This blog is to keep track of my writing (from Oct. '14 onward), saving tips and tricks I find, little rants or raves, and so on. If you don't like it, kindly leave. I am a fangirl and reviewer, so do tend to post on that note as well.
On my verge to
creating things beforehand and during some brief writing, I am going in to the
depths of my world and starting off with this lovely subject: Religion.
Because, in my eyes, religion shapes a lot of things in our world. Even those
who aren’t religious know that a lot of things happening in our world is due to
religion. Even if we can live without, live with, or even just have it there –
religion shapes a lot of people and even gives some the courage to question and
fall out of love and in to a less-fantasy type and in to a hard reality.
I’m hoping to depict my world (since I claim it’s the true sister world to
Earth) as something very similar to Earth itself; Christianity is a basis for
their main religion, so it draws questions. There are also religions against
its main one, ones that are completely different, ones similar, etc., - like
Earth.
For
choosing the name, it took me quite some time. I don’t know if I actually had
the first name written anywhere, but I had an idea of it and it disappeared. So
I searched and searched entomology, name generator sites, reading, etc.,
because the theme of the beginning of the religion is “Greek, Latin, and Hebrew
to the be the focus of originating origins” as well as other
language/culture-types. I base a lot off of Greek here, and there’s a reason
behind it, I promise.
But
as for the name, my temp name was “Artifric”,
which then reminded me too much of “artifact”. So, I kept searching. I ran
across Pagan things, which is an influence on a lot of the Avix, Varem, and
Kavon culture as well as their main style. I wanted to have a basis for the
main religion to be pagan-influenced, as well as Christian influenced. And I
didn’t want to copy by saying directly “Oh, they’re Christian, while they’re Hindu”
or something. But my basis is influenced
by a lot of religions and cultures, and you can guess why.
“Starting from a shaman, spiritual, and somewhat
logical ethically based idea, Five Elders created a language amongst
themselves, claiming “our Father taught us”. Johanna, Darius, Theodoracius
(later Theodite), Samaria, and Dag were claimed as the leaders of their
village. Not long before they were claimed and after they arrived did they find
out that everyone in the village had weird things going on with them. Each one
had powers, some kind of trick, or just something plain odd about them.
Johanna, who had immunity as a
top thing (she didn’t know) lived longer than most in the end; she was able to
heal quickly, not get sick, and not get weak. Darius, her love, was strong and
smart – abnormally. He figured out a lot during his reign – he made heat lamps,
using his fire skills. He helped build places and dig and move things. Their
son, Akhen, held the power of immunity as well as a new development in power:
telekinesis. The name for it came about after 200 years of Akhen’s life. Unknowingly,
Johanna had a daughter with another man and she adopted the name “Nyko” after
the beautiful creatures they found.
Samaria, a beautiful, yet
fragile lady, had the same powers as Akhen, but never told of it until Ahken
developed them at the young age of 23. She and he trained together for years
and young Ahken married her at 30, where she was 50. Samaria already had two
children with a man who ended up disappearing just after the second birth. The
births weakened Samaria, but Ahken brought life back to her. The two children,
Minami and Uuren, had no telekinesis, but they had air powers. They founded and
claimed a lot of land known as “Varem” and even Minami’s new hometown, Minami’s
Cross.
Theodite, who was strong in
fighting, died before his child was ever born – his daughter was born to a
young girl who had the power of water. Though no one ever mentions this lady,
she is the true Realm creator of Mox, thanks to her powers and their daughter,
Moxidite, or Moxy.
Dag, an older man, had already
given three women children and didn’t care. He was the first to show signs of
mental illness, that (not even when the Healers learned their powers) could
they fix. The Healers began recording such things and kept track throughout
time. Dag killed himself at 76, and left the world with four loves, and 12
children, 5 of which began noble compared to others. The main child that showed
amazing powers was Remiel, who was an Oracle.”
- Is your religion based on truth or myth, or
a combination of both?
– Who began it – a divine entity, or a person seeking something?
– What is the purpose of the religion? Is it there to help people co-exist
better, or to spread a divine truth?
– If you had one rule to concisely portray the purpose of your religion (think
something like the Golden Rule), what would it be?
– What does the religion offer its followers to draw them in?
[ The Creator / Pateras “father” in Greek ] – main
religion of Evexia ; like Earth’s God.
“The Creator” and their Bible is very
similar to the forms of modern day Christianity on Earth. Though it holds much
like it from both the Old and New Testaments, there are parts that are unlike
it, also. The books of the Bible are separated in to four books.
