Ilgecism

Ilgecism is one of the world's largest religions, primarily practiced within Mahaborei. It is one of the newest monistic religions in the world, created in the 10th Century by Magtal Khan. The faith is monotheistic - believing there is a pure form of the divine known as the Beloved, who manifests Himself into multiple pure forms, similar to angels, which are known as asuras. All existence is merely a synthesis of these various forms. Consciousness comes because the finite forms of him love the Beloved, as He loves himself and wants His people to understand His own infinity. Consequently, the faith believes He exists in a trinity, as He is Beloved, Lover, and Love; but Love is not Lover, Beloved is not Love, and so on.

Ilgecism is unique compared to other monotheistic faiths, as they believe unification with the Beloved is impossible. Instead, one must seek spiritual liberation and redemption by understanding their own relationship with the Beloved through education about the Beloved through the Scriptures, emulating His grace and the works of His Manifestations, and doing good works. The exact means to reach spiritual liberation are hotly debated and have led to the formation of hundreds of schools. The two major schools are organized around the branches of Achanaha Ilgecism and Getelgel Ilgecism. Achanaha Ilgecism believes that the proper relationship to understand the Beloved is understood by the emperor, whose holy dynastic line creates the traditions for social harmony and liberation. Getelgel Ilgecism believes that the proper relationship is found through personal revelation with the 57 Great Poems, aid through the nine Yrneks, and through rejection of Ordog-Khan, the fallen asura of Lust. Followers of the faith derive all revelations from the 57 Great Poems, a series of vague―yet beautiful―poems over reality, love, and the nature of the Beloved.

The faith originated from a minor khan of the [TBD clan], known as the Magtal Khan, who would go on to unite various petty tribes under the Ilgec faith. His alliance would go on to found the Magtal Khaganate, which, over several generations, would unite the steppes through either alliances or submission into the Khaganate. During his conquests, he would peacefully convert the local peoples. In many lands, converts mostly kept to worshipping their own idols, but recognizing them as part of the Greater Absolute. This vast period of expansion saw several religious scholars transcribe the 57 Great Poems, Magtal's original writings, to help understand the Beloved and His love. The Magtal Khaganate would go on to spread Ilgecism through missionary efforts and built vast Template:Wps and pagodas, many of which still stand today.

When the Khaganate split, two of Magtal's feuding siblings would create the two major branches of the faith.