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The Scripture of Cosmotheism
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Cosmotheism is the religion set forth by Dr. William Pierce in three essays or "books" he wrote to express his religious philosophy. These books are, The Path, On Living Things, and On Society. While Dr. Pierce did discuss Cosmotheism in other essays or speeches, they should not be regarded as definitively representing Cosmotheism.
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The Path
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The Path lays out the fundamental tenets of Cosmotheism and explains our relationship to the Creator.
"The tangible Universe is the material manifestation of the Creator. All the blazing suns of the firmament; the formless gas between the stars; the silent, frozen mountain peaks of the moon; the rustling trees of earthly forests; the teeming creatures of the dark ocean depths; and man are parts of the Creator's material manifestation.
But the Creator has a spiritual manifestation, which is the Urge toward the One Purpose. The Urge lies at the root of all things and is manifested in the relations between all things.
The Urge is in the tenuous gases of the void, for they have a purpose, which are the flaming suns and all the planets, which form from them. The Urge is in the earth, for it has a purpose, which is the realm of plants and animals which flourish on it. And the Urge is in man, for he has a purpose, which is higher man."
-- The Path 2:2-4
"The difference between true reason and false reason is this: True reason seeks to guide man's actions in accord with the immanent consciousness of the Whole, while false reason does not.
The man or woman of true reason seeks order in all things, and he shuns chaos. He is pleased by a harmonious relationship between all the elements of his life and the world. He rejects that which clashes and does not fit, that which is alien.
He is happy in the knowledge that what was true and good yesterday will be true and good tomorrow. Through order and harmony, he seeks true progress, which is the ascent of the Path of Life; but he shuns frivolous change, which destroys the harmony between the past and the future.
He loves truth, and he hates falsehood.
He loves beauty, and he hates ugliness.
He loves nobility in all things, and he hates baseness.
And all these predisposition's of the man or woman of true reason are like rays thrown out by the Divine Spark which burns in his soul. And this Divine Spark is the immanent consciousness of the Whole. It is the presence of the Creator's Urge in him."
-- The Path 6:1-8
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On Living Things
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The first chapter of On Living Things is a synopsis of The Path and it could be regarded as a sort of "catechism" of Cosmotheism.
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From The Path we know these things:
There is but one Reality, and that Reality is the Whole. It is the Creator, the Self-created.
The material manifestation of the Creator is the tangible Universe, with all its non-living and living things, including man.
The spiritual manifestation of the Creator is the Urge toward the One Purpose. The Urge lies at the root of all things and is manifested in the relations between all things.
The One Purpose is the Self-Realization of the Creator: the Self-completion of the Self-created.
Man's purpose is the Creator's Purpose. He is a part of both the substance and the means of the Creator, and he is nothing else; this is his entire being and purpose.
Man serves the Creator's Purpose in two ways: unconsciously and consciously. In both ways, he follows the Path of Life, which is the Creator's evolutionary Path toward Self-Completion. He passes from step to step on the Path, from sub-man to man to higher man, and beyond.
In the unconscious way the passing is blind, an its driving force is instinct, which is a manifestation of the immanent consciousness of the Whole in man.
And in the conscious way the passing is guided by man's awareness of his true identity and his true mission; this awareness illuminates the Path before him and allows him to choose his steps.
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On Society
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Human social institutions, like all other things, are of the Whole, and they cannot be perfect while the Self-realization of the Whole remains incomplete. As men and all other things made by men they can only serve the One Purpose imperfectly.
While men lack consciousness, their society reflects their blindness and their groping; its service fails; it even may become an instrument of retrogression, contravening the Creator's Purpose.
But when men are awakened, then their society should reflect their consciousness and their true reason; it should become an instrument of progress; it should manifest in its structure and in its institutions the Urge toward the One Purpose.
How, then, should men who have been awakened constitute their society so that it may best serve the Creator's Purpose? How should they govern their community, which is the Cosmotheist Community? What should be the forms and functions of their institutions?
We know that men who are members of the Community must keep their stock pure, increase their number, and make every place where they dwell secure for these purposes; they must strive for knowledge, consciousness, discipline, and service; they must judge themselves by their qualities and order themselves accordingly; and they must elevate the value of their stock from generation to generation.
These four concerns of men -- survival, right striving, order, and progress -- are the proper determinants of human social institutions. Accordingly, society has four proper functions: defense of the Community and of the stock in which it is based; guidance of the striving of the Community's members; organization of the Community for the maintenance of order and the effective pursuit of its Purpose; and elevation of the value of the Community's stock.
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