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the_pure_light [2025/10/27 15:24] – created summerthe_pure_light [2025/10/27 16:22] (current) summer
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-The Pure Light is a cultic, women-only faith of 500 ascetics led by High Priestess [[Mara]] which began originally among [[The Kavisi]]. It is a belief system that revolves around a belief in 'Rejoining'.+The Pure Light is a cultic, women-only faith whose core is 500 ascetics led by High Priestess [[Mara]] which began originally among [[The Kavisi]]. It is a belief system that revolves around a belief in 'Rejoining'.
  
 The primary meaning of 'Rejoining' as expressed by the adherents of the Pure Light is that [[Kona]] (and all other life-bearing worlds) is a prison, and life on it is defined by needless suffering. The adherents of the Pure Light believe in aiding others by peaceful means in ultimately achieving a 'pure' death, upon which their souls can escape [[Kona]] and rejoin the stars from which their bodies originated. The primary meaning of 'Rejoining' as expressed by the adherents of the Pure Light is that [[Kona]] (and all other life-bearing worlds) is a prison, and life on it is defined by needless suffering. The adherents of the Pure Light believe in aiding others by peaceful means in ultimately achieving a 'pure' death, upon which their souls can escape [[Kona]] and rejoin the stars from which their bodies originated.
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 The primary practice that these ascetics take is to wander the world aimlessly, taking only what they are given and living frugally, and seeking to aid those who are suffering with healing magics and compassionate philosophy.  The primary practice that these ascetics take is to wander the world aimlessly, taking only what they are given and living frugally, and seeking to aid those who are suffering with healing magics and compassionate philosophy. 
  
-The population of this nomadic group is always 500. When a follower is deemed ready, she is allowed to leave the circle and set off on her own to perform compassionate deeds in the world. Less often, nuns are also exiled from the Pure Light for severe misdeeds.+The population of the core nomadic group is always 500. When a follower is deemed ready, she is allowed to leave the circle and set off on her own to perform compassionate deeds in the world. Less often, nuns are also exiled from the Pure Light for severe misdeeds.
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