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The belief system of the Shaphrizite Tribe of Jerushabla, adopted by many people and psychics of the Pallathantic, Incarnandism is the belief that the collective intelligence of the universe will take upon itself a human form in the future to overcome the power of entropy. Incarnandists often repeat the words, "The universe will be made flesh," and believe that it is essential to understand and prepare for God's coming. The line of Incarnandinas will at some future date give birth to a male human who will fulfill this role.

Incarnandists claim that the holy scriptures of the Khahonri Prophets of Jerushabla predict and foreshadows the Incarnandus. The first teacher and revelator of the Incarnandus religion in our age, they believe, was Shaqtirah or Holy Shaqtirah, Mother of the Mothers of God.

The Incarnandist Religion today is generally respected in the West. Shaphrizite energists are honored as the descendants of the ancient tisbajutha who liberated the Pallathantic nations from powerful Chaos Rulers during the Isbajutha. However, the mission and aftermath of the Isbajutha is viewed with mixed and even negative perspectives by some people and institutions of the Pallathantic Region.

A young Incarnandina praying for the believers and the world in an Incarnandist sacred place. The sacred mission of the Incarnandina is central to the theology of Orthodox Incarnandism. Midjourney 2022

Origins

Many children of the Shaphrizite Tribe of Jerushabla were being born with the psychic gift—much more than was ever known among humans—though their numbers were still relatively small. An explanation was in order and the midwife, Saint Shaqtirah kath Katima revealed the gospel of the Incarnandus—that the Universe itself as manifested by God would transform himself and be born a human being. The Jerushablans largely rejected the words of the new prophetess, but most of the Shaphrizites accepted these revelations. Shaqtirah further revealed that God was causing the Shaphrizite women to give birth to more psychics to prepare the earth for the Incarnandus. She taught that mortals were to reject priesthoods as abominations and ready themselves to receive a higher priesthood when the Incarnandus arrived sometime in the future. She said that the priesthood of the Jerushablans had become corrupted and God no longer validated it. She taught her followers to spread the message of the gospel of Incarnandus, so that the world could prepare for the coming of God. Men could prepare by living a pure life and meditating on the Incarnandus daily. She chose seven followers to become Arch-Apostles of the Incarnandus to preach the word throughout the world, Thaulephus, Shannadh, Gerrick, Deelah, Rhamrhoth, Thyssa, and Brayand. Each Arch-Apostle in turn was to choose a successor Apostle and thus bring the total number up to fourteen which added to the number of St. Shaqtirah herself, produced the Sacred Number Fifteen.

Shaphrizite mothers tending to their children in ancient Tishereth. Some energist sensitives could perceive the psychist potential of very young children. Midjourney Render.

The Anceps

The traditional symbol of the Incarnandist religion, the anceps was widely adopted sometime during the Middle Ages of Chaos. The symbol represents the duality of the universe and the Supreme Being, between the Infinite and the Finite, and also foreshadow God becoming human. It is also evocative of the esoteric teaching "As within, so without." The anceps can assume one of two positions. With the smaller half-circle turned to one side, it represents the anceps of contemplation, specifically contemplation of the Incarnandus. With the small circular pointed upwards (or atop the greater circle), it represents the militant anceps used by tisbajuma during their campaigns against the Chaos Rulers.

The Incarnandist Anceps of Contemplation

Core Beliefs

Kahonrite Origins

See also: Kahonri Cult of Yal and Yalism

The first Incarnandists were members of the Shaphrizite Tribe of the Kahonrite people of Jerushabla. They were largely observant Yalists. Some of them were Proto-Incarnandist, that is, they believed that God Universal would somehow come into a mortal, human body.

Early Shaphrizite Incarnandists worshiping the Incarnandus in Tishereth. Midjourney 2022

The Incarnandus

Main article: Incarnandus

The Incarnandus is the interpretation into general language of the name of the sacred manifestation of the universe. Incarnandists believe that the physical universe is fallen and cannot be placed on the path to restoration with the divine universe unless the divine universe manifests in the physical universe. This particular manifestation of the divine, what is often called God, is the Incarnandus -- he who must be born.

The Incarnandina

Main article: Incarnandina

The present heir to Shaqtirah kath Katima is the Incarnandina. She is the woman foretold to give birth to the next Incarnandina. The succession is to continue until the Incarnandina Ultima or the final Incarnandina who according to Incarnandist prophecy will bear God in human form. The succeeding Incarnandina is the youngest surviving daughter of the Incarnandina.

