Metaism Beliefs
Compare Traditions
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Comparative theme hubs
- The Divine Spectrum: Transcendence and Immanence — How religions conceive the sacred — from a wholly transcendent God beyond creation to an immanent presence woven through everything.
- Cosmogenesis: The Ordering of Existence from Chaos — How the world began — emergence from chaos, primordial waters, divine word, sacrifice, or eternal cycle. The shared question, divergent answers.
- Moral Reciprocity and The Ethical Framework — The cross-tradition principle that ethical action returns to the actor — karma, the Golden Rule, divine judgment, ma'at.
- Soteriology: The Diagnosis and Resolution of the Human Condition — Every religion's diagnosis of what is wrong with the human condition and the path it offers out — salvation, liberation, awakening, return.
- Eschatology: The Soul's Journey and Final Judgment
- Transmission of Wisdom: Revelation, Inquiry, and Authority — How sacred knowledge enters the world and survives — revelation to prophets, transmission through lineages, the authority of texts and teachers.
- Ritual Action and The Maintenance of Cosmic Order — Why religions perform — sacrifice, prayer, festival, prohibition. The body of practice that maintains cosmic order whether or not belief follows.
- Ancestral Veneration and the Continuity of Lineage
- Humanity's Role: Stewardship vs Kinship with Nature
- Dualism: The Structuring of Reality as Conflict
Also see all theme hubs and published research.