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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.

Beliefs and practices

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.