>>32759381i think the belief in an afterlife would be helpful in establishing our culture even more, while also representing the tendency of our thread to be killed, yet to still survive. specifically, 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 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.
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 religion, but i want all of your opinions before i present it to the thread. personally, i am not religious, but i find religion to be fascinating and admirable, plus it's fun to think about these kinds of things. what do you guys think?
