TROS in the Hammer:Setting Religion

The Questions

All religions ask the following questions:

• Where did it all come from?
• Whats the point of it all?
• Why does bad stuff happen?
• What happens when I die?
• How should I live my life?

Shamanism - the religion of the People

Where did it all come from? The People believe that all thought and consciousness, both human and spirit, lies on a continuum. Humanity lies at one end of this continuum; complicated, confused, unable to see clearly. Thought then progesses along this continuum through stages of "concentration", that is, having fewer qualities. It also progresses through stages of "amplification", that is, having qualities that encompasses more concepts. The qualities of spirits are an embodiment of this process; the simpler the spirit, the more concentrated that spirit is; the broader its qualities, the more amplified it is. As an example: a Weather spirit with the qualities of create, magnify, wind, sun, rain, cloud is less concentrated than a weather spirit that has create, wind. Both are less amplified than a spirit that has create, weather.

The People believe that if you follow this process far enough, you enventually arrive at a spirit who is completely concentrated (it has only one quality) and completely amplified (that one quality encompasses all of thought). This spirit, the People believe, is God, the source and center of all existence.

Whats the point of it all?