Concisus Numinism
| Concisus Numinism | |
 The Mithraeum of the Shattered God Olim concisus, nunc resarciō | |
| Realms |
none |
| Elders | |
| Broken Prophet | Gilbert Norrel nobody nobody |
| Mithraea | |
That's a placeholder image, by the way. Please don't judge me.
Contents
Introduction
Olim concisus, nunc resarciō - Once broken, now mended.
Concisus Numinis is dedicated to many things. We are dedicated to a single divine purpose that can be pursued in many ways; philosophy, living a life of virtue, strengthening the Faith and uniting the banners of men chief among them. We embrace all approaches to life in accordance with the Duality of reality, but our purpose is identical and resolute.
At its core, Concisus Numinis is about acknowledging that the fabric of reality is divided: first between Good and Evil, who are in eternal conflict, and within good itself, creating all things.
Beliefs
Origins
Main Article: The Origins of Reality
Evil and Good fought an eternal war, until Evil did invent Time, the killer of all things. Good, which now we dub the Shattered God, divided itself into an infinite number of shards, each smaller than the last, forming both the heavens and the earth, and all within them.
The Essence of the World
Main Article: The Essence of the World
The shards of God created the heavens, which is divided itself into three: the beings of heaven, the virtues of heaven, and the ideas of heaven. The Earth is also divided among complexity: lesser shards of dirt ultimately come together to form the highest material shard, the civilization or empire.
The Duality
Main Article: The Duality
The Duality is a breakage of reality that stems from the top of the heavens and reaches to the bottom. It is the division between gods of philosophy and gods of war, the grace of natural order and the brutal, explosive volcano. It is the division of mercy and justice, preaching and crusading, and left and right.
We embrace the hypocrisy of the Duality into our hearts, for it is the only true way in which reality may be mended.
The Nature of Evil
Main Article: The Nature of Evil
Evil and Chaos are forces only of corruption and destruction. It cannot take physical manifestation itself, but must reach into a shard to corrupt it. It is mankind's duty to root out evil, both on the higher planes, within one another, and on the physical earth itself in the form of the abominations.
Man's Role
Main Article: Man's Role
Man's role is manifest: as creatures of good, it is our duty to worship the Shattered God, to unite the world into Order, to live lives of virtue and to act as thinking beings. Man is the only transitive force between the purely physical and the purely divine; we've bodies made, ultimately, of dirt, but our minds reach into the divine.
It is also our duty to pay divine retribution unto Evil, unto Sin, unto Chaos and its agents.
Teachings & Practices
Main Article: The Holy Teachings
A set of holy teachings and practices. Concisus Numinis is not merely a treatise on the nature of divinity, but a set of rules on how to live one's life in accordance with Concordia Caelestis - Divine Unity.
Traditions
Main Article: Our Traditions
A number of traditions usually followed by Numinans, from the prohibition of alcohol, the allowance of concubinage, marriage rites, the enforcement of modesty, and holidays.
Revelations
Main Article: The Nature of Revelations
God communicates to mankind in a number of ways. All men with new revelations may be accepted before the Holy Synod, but others may be judged as heretics or servants of Evil and put to death. It is important to distinguish between revelation and false prophecy.
Symbolism
Main Article: Symbolism
A number of symbols are used to communicate ideas or theology in Concisus Numinis. The symbol of the synagogue is the Broken Circle, in which a circle is cut into two (representing the creation of the Duality), with a sun reigning above and a moon below, representing Time, the catalyst for the shattering.
The Synagogue
The Synagogue does not yet exist and has not yet established a foothold on any continent.