The living Incarnandina holds immense power in the Incarnandist community. She is thought to have special protection from God and guidance from God about the whole world and particularly the leadership of the Incarnandist community.

Principle of Succession

Ecstatic Union with God

An important practice of Incarnandism is meditation which is thought to purify the soul and in time enable the possibility of ecstatic union with God in a meditative state of mind and spirit.

Conversion to Incarnandism

Gentile Incarnandism

The number of non-Kahonrite Incarnandists grew significantly in the 800's and formed the body of Gentile Incarnandists, mainly in Ambrinqua, Ithatia, Corundy, and Pytharnia. The practice of Incarnandism among non-Kahonrite persons is sometimes called 'Vulgar' Incarnandism or 'Popular' Incarnandism. It vied with High Mandonism for disciples, especially in Ambrinqua and Corundy, and later in Pytharnia. In the aftermath of the Isbajutha, gentile converts surged once more.

Ancient Arathracian Reaction

The ancient Yophenthean Arathracian rulers of the world took a dim view of the message of Shaqtirah, calling it the Sactirate Heresy. Most missionaries of the Incarnandist Religion were persecuted and martyred by the local magistrates, priests of the Arathracian Religion, or worshipers of the Old Religion.

Non-Incarnandist Reaction and Syncretism

Most inhabitants of the Pallathantic nations subscribe to some degree to the Old Religion. Incarnandists are seen as holy and devout, but exceptional and people do not feel a strong compulsion to forsake their ancestral gods in favor of the belief of the Incarnandus. Thus, while not skeptical, most consider the worship of the Incarnandus impractical and even irrelevant. Skeptics insist that since all the powers of the Incarnandist missionaries and saints stem from psychic ability, the belief itself is really not a true religion. Others, however, have adopted a middle-way, a syncretic adaptation where both the Incarnandus and the Isxinthion Gods are honored. Since some Incarnandists practice their devotions privately, the true numbers of all Incarnandists in a given nation are not certain.

Struggle with Arathracianism

In the 900's, the Arathracian Church strove with Gentile Incarnandism to be the successors to High Mandonism.

Common Incarnandism

Incarnandist Scripture

Incarnandist Costume

Incarnandists typically follow the costume of the culture in which they live. On holy days, Incarnandists often don robes of linen of black, brown, or tan, but preferring grey and white. New-born children of Incarnandists are swaddled in fine white linen, then dedicated to the Incarnandus. Incarnandists who have made monastic or militant vows wear these types of clothes all the time.

Incarnandist Saints

Main article: Incarnandist Saints

Tension with other religions

Yalism (Kahonrite Ethnic Religion)

Main article: Yalism

Arathracian Religion

During the Yophenthean Empire, the Arathracians found the early Incarnandists to be subversive and a threat to the established religion. Their belief in a god to come from a mortal woman was seen as a clear threat to the status of the Arathraciots who were descended from the mortal woman Aireánnau Mother of the Folk. Arathracians and others called the Incarnandists "Shacthirans". In turn, Incarnandists called the Arathracians heliolaters or "sun-worshipers." The Yophenthean authorities treated Incarnandists with grave suspicion and in some instances subjected them to the death penalty.

Traditional Isxinthion Religion

Reaction among Humanlikes

Incarnandist Populations

Devout Incarnandists are commonly a minority among human populations, with the exceptions of Oliblish, Amerzcelindo, and to some extent, Umbardia, where they are the majority. Incarnandists are rarer east of the Jaggudorns and outside the sphere of influence of the Pallathantic Nations.

Incarnandists are most frequent in cities and towns of the world. In the rurals and wilderness, they ban together in small communities centered on monastic sanctuaries. In this regard Incarnandists are paradoxical, perhaps, as they cluster in highly populous cities and towns, but have a significant, if isolated, presence in the wilderness and the rural places of the world.

Highest Percentage of Incarnandists among their Human Population, In order from Most to Least

Occurrence of Incarnandists among Humanlike Races

Incarnandist Theology

Nobody speaks directly for God. Only one's heart can speak best for God. On fast days, the images of Incarnandist Saints are covered because you should be contemplating God and your own connection to God.