> Creation, Era of Light, Era of
Trial, Revelations
1.The religion itself,
which was first called “Sahandadite” after the 5 Elders, was changed later on
due to the arguments over the name origin. “Kalothinism” which is a word that
refers to the religion, the people, etc. The Bible is the Bible, just like for
Christians. Their God is “the Creator”, which is similar. Kalothinism is a
combination of Greek words “kalos” and “thinatos” which represents good and
strong. The men of the second generation of Elders created this and since then,
everyone refers to it as that.
2.Truth, myth or both? Both. The truth behind it is the fact that there was and is a
Creator of their worlds, but a lot of the stories told over centuries are
rewritten, changed, etc., and though they keep the same story value and
characters, some things are overdone.
3.Who began it: Like
Christianity, they tell of two people, a man and a woman, who began life in the
middle of the world. Johanna and Darius, young people, were set in the world
and given basic principles to life; a mindset to know right from wrong and have
basic instincts. After having their first child, they happened upon a village.
Life really started from there, and over time, when people claimed someone
spoke to them, they all talked about first being there. How did they get there,
etc. Johanna and Darius, along with other elders, told stories about a father
figure bringing them to their first home and teaching them to live.
4.Purpose: With Kalothinism,
people live by good morals, try to aim to be the best they can in life, give to
others, help, and live for their Pateras, who watches and guides them. They say
he has a path for them and that all their bad luck is from him telling them
they are either doing badly or not following the right path.
Culture
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age
group.
Kalothinism is believed to portray
good natural, helping hands, kind hearts, and wise souls. Those serving their
Creator live a humble and holy life and it reflects off of them.
Society
An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent,
cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
Kalothinism – founded by
the first 5 Elders.
Geneism – founded by a descendant of
Uuren, lead in Varem for decades, if not centuries. They believe in the
Creator, just not how he thinks.
Thycinity – created in Kavon, but
later it spread to Kavon as well. It is based on another God, who brought
everyone there for a reason and wants them to protect his world and his
children for life or until he moves them again. This is a worldwide religion.
Adhenite – when the Adhenes were found
and told their name, a group in Avix lived there and worshipped them. They
called their home “Forest of Adhene” and recruited people to live there as
well. In the end, around 300 years later, the city was large and suddenly
disappeared and no one knows why. There were scriptures, statues, books, and
more left behind, but no bones or trace of life.
Earth religions:
Agnosticism: Belief that (1) God, if it exists, is by nature unknowable and
will always be unknowable, or, (2) that the individual being asked cannot
conclude if god exists or not for lack of evidence one way or the other ;; same
in Evexia, first questioned in the village of the first 5, and carried down. An
Earthling that wandered to Evexia told of the same in their home world.
Ancestor Worship: Belief that good
relations need to be kept with tribal ancestor spirits. Often a form of
Shamanism
Brahma Kumari: This group is preparing
to rule the world after a coming apocalypse, and embrace many practices which
are now called New Age
Christianity: Belief that a single
creator god had a son, Jesus Christ, born to a human mother, and that Jesus'
crucifixion by the Romans brings salvation
Confucianism: A collection of ethical
and moral teachings
Hinduism: Cultural religion of India
which was historically decentralized and disparate and not a single belief
system. Western influence made it into a single religion, an identity which
Hindus now accept.
Satanism: An atheist religion that
uses dark and evil symbology for self-development and anti-religious purposes -
Satan itself is not a real being, just a symbol.
Islam and Buddhism:
Other:
Dualism: Belief that either (1) There
is a good and evil god of equal, or almost-equal power, or (2) there are two
gods, such as a male and female one
Spiritualism: The belief that the
souls of the dead communicate with the living, mostly through Mediums, but,
suffered serious credibility problems with the original founders admitted to
fraudulently inventing the 'rappings' that formed the communications
Wicca/Wiccan: Neo-pagan organisation
based around reconstructed elements of folklore
Witchcraft: A description of various
cultural practices, which are often part of a parent belief system
On my verge to
creating things beforehand and during some brief writing, I am going in to the
depths of my world and starting off with this lovely subject: Religion.
Because, in my eyes, religion shapes a lot of things in our world. Even those
who aren’t religious know that a lot of things happening in our world is due to
religion. Even if we can live without, live with, or even just have it there –
religion shapes a lot of people and even gives some the courage to question and
fall out of love and in to a less-fantasy type and in to a hard reality.
