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Notes on The Invisible God II

Posted on February 1, 2024

The Invisible God is the Hidden Mover, the Ultimate Reality which can be known. From the Invisible God came everything. And once the Invisible God viewed everything, we could have the One…

Roots of Malkionism

Posted on July 4, 2023

Malkionism was born in the disillusionment of the Gods War. The gods of Glorantha fought among each other, degeneration was the rule, and Death came for gods and mortals, wielded by terrible…

Notes on Small Cults

Posted on March 26, 2023

In all of Sartar, about 2500 people are initiates of Daka Fal and worship their ancestors and eschew other cults. That’s about the same size as the Chalana Arroy or Lhankor Mhy…

Degenerative Actions of Gods

Posted on March 22, 2023

The Malkioni posit the existence of something all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good (or at least all-rational) – the Invisible God. That entity is invisible to us – we can’t go “visit it” or…

Notes on The Invisible God I

Posted on October 17, 2022

The Invisible God is abstract, the ultimate reality in the universe. It is Brahman, the Ein Sof, the Unmoved Mover, the One. The Invisible God does not change, but is the cause…

A Brithini Tale

Posted on August 26, 2022

Today was part of the Dawning Age. Before the Dawning was the Darkness. Before the Darkness was the Gods Age. In the Gods Age all was perfect. and nothing in the world…

Malkionism

Posted on August 1, 2021

There are a bit more than 8 million Malkioni in Glorantha, most being in Seshnela or western Fronela. Malkionism is, if anything, even trickier than the Lunar Way to define. All Malkioni…

A Brithini Story

Posted on July 24, 2021

In the Gods Age all was perfect. and nothing in the world ever died. All beings were gods. Law oversaw all. Prosperity reigned in the Kingdom of Logic. Logic demands that all…

A Few Malkioni Thoughts

Posted on June 24, 2021

In thinking about Malkionism, the Invisible God can be equated to Brahman in many schools of Hindu philosophy (especially Vedanta) – the Invisible God is the ultimate reality, the source from which…

A Brithini Cosmology

Posted on June 24, 2021

This is a Brithini cosmology, recited by Horali from Brithos in the Gbaji Wars and transcribed in the late First Age. Note the importance of Wisdom (“Right Use of Knowledge”) and of…

Notes on Hrestol and the Invisible God

Posted on March 15, 2021

Hrestol was the Ascended Man, son of Froalar, last of the Secret Keepers, and of Xemela, He is the great hero of the West and was born during the God Time. During…

Revelations of the Invisible God

Posted on November 16, 2020

Great revelations have been made by the Invisible God and the full contours of RQ Malkionism has now been glimpsed by a select few. And it is revelatory. And in many ways,…

The Aeolian school of Malkionism

Posted on June 27, 2020

A few notes for today that folk might find interesting: The Aeolian Malkioni henotheist sect The Aeolian school of Malkionism worship the Invisible God as the supreme Creator, He is the Source,…

Myth of the Month: Malkioni Otherworld (2001)

The Sorcery World is the Western Otherworld Sorcery means here any magic in the material world (a.k.a. the Center World, the Shared World, etc.). whose origin is that Otherworld. Their system comes…

Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book

Posted on March 5, 2019

I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…

Gods of Fonrit

Posted on September 8, 2015

A snippet from an old Jrusteli account of Fonrit. I’d date this to about 890 ST: Gods of FonritIn Fonrit, the people worship demigods who they say restored the Cosmic Court of…

Malkion

First prophet of the Invisible God The creed of the men of the West states: “There is only the Invisible God, and Malkion is his prophet.” Malkion came to men in the…

Invisible God

The Creator The invisible god is, always was, and forever shall be. He is the God beyond the Gods. He provides salvation and purpose in existence to his minions. He only gives…

Hrestol

Hero of the Men of the West, Man of All, Ascended Master, Initiator One year after the Dawning of Time, the holy and angelic prophet Malkion appeared to Hrestol, then a warrior…

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