"Civilization goes through three stages. Savagery, Ascendance, and Decadency. The great rise because of Savagery. They rule in Ascendance. They fall because of their own Decadency." - Arkhan Visarri, Quotations from Prophet Arkhan Visarri
Heavordism or the Heavenly Order, also known as the Divine Mandate is the official state ideology of the theocratic government in the Celestial Hegemony, described by the government as "Arkhan Visarri's original, brilliant and revolutionary contribution to the national and international spirit and thought". It postulates that "man is the master of his destiny", that the religious masses are to act as the "masters of the revolution and construction" and that by becoming self-reliant, strong, and devoted to God a nation can achieve true peace.
Beliefs and Character[edit | edit source]
Vissari interpreted human history at large as an opposition between "materialism"—understood by him as the desire for material wealth and physical pleasure guided by blind necessity—and "spiritualism": the belief in God, in the immortality of the soul, and in the conditioning of individual existence to superior, eternal goals. Vissari advocated, therefore, the harnessing of individual interest to values such as pity, self-donation, and concern to others. For him, human history consisted of the eternal struggle of the human spirit against the laws of nature, as expressed by the atheism of modern society in the twin forms of liberalism and the unionist—capitalist competition which he believed would eventually lead to the merger of private capitals in a single state-owned economy. Thus believers of Heavordism favor nationalism as a shared spiritual identity, in the context of a heterogeneous and tolerant nation influenced by "Asharan virtues"—such virtues being concretely enforced by means of an authoritarian government enforcing compulsory political activity under the guidance of an acknowledged leader. This is seen by the Celestial Hegemony's belief in the new "Celestial Man"
One of the most important principles in an Heavordist's life is the "Internal Revolution", or "Revolution of the Self", through which a man is encouraged to stop thinking only for himself, and instead start to integrate into the idea of a giant heavordist family—becoming one with the Homeland, while also leaving behind selfish and "evil" values.