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| − | {{Infobox Imus Flamma}}
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| − | [[Category:Religion]][[Category:Imus Flamma]][[Category:Dwilight]][[Category:Roleplay]]
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| − | == Introduction ==
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| − | ''Imus Flamma'' is a set of practices and beliefs that guides its practitioners through the spiritual and mortal worlds. It aims to the improvement of one's self through the attunement with the divine.
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| − | ===Flamma===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Beliefs#Flamma|Flamma]]''
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| − | ''Imus Flamma'' deals with a complex notion called ''flamma'', literally 'flame', which designates the general spiritual essence that makes things move and live. Such force is considered to be both a channel to the gods and their somewhat indirect presence. It is thought that every human being has a particular ''flamma'', called the ''imus flamma'' (literally 'innermost/deepest flame'), which constitutes it and links it to the divine. It is thought that all the potentialities of the mind and body are directly linked to how attuned one is to its own ''imus flamma'', and the particularities of it. Imus Flamma attempts to teach such attunement.
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| − | ===Worship===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Beliefs#The Spiritual Order|The Spiritual Order]]''
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| − | Imus Flamma deals with two levels of worship of four different orders of beings. It works on a private level, in private ceremonies and shrines built in the practitioners' houses, and on a public level, in public temples and festivals.
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| − | The objects of worship are, in a lower scale, the ancestors and the lower spirits of the world. In an intermediary level, the saints are object of veneration. In the top of the spiritual hierarchy, object of the highest devotion, are the Gods.
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| − | == Pantheon ==
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Pantheon|Pantheon]]''
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| − | === The Gods ===
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| − | Katrina is not the embodiement of order, nor Korroth is the essence of Chaos. Imus Flamma believes that those two extremes end up meeting in the nothingness of Ukhra. Katrina works as the ideal of the right measure of order and serenity, while Korroth represents a chaotic and glorious life. They are not the only possible paths, and probably not the best for everyone. Other gods incarnate other lifestyles and paths destined for other people. As long as these people manage to successfully attune themselves with their ''inner godly flamme'', and live a life in harmony with them, they should be blessed.
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| − | === The Holy Spirits ===
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| − | Thought to live in the stars of the firmament, the Higher Spirits are the intermediaries of the Gods and the mortals. Though their intentions and purposes are hard for mortals to decipher, communication with them is possible through usually cryptic or otherwise unclear visions, dreams and symbolic messages.
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| − | Normally only Priests and otherwise very spiritually enlightened ones try to contact them through prayer. The usual method is by silently praying after checking the presence of stars in the firmament, to confirm a Higher Spirit will be present to hear the prayers.
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| − | === The Unholy Ones ===
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| − | The cursed one's names should not be pronounced out loud but in very special [[/Practices|circumstances]]. Their names said aloud, or even written, provokes fear in any faithful follower of Imus Flamma, who only reference them only by their epithets. Less devout commoners reference them purposely mispronouncing their names, usually to scare children with their image.
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| − | == Credo ==
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| − | === Core Beliefs ===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Beliefs|Beliefs]]''
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| − | The divine truth is composed by what is considered canonical by the church. Such concepts tend to remain unchanged through the years and be strictly followed, though possibly being subject of different interpretations.
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| − | === Practices ===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Practices|Practices]]''
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| − | The divine path is made of less strict rules and truths, but more of concepts that cemented themselves over the years, becoming established religious practices.
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| − | === Mythology ===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Mythology|Mythology]]''
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| − | The divine history taught in the temples and preachings. It is a human narrative of the translated message of the Gods, as gathered through the divine inspiration and messages of the Higher Spirits.
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| − | === Theology ===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[/Theology|Theology]]''
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| − | The study of all the divine, spiritual, transcendent and even the unholy.
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