Minerva

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Minerva /məˈnɜːrvə/ (Latin: [mɪˈnɛrwa]; Etruscan: Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of defensive war only. From the second century BC onward, the Ancient Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is one of the three Roman deities in the Capitoline Triad, along with Jupiter and Juno.

Minerva is revered as the patron god of the Gentes Heia.

Minerva Omniscius

The cult of Minerva Omniscius is based in the ideas of the ancient roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro who considered her to be ideas and the plan for the universe personified. It was founded in the year 2775 ( 2022 ) by the modern roman Kaseo Heius Totus.

It is a syncretic cult ( Due to the amount of influences from different sources it has ), which could, similar to Buddhism, be classified as a hybrid between religion and philosophical doctrine. However, it is compatible with Hellenism, Roman Way and other religions due to its henotheistic nature. For within their beliefs, they believe that Minerva, having been born from the head of Jupiter (hence his ideas) is the pure and perfect form of her father. Both gods, then, are considered equal. Different aspects of the same being.

Its motto is "Docendo discimus" ( By teaching, we learn )

The festival of the goddess takes place from 19 to 23 Martius.Where concerts, talks about art, invitations to artists from other places, musicians, etc... are given. And art and knowledge are promoted (as well as the importance of its preservation). In times of crisis or conflict, military concerns may also be included if deemed necessary or if Minerva itself requires it.

Beliefs

Logo of the Minerva Omniscius missionaries made by WackyFiasco

For the followers of Minerva Omniscius, there is only one sin as such, and that is ignorance. Since they share the view of several ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Protagoras and Socrates) that this is the cause of all evil. And that sins such as those mentioned by Christianity, in reality, stem from a deep ignorance, therefore, the only way to truly eliminate them is to put an end to it.

A clear example would be ego and pride, from Buddhist and Christian perspectives. For the followers of Minerva Omniscius, the solution would not lie in detaching oneself from the self or punishing oneself, but in knowing oneself well enough to be self-critical and thus prevent these derived evils from affecting or destroying oneself.

In short, they believe that knowledge is sacred, and the more knowledge one possesses, the better it is, not only for oneself, but for the rest of humanity.This being the ideal way to attain Enlightenment and understand divinity. What would become known as the Path of Knowledge.

Because of this, the function of her missionaries is not to indoctrinate (as in the case of other religions) but to give general knowledge to those most in need and with this, help them to prosper in life. Ignorance would also include neglect of the preservation of knowledge and art. It is for this reason that there is another branch of the missionaries, which is dedicated to the search and preservation of these, especially of materials that are "lost".

Concept of evil

For the cult followers, there are only two great clear evils, from which they derive all the rest. One is the aforementioned ignorance, which is a sin, because it is something that is, to some extent, manageable. The other great evil, which must be fought, in spite of its magnitude (and to some extent is also related to ignorance, for it is the union of the two that causes the suffering of the world) is Oblivion.

Similarities with Eastern philosophies / religions

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