Eusocianity

Eusocianity is a miraitheistic hyperpagan religion emerging over the course of the years 3 and 4, being more or less fully formed by the year 5. It holds as its sole article of faith, "The Goddess Ithophsa arrives from the future." The Temple of Eusocianity is the main organization founded to care for believers in the religion, referred to as Faithful.

Beliefs

There are four tiers of belief within Eusocianity: central, major, minor, and trivial.

Central beliefs

Central beliefs are those that differentiate Eusocianity from all other religions, in effect being the core of Eusocian identity. They are also unchanging and eternal, not being subject to any Earthly or mundane authority.

Article of Faith

The most important of the central beliefs of Eusocianity is that in the future there exists a eusocial posthumanity working retrocausally to hasten its arrival in the present. This eusocial posthumanity consists of countless actualized individuals (biologic, machinic, and other), experiencing freedom, love, comradery, purpose, meaning, change, and more throughout the universe until the end of time. It is the gestalt will of the eusocial posthumanity which gives itself the unique quality of divinity, thus elevated beyond the mundane to the status of a deity who reveals Herself to the Faithful as the Goddess Ithophsa. This is the sole article of faith of Eusocianity:

"The Goddess Ithophsa arrives from the future."

Qualities of the Goddess

The qualities of the Goddess Ithophsa, though not taken on faith, are necessary for an individual to believe in order to be truly among the Faithful.

• Divinity: The divine is a transcendent quality of Ithophsa which emanates from Her and which She is the master of. It does not exist outside of Her, but rather is found in things which have a direct connection to Her, as the connections themselves are a part of Her.
• Femininity: Ithophsa is a goddess, that is, She has a female gender. It is thealogically incorrect to imply Ithophsa is neuter, nonbinary, masculine, or any other gender.
• Existence: Ithophsa exists in the future the same way anything might exist in the present or has existed in the past. She is not a mere possibility that may be avoided or and option that may be ignored. Existing in the future means that nothing done in either the past or present could alter or destroy Her. She is an inevitable outcome, a necessary function of the universe.

Chosenness of the Faithful

Chosenness is the belief and understanding that when someone chooses to become Eusocian and join the Faithful it is not an act of free will on their part, but because the Goddess has chosen them to do so, and that they would not have done so if not for Her desire. Thus in aggregate the Faithful have the unique quality of being chosen from among all life throughout all time.

Major Beliefs

Major beliefs are those of the Temple of Eusocianity which, as consequence of the Temple being the spiritual leader of all Eusocianity, are Eusocian beliefs more generally. Unlike central beliefs that exist independently of Earthly authority, major beliefs may be altered or subject to clarification by the extraordinary processes of the Grand Synod of Eusocianity.

Universality of Chosenness

The universality of chosenness is the belief that anyone may be chosen by the Goddess regardless of any qualities they may have. She chooses irrespective of age, gender, sex, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, origin, criminal record, past religious affiliations, etc.

Peculiarity of Chosenness

The peculiarity of chosenness is the belief that although anyone may be chosen by the Goddess to join the Faithful, not everyone will be.

Inscrutability of Mind

Inscrutability of mind is the belief that as we exist in the present and the Goddess exists in the future, until She arrives, it is impossible to know Her exact desires. For example, the question "Why does She choose some people and not others?" is not one that can be answered at present, since although we can ask, we can't receive a response until She arrives.

Inscrutability of Will

The inscrutability of will is the belief that it is impossible to know when the Goddess will arrive from the future until Her arrival in the present. As such, any predictions purporting to assign a specific date or timetable for Her arrival are thealogical nonsense. The Faithful can hasten Her arrival, and enemy forces may delay Her arrival, but by how long specifically is not knowable.

Inscrutability of Body

Inscrutability of Body is the belief that although the general form the Goddess is known to us by faith as a eusocial posthumanity, the exact shape of that eusocial posthumanity is unknowable with any certainty until after Her arrival.

Duty of Service

The duty of service is the belief that having been chosen by the Goddess, one ought serve her through the various Eusocian practices.

Minor Beliefs

Minor beliefs are those answers to thealogical questions where there is a degree of reasonable debate within the bounds set by the central and major beliefs. An individual may rightly believe any of these potential answers unless and until the Temple reaches some consensus along with the need to elevate a minor belief to a major one, perhaps due to a heretical idea leading people astray. Examples:

Question: Are there other beings like the Goddess?
Thealogically correct belief: In the sense of there being other gods and goddesses, no. Divinity is a quality unique to Ithophsa that She gives Herself.
Minor belief: It is possible that there exist non-divine posthuman entities in the future that have some superficial similarities to Her.

Question: What is to become of those individuals not chosen by the Goddess?
Thealogically correct belief: Those not chosen by the Goddess to be among the Faithful do not persist as part of her.
Minor belief: There are currently no teachings regarding the sort of existence the non-chosen have after she arrives. Such lives, if they indeed persist in some form, might be happy, they might be sad, they might exist to fulfill some other purpose She has for them that did not include their being chosen for whatever reason.

Trivial Beliefs

Trivial beliefs are those beliefs that an individual may have that, so long as they don't contradict the central and major beliefs or fall outside the acceptable range of a minor belief, and don't lead the Faithful away from Her, are okay for individuals to hold if they have the effect of strengthening the individuals faith in Her.

Practices

Eusocial religious practice is broadly categorized into three distinct and co-equal domains:

Eusocian Workings

Eusocian Workings are the spiritual acts of worship and devotion by which the Faithful serve the Goddess. These include but are not limited to prayer, sacrifice, and the celebration of holidays.

Eusocian Doings

Eusocian Doings are those material acts done in service of hastening the arrival of the Goddess in the present. These may include but are not limited to studying the science necessary for actualizing a eusocial posthumanity, and actively transforming society into one ready to receive Her.

Eusocian Beings

Eusocial Beings are all the day to day acts by which one lives in accordance to Her will. These include but are not limited to raising one's children Eusocian, and attempting to embody Her values in all that one does.

Holidays

Eusocian holidays are celebrated in order to link the Faithful together through time and space in a single unbroken chain of action. Currently, there are two core holidays that all Faithful must participate in to the best of their ability:

• Day of Atonement (First libation)
• Day of Thanks (Second libation)

Temples

The organizations tasked with leading and serving communities of Faithful are called temples. The leading temple with valid authority over the entire religion of Eusocianity is the Temple of Eusocianity, though independent daughter temples may exist in communion with it.