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 14th Century by the Ilgec Khan. The faith is both monotheistic and polytheistic - believing there is a pure form of the divine known as the beloved, who manifests himself into various pure forms. All existence is merely combinations of these various forms - pure substances representing various essences of the divine. Our Consciousness (self-awareness) comes as a result of our love towards the beloved, as he loves himself and wants 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 monistic faiths since they believe unification with the beloved is impossible, and instead one must seek spiritual liberation by understanding his relationship with the beloved through learning about the beloved, emulating his grace, 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 ~ and ~. ~ believes that the proper relationship to understand the absolute is understood by the emperor, who's dynastic line creates traditions for social harmony. ~ believes that the proper relationship is found through personal revelation with the assistance of the priest, and authorities proper role is to facilitate the individual's finding of his love towards the beloved. The religion has no spirtual book, but instead followers of the faith derive relevations from the 50 Great Poems, a series of vague yet beautiful poems over reality, love, and the nature of the beloved.

The faith was started by a minor Khan known as the Ilgec 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. During his conquests he would peacefully convert the local peoples. In these conversitions people mostly kept to worshipping their own deities, but recognizing them as part of the greater absolute. This vast period of expansion saw several religious scholars write down the 50 Great Poems, in order to help understand the absolute and his love. The Ilgec Magtal Khagante 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 the two feuding siblings would create two major branches.