I’m hoping to depict my world (since I claim it’s the true sister world to
Earth) as something very similar to Earth itself; Christianity is a basis for
their main religion, so it draws questions. There are also religions against
its main one, ones that are completely different, ones similar, etc., - like
Earth.
For
choosing the name, it took me quite some time. I don’t know if I actually had
the first name written anywhere, but I had an idea of it and it disappeared. So
I searched and searched entomology, name generator sites, reading, etc.,
because the theme of the beginning of the religion is “Greek, Latin, and Hebrew
to the be the focus of originating origins” as well as other
language/culture-types. I base a lot off of Greek here, and there’s a reason
behind it, I promise.
But
as for the name, my temp name was “Artifric”,
which then reminded me too much of “artifact”. So, I kept searching. I ran
across Pagan things, which is an influence on a lot of the Avix, Varem, and
Kavon culture as well as their main style. I wanted to have a basis for the
main religion to be pagan-influenced, as well as Christian influenced. And I
didn’t want to copy by saying directly “Oh, they’re Christian, while they’re Hindu”
or something. But my basis is influenced
by a lot of religions and cultures, and you can guess why.
“Starting from a shaman, spiritual, and somewhat
logical ethically based idea, Five Elders created a language amongst
themselves, claiming “our Father taught us”. Johanna, Darius, Theodoracius
(later Theodite), Samaria, and Dag were claimed as the leaders of their
village. Not long before they were claimed and after they arrived did they find
out that everyone in the village had weird things going on with them. Each one
had powers, some kind of trick, or just something plain odd about them.
Johanna, who had immunity as a
top thing (she didn’t know) lived longer than most in the end; she was able to
heal quickly, not get sick, and not get weak. Darius, her love, was strong and
smart – abnormally. He figured out a lot during his reign – he made heat lamps,
using his fire skills. He helped build places and dig and move things. Their
son, Akhen, held the power of immunity as well as a new development in power:
telekinesis. The name for it came about after 200 years of Akhen’s life. Unknowingly,
Johanna had a daughter with another man and she adopted the name “Nyko” after
the beautiful creatures they found.
Samaria, a beautiful, yet
fragile lady, had the same powers as Akhen, but never told of it until Ahken
developed them at the young age of 23. She and he trained together for years
and young Ahken married her at 30, where she was 50. Samaria already had two
children with a man who ended up disappearing just after the second birth. The
births weakened Samaria, but Ahken brought life back to her. The two children,
Minami and Uuren, had no telekinesis, but they had air powers. They founded and
claimed a lot of land known as “Varem” and even Minami’s new hometown, Minami’s
Cross.
Theodite, who was strong in
fighting, died before his child was ever born – his daughter was born to a
young girl who had the power of water. Though no one ever mentions this lady,
she is the true Realm creator of Mox, thanks to her powers and their daughter,
Moxidite, or Moxy.
Dag, an older man, had already
given three women children and didn’t care. He was the first to show signs of
mental illness, that (not even when the Healers learned their powers) could
they fix. The Healers began recording such things and kept track throughout
time. Dag killed himself at 76, and left the world with four loves, and 12
children, 5 of which began noble compared to others. The main child that showed
amazing powers was Remiel, who was an Oracle.”
- Is your religion based on truth or myth, or
a combination of both?
– Who began it – a divine entity, or a person seeking something?
– What is the purpose of the religion? Is it there to help people co-exist
better, or to spread a divine truth?
– If you had one rule to concisely portray the purpose of your religion (think
something like the Golden Rule), what would it be?
– What does the religion offer its followers to draw them in?
[ The Creator / Pateras “father” in Greek ] – main
religion of Evexia ; like Earth’s God.
“The Creator” and their Bible is very
similar to the forms of modern day Christianity on Earth. Though it holds much
like it from both the Old and New Testaments, there are parts that are unlike
it, also. The books of the Bible are separated in to four books.
> Creation, Era of Light, Era of
Trial, Revelations
1.The religion itself,
which was first called “Sahandadite” after the 5 Elders, was changed later on
due to the arguments over the name origin. “Kalothinism” which is a word that
refers to the religion, the people, etc. The Bible is the Bible, just like for
Christians. Their God is “the Creator”, which is similar. Kalothinism is a
combination of Greek words “kalos” and “thinatos” which represents good and
strong. The men of the second generation of Elders created this and since then,
everyone refers to it as that.
2.Truth, myth or both? Both. The truth behind it is the fact that there was and is a
Creator of their worlds, but a lot of the stories told over centuries are
rewritten, changed, etc., and though they keep the same story value and
characters, some things are overdone.