Local Incarnandists choose their saints. Incarnandism teaches self-control, rather than a top-heavy central authority. Meditation and contemplation are the most important pursuits. Helping others to come to God is the next most important.

God is infinite and manifests in infinite form.

The human soul undergoes numerous reincarnations in order to grow before it can advance to a higher state.

Pacifism vs. Militancy

The subtle rift that has occasion to swell to disagreement among incarnandists arises from the philosophical divide between the faithful who adhere to a belief in minimal violence at all costs and the militant faithful who have embraced war as a means to liberate the captives as an expression of God's power and mercy. The divide was strongest during the time of the Isbajutha. Today, the place of Incarnandists is much more secure in the Pallathantic and the need to organize for war is rare. Consequently, the philosophical rift has receded, but can rise under the right conditions. Pacifists insist that peaceful meditation and avoidance of conflict are at the origins of Incarnandism. The militants, however, contend that only by opposing and defeating the Chaos Lords was the world transformed and prepared for the coming of the Incarnandus. The pacifists believe that the limiting nature of duality inherent to conflict prevents the worshiper from transcending the illusion of the physical realm and returning to deity.

Sects

Traditions

Incarnandists observe certain traditions that are important to their practice but not essential or core to their theology. Shaphrizite Incarnandists continue to observe certain cultural practices from before the time of Shaqtirah kath Katima when they worshiped the god Yal. The Khahonri anciently did not eat pork because they believed that the giants and other evil, magic-using beings could change humans into pigs. So to avoid eating a human being, you had to simply avoid eating pigs altogether. The Incarnandist Shaphrizites avoided eating pork because they believe some gods of chaos can gain control over your body if you eat it. Non-Shaphrizite Incarnandists generally eat pork as they do not believe that chaos gods are any more likely to use pigs than any other creature to work their nefarious ends.

