>>32777549>i like the idea of reincarnation as being at least one aspect of our beliefs on the afterlife, as it fits well with the overall concept of "rebirth" and, if you think about it, it's literally possible with the magic system in that thread>the concept of someone is made out of smaller parts, as is their body, and they survive well past the death of the body and are reused elsewhere, but more than that, the idea of a person doesn't lose coherency immediately after they die. this plays into the whole "second death" idea that, if i am not mistaken, is a belief that mexican types actually had, among other religions.I'd agree with reincarnation but not in the Buddhist-Shinto sense. More of the 'Valhalla' kind of reincarnation. Where the afterlife is more of a Round 2 with a second death still being possible.
>i want to imagine a belief where, upon death, a person will find themselves as nothing but a concept floating in the vastness of the heavenly realm (vitium space, however you want to describe it) that can feel all the things connected to all of the concepts that make them up, (the ultimate suffering) where their consciousness will slowly fade as time goes on, and they are slowly forgotten, unless their legacy lives on in a new host whose likeness to a given individual from the past is recognized before they fully fade away, after which certain rituals may be used to allow the concepts of those two people to merge, changing both of them slightly in the process but recycling to some extent the concepts associated with those individuals.So in a vein similar to Chinese folk religion? Ancestor worship being important and that you need to ensure they get their prayers and sacrifices to live in the afterlife.
>it will be intentionally left vague as to whether or not it actually works that way, though i want to say i think it is possible given the setting, and somewhat fitting to our religionWell, it might due to be my own personal belief, with /meat/'s doctrine revolving around Earthly suffering and the imminent apocalypse, there should be some form of divine reward for sticking through it. You endured the hardships of the material realm, you spread the word that the universe will soon come to an end, you practice painful and burdening rituals of ryona to carry on the suffering of life.
After all that you've been through, surely there would be something for you in return.
Also, with /meat/ religion being very focused on Apocalyptical - Immaterial Focused and Esoteric ideas, there should be a really complex afterlife. You faced the messed up physical reality and woke up into the immaterial beyond, there is much work to be done to stave off the End of Everything.
Kyusai-chan's lore may be a starting point.
Her deaths act as a reset counter for sins. She carries the burden of the mortal realm and through her suffering and pain others will be saved.
So I'm thinking of something... syncretic. Similarly to the concept of Nirvana.
A middle-way of 'Reincarnation' and 'Divine-Eschatological Reward'
Nirvana-Valhalla-Mictlan
If we go the Nirvana route it would be like
>If /meat/head does X, they will be reincarnated>If /meat/head does Y, they will be sent to the true afterlife (immaterial, omniscient paradise)If we go the Valhalla route it would be like
>If /meat/head does X, they will be reincarnated in Valhalla-limbo. Going through another cycle until their second death.>If /meat/head does Y, skips Limbo and go to the afterlife.I'll keep thinking. Trying to fit in 'second deaths', 'reincarnation', and 'divine eschatology' sounds interesting.
