water, but also the four parts of a being - Body, Mind, Spirit, and soul. As The Demons of the dark abyss bagan an assult on his realm, he used the last of his strength to create four gods, on for each element, before creating the underworld and fighting back the void, a shodow of his once great self.
Eschatology/ Views of the end of the world: If the four great gods were to decide the beings of this universe unfit to live, they would descend into the underworld, stop Zoryo, god of the underworld and shadow of the great creator, and allow the demons of the abyss to overrun the earth.
Views of the afterlife: Most often, peoples souls are reincarnated and returned to the world. Some may reach ascension and rise to join the gods, while the most grevious of evil doers are sent to battle the demons in the underworld. Your fate is determined by not only the gods, but the people you have met in your life.
Gods: Pyrphoros, god of fire. Aqaria, goddess of water. Terros, god of earth. Aera, goddess of air. Zoryo. god of the underworld Demons: Demons of the abyss - often manifest as beings such as vampires, werewolves, some ghosts, and other such beings when in this world.
Primary teachers/ main people/ prophets (if any): Supreme Propagator Jonathan Bass
Sacred sites/ places of worship/ holy ground (if any): Great Barrier Reef, Mauna Loa, Mt. Everest, Mt. Washington
Rules of living in your religion (if any): One should, In their lifetime, seek knowledge. Not just spiritual knowledge, but intellectual as well. To understand the universe created by the gods, at least on some level, should be the goal of any elementalist. One should be able to make decisions, and be willing to deal with their outcome.
Reasons for your religion: To create a religion that does not try to control people - only help them.
Elementalist church - Divine Order of the Elementalists website: http://elementalistchurch.webs.com/