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-The belief system of the Shenimite Tribe of Jerushabla, adopted by many people and psychics of the Pallathantic, Incarnandism is the belief that the collective intelligence of the universe will take upon itself a human form in the future to overcome the power of entropy.  Incarnandists often repeat the words, "The universe will be made flesh," and believe that it is essential to understand and prepare for God's coming.  The line of Incarnandinas will at some future date give birth to a male human who will fulfill this role.
+The belief system of the Shaphrizite Tribe of Jerushabla, adopted by many people and psychics of the Pallathantic, Incarnandism is the belief that the collective intelligence of the universe will take upon itself a human form in the future to overcome the power of entropy.  Incarnandists often repeat the words, "The universe will be made flesh," and believe that it is essential to understand and prepare for God's coming.  The line of Incarnandinas will at some future date give birth to a male human who will fulfill this role.
 Incarnandists claim that the holy scriptures of the Khahonri Prophets of Jerushabla predict and foreshadows the [[Incarnandus]].  The first teacher and revelator of the Incarnandus religion in our age, they believe, was Shaqtirah or [[Shaqtirah kath Katima|Holy Shaqtirah, Mother of the Mothers of God]].
-The Incarnandist Religion today is generally respected in the [[West]]. Shenimite energists are honored as the descendants of the ancient tisbajutha who liberated the Pallathantic nations from powerful Chaos Rulers during the [[Isbajutha]]. However, the mission and aftermath of the Isbajutha is viewed with mixed and even negative perspectives by some people and institutions of the [[Pallathantic Region]].
+The Incarnandist Religion today is generally respected in the [[West]]. Shaphrizite energists are honored as the descendants of the ancient tisbajutha who liberated the Pallathantic nations from powerful Chaos Rulers during the [[Isbajutha]]. However, the mission and aftermath of the Isbajutha is viewed with mixed and even negative perspectives by some people and institutions of the [[Pallathantic Region]].
+[[File:IncarnandinaInPrayerCongregation_A_MDJ.png|thumb|300px|A young Incarnandina praying for the believers and the world in an Incarnandist sacred place. The sacred mission of the Incarnandina is central to the theology of Orthodox Incarnandism. Midjourney 2022]]
 =Origins=
-Many children of the [[Shenimite Tribe]] of [[Jerushabla]] were being born with the psychic gift—much more than was ever known among humans—though their numbers were still relatively small.  An explanation was in order and the midwife, Saint [[Shaqtirah kath Katima]] revealed the gospel of the Incarnandus—that the Universe itself as manifested by God would transform himself and be born a human being.  The Jerushablans largely rejected the words of the new prophetess, but most of the Shenimites accepted these revelations.  Shaqtirah further revealed that God was causing the Shenimite women to give birth to more psychics to prepare the earth for the Incarnandus.  She taught that mortals were to reject priesthoods as abominations and ready themselves to receive a higher priesthood when the Incarnandus arrived sometime in the future.  She said that the priesthood of the Jerushablans had become corrupted and God no longer validated it.  She taught her followers to spread the message of the gospel of Incarnandus, so that the world could prepare for the coming of God.  Men could prepare by living a pure life and meditating on the Incarnandus daily.  She chose seven followers to become [[Arch-Apostle|Arch-Apostles]] of the [[Incarnandus]] to preach the word throughout the world, [[Thaulephus]], [[Shannadh]], [[Gerrick]], [[Deelah]], [[Rhamrhoth]], [[Thyssa]], and [[Brayand]].  Each Arch-Apostle in turn was to choose a successor [[Apostle]] and thus bring the total number up to fourteen which added to the number of St. Shaqtirah herself, produced the [[Sacred Number Fifteen]].
+Many children of the [[Shaphrizite Tribe]] of [[Jerushabla]] were being born with the psychic gift—much more than was ever known among humans—though their numbers were still relatively small.  An explanation was in order and the midwife, Saint [[Shaqtirah kath Katima]] revealed the gospel of the Incarnandus—that the Universe itself as manifested by God would transform himself and be born a human being.  The Jerushablans largely rejected the words of the new prophetess, but most of the Shaphrizites accepted these revelations.  Shaqtirah further revealed that God was causing the Shaphrizite women to give birth to more psychics to prepare the earth for the Incarnandus.  She taught that mortals were to reject priesthoods as abominations and ready themselves to receive a higher priesthood when the Incarnandus arrived sometime in the future.  She said that the priesthood of the Jerushablans had become corrupted and God no longer validated it.  She taught her followers to spread the message of the gospel of Incarnandus, so that the world could prepare for the coming of God.  Men could prepare by living a pure life and meditating on the Incarnandus daily.  She chose seven followers to become [[Arch-Apostle|Arch-Apostles]] of the [[Incarnandus]] to preach the word throughout the world, [[Thaulephus]], [[Shannadh]], [[Gerrick]], [[Deelah]], [[Rhamrhoth]], [[Thyssa]], and [[Brayand]].  Each Arch-Apostle in turn was to choose a successor [[Apostle]] and thus bring the total number up to fourteen which added to the number of St. Shaqtirah herself, produced the [[Sacred Number Fifteen]].
