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The Cyclist faith originated with the [[The Holy Order of King Dav|Davite]] priest Ellam Trajan shortly
after the [[Consolidation Timeline|Consolidation]]. Ellam, as a member of the Order, met both with the
nobility and with the common folk, and began to wonder why (if Dav was
merciful) some had so much while others had so little. It is said that
in a fit of rage, Ellam delivered a homily that horrified the Cardinal at
the time, for it claimed that instead of one life on Urth, people live
multiple lives. It also states that one's accepting one's position in life
raises one to a higher position in the next life, which conflicts with the
Davite Doctrine of [[cleansing|Burning]].

Ellam disputed the Doctrine of Burning, saying that only if a mage willingly
went to be burned would the mage be raised from the lowest position of
humanity to that of a poor man. However, even within the Cyclist movement,
the issue of the fate of mages was hotly debated. Within Ellam's short
lifetime, the Cyclist movement would split between the Dynamic Cyclists and
the Static Cyclists. The Dynamics held to the principle that mages could
transcend their state of magery and eventually attain that of a poor man.
However, the Statics maintained that a mage would ever be outside the cycle
of rebirth that those in the other places enjoy. Ellam would die, burned as
a [[heretic]] for preaching against the Doctrine of Burning.

In modern times, some Cyclists are still burned at the stake. They are,
according to the Church, generally slothful and apathetic because of their
fatalistic view of the world.

== Tenets ==

'''The Principle of Four Lives''' - One must travel through life as a poor man,
then a poor woman, then a rich man, and as a rich woman. Once these four
lives have been lived properly, one may pass to heaven.

'''The Principle of Forbearance''' - If one failed to accept one's place in life,
one must relive that experience. Such it is that rich lives are oft
succeeded on one try, while poor lives take many tries to accept. This is
why there are so many more peasants than nobles. Split Doctrines of Dynamics
And Statics:

== Split Tenets ==

'''Dynamic Doctrine''' - "Any mage that should however wish his or herself to be
burned in order to purify his or her soul should be taken up and burned,
and his or her soul will then find its way into the incarnation of a poor
man and begin the true cycle."

'''Static Doctrine''' - "A mage remains a mage whether burned or not, and whether
the mage submit to be burned or be dragged to it, that mage shall only be a
mage for all eternity and shall never be allowed death."

[[Category:Religion]][[Category:Heresies]]

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