Sacris Incendium

Sacris Incendium, which in the ancient tongue of The Colonies translates as Sacred Fire, is a Philosophical Order -- some believe it a religion -- founded in the the city of Alowca, in the realm of Halcyon by Caravanthian Arylon during the Renaissance Era. Adherents to the Sacred Fire devote their lives to the understanding of the cycle of creation, ascension, degeneration, destruction and restoration experienced by all living things. In so doing, they seek a greater understanding of the true nature of temporal existence, which will in turn allow them to control the flow of the cycle and preserve their own prosperity.

Sacrists believe that it is the duty of all men to pledge their personal fidelity to the concepts of virtue, statesmanship and a defense of the natural rights of all humanity, as these are the mechanisms by which one can arrest the progress of decline and preserve prosperity. The faithful are taught to extract as much as possible from the life they live, as well as to accept the inevitability of death and loss, and to celebrate subsequent rebirth. As such, adherents use the symbol of the Phoenix as the embodiment of the perpetual cycle of life that is at the heart of the philosophy.

Ranks in Sacris Incendium

Incendia Primus Arch Indendant Indendant Cleric Incendia Cardinal Incendia Master Incendia Master of Restoration Master of Destruction Master of Degeneration Master of Ascension Master of Creation Fire Apostle Disciple of Fire

Doctrine

Theology

no belief in a single god

Fire

In ancient Colonial Culture, fire was often associated with a god, or was revered as a god itself. Fire was associated with a living being--it ate, breathed, grew, decayed, and died--in many religions. Fire was so basic to the human experience that it persisted in the minds of humanity as an element close to nature.

Fire, as an instrument of both destruction and renewal, can be seen in many examples. For instance, fire burns through a forest, the old growth in the forest burns away to allow space for the new forest to emerge from beneath.

The role of fire in the symbol of rebirth is best known through the phoenix. The mythical phoenix dies by spontaneous combustion. It bursts into flames and disintegrates into ashes. Then, from the ashes, a new phoenix is born to live its live again.

The Nature of the Universe

Incendist cosmology is cyclic—the universe is seen as being in a constant process of re-creating itself. Throughout our lives, we experience constant death -- the death of friendship, the death of possession, the death of ignorance, the death of love -- and are then routinely reborn again, to experience these things anew and grow together toward a more perfect understanding of life, and the universe around us.