3.Who began it: Like
Christianity, they tell of two people, a man and a woman, who began life in the
middle of the world. Johanna and Darius, young people, were set in the world
and given basic principles to life; a mindset to know right from wrong and have
basic instincts. After having their first child, they happened upon a village.
Life really started from there, and over time, when people claimed someone
spoke to them, they all talked about first being there. How did they get there,
etc. Johanna and Darius, along with other elders, told stories about a father
figure bringing them to their first home and teaching them to live.
4.Purpose: With Kalothinism,
people live by good morals, try to aim to be the best they can in life, give to
others, help, and live for their Pateras, who watches and guides them. They say
he has a path for them and that all their bad luck is from him telling them
they are either doing badly or not following the right path.
Culture
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age
group.
Kalothinism is believed to portray
good natural, helping hands, kind hearts, and wise souls. Those serving their
Creator live a humble and holy life and it reflects off of them.
Society
An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent,
cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
Kalothinism – founded by
the first 5 Elders.
Geneism – founded by a descendant of
Uuren, lead in Varem for decades, if not centuries. They believe in the
Creator, just not how he thinks.
Thycinity – created in Kavon, but
later it spread to Kavon as well. It is based on another God, who brought
everyone there for a reason and wants them to protect his world and his
children for life or until he moves them again. This is a worldwide religion.
Adhenite – when the Adhenes were found
and told their name, a group in Avix lived there and worshipped them. They
called their home “Forest of Adhene” and recruited people to live there as
well. In the end, around 300 years later, the city was large and suddenly
disappeared and no one knows why. There were scriptures, statues, books, and
more left behind, but no bones or trace of life.
Earth religions:
Agnosticism: Belief that (1) God, if it exists, is by nature unknowable and
will always be unknowable, or, (2) that the individual being asked cannot
conclude if god exists or not for lack of evidence one way or the other ;; same
in Evexia, first questioned in the village of the first 5, and carried down. An
Earthling that wandered to Evexia told of the same in their home world.
Ancestor Worship: Belief that good
relations need to be kept with tribal ancestor spirits. Often a form of
Shamanism
Brahma Kumari: This group is preparing
to rule the world after a coming apocalypse, and embrace many practices which
are now called New Age
Christianity: Belief that a single
creator god had a son, Jesus Christ, born to a human mother, and that Jesus'
crucifixion by the Romans brings salvation
Confucianism: A collection of ethical
and moral teachings
Hinduism: Cultural religion of India
which was historically decentralized and disparate and not a single belief
system. Western influence made it into a single religion, an identity which
Hindus now accept.
Satanism: An atheist religion that
uses dark and evil symbology for self-development and anti-religious purposes -
Satan itself is not a real being, just a symbol.
Islam and Buddhism:
Other:
Dualism: Belief that either (1) There
is a good and evil god of equal, or almost-equal power, or (2) there are two
gods, such as a male and female one
Spiritualism: The belief that the
souls of the dead communicate with the living, mostly through Mediums, but,
suffered serious credibility problems with the original founders admitted to
fraudulently inventing the 'rappings' that formed the communications
Wicca/Wiccan: Neo-pagan organisation
based around reconstructed elements of folklore
Witchcraft: A description of various
cultural practices, which are often part of a parent belief system
Name: Zoe Patterson
Known as: Cat Lady - jk! KissDromeda, KissDromedaGirl, Juliane (rp), Hyunchul 현철(rp), Sohee/소희.
Age: Nearly two decades old!
Lives at: Tumblr, AFF, blogspot, Twitter, and currently Evexia.
Country: USA
Favorite Colors: Pastels, Lilac, lavender, any shade of purple basically, white, silver, black, any shade of gray (however, Christian Grey isn't one), clear, any shade of blue, teal, coral, salmon.
Language: English (native), Korean (good enough), Spanish (good enough), intros in Italian, Japanese, Greek, and tagalog.
Hobbies: Writing (ofc), browsing the web, taking care of my cats, drawing, thinking up ideas, playing either Sims or Star Wars, reading, reviewing, dancing, singing, composing.
Favorite Quote: "If you believe in yourself, you're unstoppable."
Likes:
♥ Cats [this is a cat basecode so ofc this is here]
♥ Anything artistic
♥ Korean stuff, and many more cultures, too. I wanted to be an Egyptologist.
♥ Rapping and dancing; composing or choreographing
♥ Tumblr, Twitter, ifunny, etc.
Dislikes:
✖ Haters and fakers
✖ anxiety and depression [suffering from both]
✖ dealing with a lot of stress
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