+[[File:ShaphriziteMothersandChild_A_MDJ.png|thumb|300px|Shaphrizite mothers tending to their children in ancient [[Tishereth]]. Some energist sensitives could perceive the psychist potential of very young children. Midjourney Render.]]
 =The Anceps=
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 =Core Beliefs=
-==Khahonrite Origins==
+==Kahonrite Origins==
-{{See also|Khahonri Cult of Yal}}
+{{See also|Kahonri Cult of Yal|Yalism}}
-The first Incarnandists were members of the Shenimite Tribe of the Khahonrite people of [[Jerushabla]].
+The first Incarnandists were members of the Shaphrizite Tribe of the Kahonrite people of [[Jerushabla]]. They were largely observant [[Yalism|Yalists]].  Some of them were [[Proto-Incarnandism|Proto-Incarnandist]], that is, they believed that God Universal would somehow come into a mortal, human body.
+[[File:EarlyShaphriziteIncarnandistsWorship_A_MDJ.png|thumb|300px|Early Shaphrizite Incarnandists worshiping the Incarnandus in Tishereth. Midjourney 2022]]
 ==The Incarnandus==
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 =Conversion to Incarnandism=
-The early Incarnandists shared their message with other Khahonrites and visitors to their land, garnering a few converts.  Before the missions of the [[Arch-Apostle]]s, there was not a strong effort to evangelize the message of Shaqtirah.
+{{See also|Incarnandist Proselytizing}}
+[[File:IncarnandistMissionary_A_MDJ.png|thumb|300px|An early Incarnandist visiting other lands to find converts to his religion. Midjourney 2022.]]
+The early Incarnandists shared their message with other Khahonrites and visitors to their land, garnering a few converts.  Before the missions of the [[Archapostle]]s in the 800's, there was not a strong effort to evangelize the message of Shaqtirah.
+=Gentile Incarnandism=
+The number of non-Kahonrite Incarnandists grew significantly in the 800's and formed the body of Gentile Incarnandists, mainly in [[Ambrinqua]], [[Ithatia]], [[Corundy]], and [[Pytharnia]]. The practice of Incarnandism among non-Kahonrite persons is sometimes called 'Vulgar' Incarnandism or 'Popular' Incarnandism.  It vied with [[High Mandonism]] for disciples, especially in Ambrinqua and Corundy, and later in Pytharnia. In the aftermath of the [[Isbajutha]], gentile converts surged once more.
 =Ancient Arathracian Reaction=
-The ancient Yophenthean Arathracian rulers of the world took a dim view of the message of Shaqtirah, calling it the Sactirate Heresy.  Most missionaries of the Incarnandist Religion were persecuted and martyred by the local magistrates, priests of the Arathracian Religion, or worshipers of the Old Religion.
+The ancient Yophenthean Arathracian rulers of the world took a dim view of the message of Shaqtirah, calling it the [[Sactirate Heresy]].  Most missionaries of the Incarnandist Religion were persecuted and martyred by the local magistrates, priests of the Arathracian Religion, or worshipers of the Old Religion.
 =Non-Incarnandist Reaction and Syncretism=
-Most inhabitants of the Pallathantic nations subscribe to some degree to the Old Religion.  Incarnandists are seen as holy and devout, but exceptional and people do not feel a strong compulsion to forsake their ancestral gods in favor of the belief of the Incarnandus.  Thus, while not skeptical, most consider the worship of the Incarnandus impractical and even irrelevant.  Skeptics insist that since all the powers of the Incarnandist missionaries and saints stem from psychic ability, the belief itself is really not a true religion.  Others, however, have adopted a middle-way, a syncretic adaptation where both the Incarnandus and the Isxinthion Gods are honored.  Since Incarnandists' beliefs are very personal and typically private, their true numbers are not well-known.
+Most inhabitants of the Pallathantic nations subscribe to some degree to the Old Religion.  Incarnandists are seen as holy and devout, but exceptional and people do not feel a strong compulsion to forsake their ancestral gods in favor of the belief of the Incarnandus.  Thus, while not skeptical, most consider the worship of the Incarnandus impractical and even irrelevant.  Skeptics insist that since all the powers of the Incarnandist missionaries and saints stem from psychic ability, the belief itself is really not a true religion.  Others, however, have adopted a middle-way, a syncretic adaptation where both the Incarnandus and the Isxinthion Gods are honored.  Since some Incarnandists practice their devotions privately, the true numbers of all Incarnandists in a given nation are not certain.
+=Struggle with Arathracianism=
+In the 900's, the Arathracian Church strove with Gentile Incarnandism to be the successors to [[High Mandonism]].
 =Common Incarnandism=
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 {{See also|List of Incarnandist Saints}}
 The first Saint of the Incarnandist Religion is [[Shaqtirah kath Katima]], but Incarnandists are quick to point out that only God who is to come in human form is truly holy.  Shaqtirah chose seven Arch-Apostles and these men and women have been recognized as Saints of Incarnandism since very early on in the religion.  Incarnandists do not pray to their saints but acknowledge the holiness of their lives and their place in God's heaven.
+<center><gallery>
+File:IncSaintWoman_A_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+File:IncSaintWoman_B_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+File:IncSaintWoman_C_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+File:IncSaintWoman_D_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+File:IncSaintWoman_E_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+File:IncSaintWoman_F_MDJ.png|[[Incarnandist Saint]]
