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The Rite of the Sublime Return (Luziycan: Obryad vozvyšennogo vozvraščeniya) is a new religious movement that was established in 1949 by Ilarion Kartashyov (1908-1983).

Beliefs

God

Like mainstream Costeny, they believe in the existence of a True Lord (pravi gospod) which transcends all reality and has always been and will be eternal. As well, they also believe that his nature is beyond human comprehension, and nobody can ever become God.

However, followers of the Rite of the Sublime Return believe that the True Lord only created a single infinite universe, as opposed to a multiverse.

Creation of the Demiurge

According to the beliefs of the Rite of the Sublime Return, the Demiurge was once "an insignificant sector" of the universe. However, ninety million years ago, an angel who governed the sector, Diachoristis became malicious and ruinous.

As part of his fall from grace, he sent "trillions of beings" to Enydrium, placed them around "twenty or so volcanoes," and then detonated them with H-bombs. Following this incident, the True Lord separated "Diachoristis' sector" from the rest of the universe, so to prevent him from destroying the rest of the universe.

Thus, to this day, the Demiurge continues to be a celestial prison, "preventing humanity from ascending to its rightful status," and also preventing humanity from leaving the sector.

Life

Similar to Cositenes, followers of the Rite of the Sublime Return believe that life and sapience are divine substances, tracing themselves back to divine essence.

However, unlike Cositenes, they believe that the primary life form is the being (suščestvo), which is immortal and can reincarnate. According to Ilarion Kartashyov, the being is "merely a creator," just like the True Lord, but the being is inherently limited in the abilities to create, with Kartashyov claiming that "while the True Lord can create an infinite number of things in an instant, the being must take time to create objects."

The issue is that since Diachoristis created the Demiurge, all human bodies are infested with body beings, which hinders the ability for them to have free will. These beings over time accumulate engrams, implants, and other negative memories.

It is believed that in order to rid the body of these "accumulated properties," adherents must undergo a process of healing (isceleniye) until they reach the Clear state. However, many are encouraged to become Operating Thetans, with the end goal of becoming completely clear beings.

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Eschatology

Adherents of the Rite of the Sublime Return believe that as more of the world is "cleared from Diachoristis' influence," Mstis will amass a "liberation army" (osvoboditelnaya orda) to take back the sector, with the help of the faithful in Esquarium. When "a critical balance is reached," the liberation army will attack the Demiurge.

Ilarion Kartashyov claimed that:

"This war will be devastating: the non-believers who have not seen the light shall join Diachoristis against the forces of Mstis and those who have seen the light. The world shall be all but destroyed, but with the help of the liberation army, we will be able to sweep away the last of Diachoristis, and destroy both him, his followers, and those who have turned away from the faith."

Once the Demiurge has been consumed, like mainstream Costeny, adherents believe that the natural world will be destroyed, but humanity will acquire the essence of the Demiurge, and thus be able to meet the True Lord.

With humanity being able to access the Kingdom of God, they may now visit rest of the universe.

Scriptures

The central scriptures used by followers of the Rite of the Sublime Return are Mstis' Word of the True Lord (Reč pravog Vladiki), and Ilarion Kartashyov's Returning to the Lord (Vozvraščayas k Gospodu).

However, the Rite of the Sublime Return says that "all of Ilarion Kartashyov's lectures, speeches, writings, and research shall be the main scripture of the Rite of the Sublime Return."

Practices

Ethics

Main article: Ethics (Rite of the Sublime Return)

The ethics of the Rite of the Sublime Return are largely derived from the use of statistics, as enumerated in Ilarion Kartashyov's Statistics in Life (Statistika v žizni). According to Pavel Savrasov in 1993, he stated that "with knowledge of statistics, one will be able to determine whether a given action is good or not."

As Kartashyov believed that technology can be used to help "free the world from the Demiurge," he extended its application to statistical analysis, as he said that:

"...since the advent of modern statistics in the seventeenth century, humanity has been able to use these patterns to quantify the positive and negative effects of these things. If we want to live good lives and free ourselves from the influence of Diachoristis, we must use the tools that we have to predict our decisions."

Worship

Public worship

Public worship is held in a temple, as it was believed by Ilarion Kartyashov that holding public services at a resuast would arouse suspicion by the authorities, as they were primarily used in Luziyca for mainstream Cositene services.

Religious buildings

First Temple of the Return, Stravinski, 2006

The most important religious building is a temple (hram).

According to Ilarion Kartyashov's 1956 book On Designing the Perfect Temple (O razrabotke soveršennogo hrama), the temple must conform to an idea of podesy, and has to be newly built.

To this end, Kartyashov urged temples used by the Rite of the Sublime Return to use brutalism, as Kartyashov argued that such design would maximize human benefit at the expense of the Demiurge.

Since the death of Ilarion Kartyashov in 1983, his successor, Pavel Savrasov has relaxed the restrictions, allowing new temples to built in other styles of modern architecture.

Holidays

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Organization

Demographics

As of the 2015 Luziycan census, around 5% of the Luziycan population (13,491,218 people) are adherents to the Rite of the Sublime Return. It is estimated that there are around fifteen million adherents as of 2015.