Social Religion

[Shivani Devi]

I didn't know what else to call it, right?

So, all those little religious significant things that get value-added to games and merchandise to attract our attentions...especially 'nerdy stuff'...

There's all of the 'Matrix Religion' and the 'Star-Trek Religion' even going as far as Zelda and the 'Triforce' Religion -oh the ENDLESS hours spent playing "Ocarina of Time!!! and "A Link To The Past"...*sigh*

Then there's all that stuff in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Death Note (Poor Light Yagami - felt sorry for him) - I am an anime freak as well and a bit of a 'weeaboo' at certain times...at certain times...

Then there's all the religious significance of playing cards and I remember an old song my granpa taught me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmp3TF1DFZ8
Please listen to it! Please!!

Anyway, there's some deep, spiritual truth in a lot of this gaming and anime stuff, from NERV's 'Human Instrumentality Project' to defeating Ganondorf at the end of the game.

Once you defeat the big 'boss monster' you kinda feel sad once the game is over because you really enjoyed playing it...*sigh*

Ah well, time to wait for the sequel to come out. Cheers.

[Honza]

D&D, M:tG, ASL.....a few more examples of cultural religions.

[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by Honza

D&D, M:tG, ASL.....a few more examples of cultural religions.

I'll spill it out - I think at this point I should also mention L5R and a card game called Yu-Gi-Oh which was a hobby/passion of mine for 10 years - the Seal of Orichalcos led me to look into Thelema and hermetic practices briefly, but I just had too much on my 'mental plate' at the time.



It answers the question to something "Kaballic thing" I was trying to get at the other day though - nice one!

However, I ran a FIEND deck with Dark Necrofear "Lilith", Dark Ruler Ha Des, Belial Marquis of Darkness, Summoned Skull I had all the four corners of hell represented within that beautiful deck, my friend...there was Great Maju Garzett (Baphomet) and a couple of the "Fallen Angels" (but not Marie) and all of the hellish Spells and Traps one could think of...the whole symbology was totally exquisite!..didn't win many tournaments though. lol

[Jack of Spades]

I think there are pretty deep fiction-religions, or fiction-spirituality, and while it's obviously a product of a imagination as a whole, it can serve as a source of inspiration.