Xeism

= Xeism =

What Is Xeism
Xeism is the worship of Xe the god of life. However, we also worship Xi the god of the night sky.

Xe, Xi, and other Divinities
In the beginning there was Xe and Xi. Xe was the god of life. Xi is the god of the night sky. This is a short description of Xe, His body glowed like the sun. A top his head was a crown of white fire. In his right hand he held a staff. In his left was a basket of the souls of those who are pure hearted. His staff was made of bronze and the top held the balance of life. He sat on his throne, gazing apon the world of Rathnir and Eldham. This is a short description of Xi, His body was dark. His eyes were as empty as the void. He wore a crown of blue fire a top his head. in his left hand he held a staff. His staff held a large floating crystal. The crystal seemed to hold the stars of the night sky in place. In his right hand he held the souls of the dead in a pouch. He sat on his throne in his palace. He resides on the moon, keeping watch over the universe. Xe usually is portrayed as very good and represents the good in one's heart. Xi is darker and is associated with death, and darkness. However, Xi is not evil, it is true that those who do not believe in Xeism become his slaves after death, but Xe permits this. Evil is represented by the remaining Spirit of Zai. The spirit of Zai lives in the nether, his realm of hatred, and swallows up the unwary, corrupting them with hatred. Those who are corrupted carry out Zai's evil deeds. Zai created all of the evil beings in existence. Even though it might seem like some of these evil beings are from other religions, they aren't. Zai made it seem like they were to distract people from Xeism. Zai also created some demons. These demons include Zair, Zai's messenger, Vi, Zai's destroyer, Nu, Zai's deceiver, Ser, Zai's warrior, and Aaz, Zai's advisor. All of these demons were created from Zai and each one represents a part of him. Zair represents Zai's mouth, Vi represents Zai's hatred, Nu represents Zai's deceitfulness, Ser represents Zai's bloodlust, and Aaz represents his mind.

Creation & Destruction of the first world
Xe felt empty. He needed someone to talk to. So, he created Zai. Xe then instructed Zai to create a home for himself, so Zai created Jagdas. Xe also instructed Zai to keep watch over the humans he would create to inhabit Jagdas. After Xe created humans, all was good. There was only one problem. The humans despised Zai. The reason for this was that Zai kept most of Jagdas to himself. Zai had become so greedy that the humans began to rebel against Zai. They ended up killing him in a great battle. Now the humans were free and could gather all the resources they needed. However, the humans had no one watching over them and keeping them in faith. So, over many generations they came up with their own stories about creation. This infuriated Xe, so he destroyed the world of Jagdas

The Creation of the Secondary worlds
After 200 years of nothing two obsidian tablets emerged out of the void. These tablets created by Xi contained the blueprints of the world. Xi then sent a spirit named Zen. He instructed her to follow the blueprints and make the world. Zen obeyed and created the worlds of Eldham and Rathnir. After she did this Xi gave her a few gifts to give to Xe to encourage him to create life once more. Xi gave Zen 20 enchanted chalices of gold, a legion of spirits, and a sword enchanted with the eternal flame. Xe accepted these gifts and created humans again. This time instead of a watcher like Zai, Xe decided to send prophets to keep the world in faith. Examples of Prophets include: MRPotatoman1234

Afterlife
After one gives his/her life there are three possible destinations for their soul.

1. The first possibility is only for those who are faithful to Xe. The people who believe in Xeism are taken up by Xe to his palace past the clouds where they will serve him for 600 years before starting a new life.

2. The second possibility is for those who refused to believe in Xeism. The fate for these people is grim. For thousands of years these people are forced to serve Xi as a slave. The average time that people serve Xi is about 600,000 years. And even after that when they start a new life, they are usually born with either a disability or they are born as an animal.

3. The third possibility is the sadest yet. For people who carry out the deeds of Zai, they are taken into the void where they are consumed by Zai and the lifeforce keeping their soul in existence is used to give Zai more power.

Festivals
The Festival of Life is celebrated every January 1st. It celebrates all intelligent life in the world. It is celebrated by having a great feast at the Church of Xe located in Cavistan

The Festival of The Secondary Worlds is a celebration of Rathnir and Eldham. The celebration takes place all of December. In the celebration members of the festival will make a sacrifice to Xe and then one to Xi honoring them for creating a world and life once again.