Hellenism (Terra Cognita)

Believers of Hellenism are known as Hellenes. It is the predominant religion in Romania, Cambria, Hibernia, Francia, Moritania, Sicily, Morea, and Wallachia.

Hellenism is a reformed belief system from the polytheistic classical Graeco-Roman tradition. Hellenism is a polytheistic, substance monistic, monolatric, henotheistic and panentheistic religion, based on the teachings and writings of Flavius Iulianus, Iamblichus, Plato, Numa, Pythagoras and Sallustius among many others. Hellenism is largely philosophically backed by Iamblichean Platonism. Hellenism believes that the noblest ambition is to imitate the Gods by having the fewest possible needs and doing good to the greatest possible number.

Hellenism believes that the supra-essential principle is the One, the supreme and unknowable Godhead which manifested the Cosmos through the overflowing emanation of its superabundant goodness. The One is of a singular, unitary nature and is totally transcendent, being beyond the quality of Being (Ousia)

Hellenism believes that below the One is a hierarchical pantheon of Gods, who are lead by the three suns:The first sun is Aion, the One reflected in the Intelligible Realm which acts as its ruler. Aion gives rise to the quality of Being and can only be worshiped through silence. From Aion comes the Magna Mater, the Mother of the Gods, who births the following Intellective and creative Gods and co-reigns as both the mother and spouse of the second sun. The second sun is Zeus-Helios, who reigns as the King of the Gods, ruling over the Intellective Realm. He is the Celestial Demiurge, the creator God brings the superabundant goodness of the One into order through His shaping of the Phenomenal Cosmos through His Logos. The third sun is our own Visible Sun, the pneumatic vehicle of the Celestial Demiurge that we naturally reach out to when we pray towards the heavens.

Hellenism believes that under the Celestial Demiurge lies various realms with a variety of Gods residing in each, with the three Intelligible Realms divided by Zeus-Helios through the zodiac to create 12 divinities that rule the Hypercosmic Realm in the Phenomenal Cosmos, who are then divided by again to create 36 Deacons who rule the Encosmic Realm, who are then divided a final time to create 72 Hylic Gods in the Sub-Lunar Realm, a portion of the Encosmic Realm where we resides, which is ruled over by the Sub-Lunar Demiurge. Among these Gods are also a wide variety of guardian divinities of particular individuals and nations.

Hellenism believes that the human soul is immortal and a fallen divinity, and that salvation is attained through theurgic rites, ritual activity (such as prayer and sacrifice) which through imitation of the Gods aims to perfect oneself to achieve union with the divine, or henosis.

Hellenism believes in the reincarnation of humanity as continued by humanity and denies the reincarnation of humanity into beast, but only from human into human and on.

There are three primary principles in Hellenism:

The Gods exist.

The Gods concern themselves with things of this world.

The Gods are responsible for all kinds of good and are responsible for no evil or injury, neither to humankind nor one another, being without jealousy, envy or enmity.