+</gallery></center>
 =Tension with other religions=
-==Khahonrite Ethnic Religion==
+==Yalism (Kahonrite Ethnic Religion)==
+{{Main|Yalism}}
 ==Arathracian Religion==
 {{See also|Great Tambrigaline Concordat with Oliblish}}
+During the [[Yophenthean Empire]], the Arathracians found the early Incarnandists to be subversive and a threat to the established religion. Their belief in a god to come from a mortal woman was seen as a clear threat to the status of the [[Arathraciot]]s who were descended from the mortal woman [[Aireánnau (Mother of the Folk)|Aireánnau Mother of the Folk]]. Arathracians and others called the Incarnandists "[[Shacthiran]]s".  In turn, Incarnandists called the Arathracians heliolaters or "sun-worshipers." The Yophenthean authorities treated Incarnandists with grave suspicion and in some instances subjected them to the death penalty.
 ==Traditional Isxinthion Religion==
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 =Pacifism vs. Militancy=
-The subtle rift that has occasion to swell to disagreement among incarnandists arises from the philosophical divide between the faithful who adhere to a belief in minimal violence at all costs and the militant faithful who have embraced war as a means to liberate the captives as an expression of God's power and mercy.  The divide was strongest during the time of the [[Isbajutha]].  Today, the place of Incarnandists is much more secure in the Pallathantic and the need to organize for war is rare.  Consequently, the philosophical rift has receded, but can rise under the right conditions.  Pacifists insist that peaceful meditation and avoidance of conflict are at the origins of Incarnandism.  The militants, however, contend that only by opposing and defeating the Chaos Lords was the world transformed and prepared for the coming of the Incarnandus.  The pacifists counter by stating that the element of conflict has compromised the essence of Incarnandism and in the long term, their will be consequences.
+The subtle rift that has occasion to swell to disagreement among incarnandists arises from the philosophical divide between the faithful who adhere to a belief in minimal violence at all costs and the militant faithful who have embraced war as a means to liberate the captives as an expression of God's power and mercy.  The divide was strongest during the time of the [[Isbajutha]].  Today, the place of Incarnandists is much more secure in the Pallathantic and the need to organize for war is rare.  Consequently, the philosophical rift has receded, but can rise under the right conditions.  Pacifists insist that peaceful meditation and avoidance of conflict are at the origins of Incarnandism.  The militants, however, contend that only by opposing and defeating the Chaos Lords was the world transformed and prepared for the coming of the Incarnandus.  The pacifists believe that the limiting nature of duality inherent to conflict prevents the worshiper from transcending the illusion of the physical realm and returning to deity.
 =Sects=
+{{See also|List of Incarnandist Sects}}
 Other Religions deriving from Incarnandism or incorporating Incarnandism
 *[[Archontism]]
+*[[Barathornish Incarnandism]], see also Saint [[Gryvant the Blue]], Missionary Work in [[Barathorn]], ca. 1370; greatly influenced Incarnandism in Orrhymby.  "I live in the expectation of the Son of the Universe."
 *[[Hamagnosticism]]
 *[[Omasoni]]
 *[[Paimbalans]]
 *[[Sulism]]
-*[[S'ubhal of Syre]]
+*[[S'ubhalites]] ([[S'ubhal of Syre]])
 =Traditions=
-Incarnandists observe certain traditions that are important to their practice but not essential or core to their theology.  Shenimite Incarnandists continue to observe certain cultural practices from before the time of [[Shaqtirah kath Katima]] when they worshiped the god [[Yal]]. The Khahonri anciently did not eat pork because they believed that the giants and other evil, magic-using beings could change humans into pigs.  So to avoid eating a human being, you had to simply avoid eating pigs altogether. The Incarnandist Shenimites avoided eating pork because they believe some gods of chaos can gain control over your body if you eat it. Non-Shenimite Incarnandists generally eat pork as they do not believe that chaos gods are any more likely to use pigs than any other creature to work their nefarious ends.
+Incarnandists observe certain traditions that are important to their practice but not essential or core to their theology.  Shaphrizite Incarnandists continue to observe certain cultural practices from before the time of [[Shaqtirah kath Katima]] when they worshiped the god [[Yal]]. The Khahonri anciently did not eat pork because they believed that the giants and other evil, magic-using beings could change humans into pigs.  So to avoid eating a human being, you had to simply avoid eating pigs altogether. The Incarnandist Shaphrizites avoided eating pork because they believe some gods of chaos can gain control over your body if you eat it. Non-Shaphrizite Incarnandists generally eat pork as they do not believe that chaos gods are any more likely to use pigs than any other creature to work their nefarious ends.
 =See Also=
+*[[Incarnandist General Congregation]]
 *[[Hamagnosticism]]
+*[[History of Incarnandism]]
 *[[Incarnandina]]
 *[[Incarnandist Practice and Worship]]
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 *[[Religious Populations of Asdar]]
 *[[Seven Archapostles of Incarnandism]]
+*[[Shéreq Shút't'alah]]
 *[[Yalism]]

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