Voluptarianism

Orthodox Voluptarianism is a pluralistically-derived, panentheistic and monistic religion with a scholarly system of polity, with a Theolog, the equivalent of a head priest, as the chief scholar of the faith. The faith is guided by a series of tenants swearing the faith's adherants to a militaristic and near-sacrificial commitment to achieving equality amongst all peoples, regardless of demographics. Pantentheistic meaning a system wherein Divinity or the equivalent of a God is believed to be both transcendent of and immanent within the world - a form of nondualistic monotheism. Monistic meaning a system wherein Ultimate Reality is believed to be the unpersonified essence underlying (or encompassing) all life - in essence, Voluptarians would argue that Voluptarian gods and goddesses have only a provisional reality and are, ultimately, illusory/unreal.

History of Development
"Voluptarianism originated out of the development of theological theses written and compiled by his eminence, Theolog Pidge of Burgamere, who prior to the creation of Voluptarianism, was a pious follower of Festianity, now holding a brother-like view of followers of Festianity. The schism with Festians arose in witnessing the lack of action followers of such a faith had to the prominence of inequality still apparent in Rathnir. 'My beloved sibling Festians, while holding true to the mentality of self-love and indulgence, hold such above the important action of working to serve and develop the general welfare. They sustain themselves while seeing the horrid state of those who simply cannot indulge themselves as they do. This must change.'""-Pidge of Burgamere, 'Thesis in Protest of the Desecration of Festianite Theology'"After a period of meditation, reflection, and contemplation, Pidge arrived on his conclusions, compiled them, and proclaimed them in front of an audience of colleagues, comrades, and fellow theologians, and established the Voluptarian Temple, of which after a period of council with those who agreed with his theories, known as the Primos Voluptaria nominated Pidge to spearhead the growth of the newfounded faith as its head scholar, or Theolog.

Orthodox Voluptarian Pantheon and Follower-Diety Relationship
The Volupturian Pantheon is panentheistic and monistic, yet encompasses a wide set of deities who can have both a personal and non-personal relationship with a follower of the faith. These deities all share a similar concept - to act as the incarnate manifest of, representations of, and servers of human desires for pleasure, happiness, satisfaction, and hedonistic reverence for the beauty of life. These deities within the Orthodox Pantheon are listed as follows:

Hedon
Hedon is the primary deity of Voluptarianism, the incarnation of carnal indulgence, and often acts in representation of the whole pantheon in-being. He is represented as a half-cat, half-human, normally in a white toga lined with tyrian purple, bearing wine, and covered in gold jewelry.