Aetheris Pyrism/Theology/Theosophy

Holy Beings

On the Gods

We have three different kinds of spiritual beings, who differ in essence. The higher ones are the Gods, and what they are made of, how they think, what are their motivations and many other questions are not only interrogations we cannot properly answer, but they themselves might not even make sense for their context, given how superior they are. If an ant were to ponder about us its thought would likely be limited to if we are threats, if we are in their way, or even simpler processes we would not be able to properly call thoughts, which would be too simple to be applied to our own complexity. In the same way we are to the Gods. Of course we do not desist in comprehending them, such is our nature, and we create lore and narratives of their deeds and commands, characterizing them with humane personalities, as to attempt to translate to our reality what is immensely more complex in reality. It is for such reason that our study of them is never quite finished, for each word we receive from them through their messengers is simplified to reach our limited minds, and might have inflections we cannot even imagine. Careful study makes itself a need.

As varied as men, as we were made in their own image, Gods exist with all kinds of purposes and personalities. Each one of us has been made with the flamma of one or more Gods, and learning which from is a key step on understanding ourselves. Once we know where we come from we can also learn which is our path, what our God or Gods has planned for us. Only then can a man fully live its life in its maximum expression, also becoming worthy of receiving the boons of the Divine in the afterlife.

On the Higher Spirits

In a closer plane to our own, but still vastly superior, are the Higher Spirits. We cannot fully comprehend them either, but their actions are much more transparent to our eyes, and we can establish patterns and working analogies with much better results than we can with the Gods. They act as their messengers, and they too pale in comparison with them. They do not inhabit our world in physical forms, being purely in the spiritual plane. We call them the Lightkeepers and Sailors of the Celestial Sea, and imagine them sailing in Star ships, carrying the messages of the Gods and making the connection between the mortal and the Divine.