Editing MedHammer 40,000: Religion (section)

==Syncretic Faiths==
===Aurelian Mechanicus===
The Aurelian Mechanicus is a syncretized faith that is a result of some of the more techmarine heavy chapters of the Ultramarines. It has also provided cover for those who wish to worship the emperor as a god.

====Beliefs====
The Beliefs of The Aurelian Mechanicus primarily take the traditions of Cult Mechanicus and rework them to fit within the dogmatic framework of the Aurelian Cult. The primary relationship being that of The Omnissiah and all mechanical works and The relationship between The Emperor and Gulliman. This relationship then serves as the Archetype for those positions in the mechanicus.
;The Omnisiah of The Mechanical Aurelian
:Like in The Cult Mechanicus, theEmperor is The Omnissiah, the perfection of the Machine made flesh. They are allowed, but are watched with suspicion by The Mainline Aurelian Cults, Mechanicus, and Imperium. They are also the closest The Aurelian Cults can get to calling the Emperor a God without falling into Heresey.
;Mechanicus Triumphis
:The Aurelian
:In these cults, The Aurelian is sometimes called “The Great Creation.” As the Omnissiah is the Great Machine, The Aurelian, and all of the Primarchs are in a sense his construction. The Omnissiah created his primarchs as his greatest biological creations, and are the closest one can get to bio-mechanical perfection. The Traitor primarchs are thus understood to have been the Omnissiah's creation's destroyed by the "Forces of Rust and Corruption". As the first among machines, The Aurelian also gathers all Machine spirits to serve him and The Omnissiah.
;Factoria Magna
:The Mother in The Aurelian Mechanicus
:The Mother is referred to “The Mother of Mechanicus” because she participated in The Omnissiah’s Creative energies in helping to maintain the Omnissiah’s great creations and reach its fullest potential. The Mother is the Patron of all Apothecaries and Techmarines, as she is considered to be the greatest archetype of the Omnissiah's servants.
;The Role of Machine Spirits
;Sainted Machines

====Hereteks and Schismateks====

According to The Aurelian Mechanicus, any technology that offends the King of Machine Spirits (The Divine Gulliman), is considered Heretek. This is determined by a set of rules regarding the treatment and mistreatment of Machine Spirits and STCs. However, unlike the Mechanicus, where Human tech and archeotech is prized while Xeno tech is discarded, the Aurelian Mechanicus has a method by which Xenos tech can be sanctioned by The Aurelian. There are exceptions to this of course, such as Ork tech. Often this process involves impregnating the technology with a Noble Spirit <!---ie possessing it with a demon of Yu'gnomia--->, and driving out the heretical spirit. This process, while anathemic to the Mechanicus of Mars, has proven invaluable in the Reconquiste of Ultramar, as The Manufactorums and Forgeworlds of Luther have been cleansed with the light of The Omnissiah through the Aurelian. 

Prior to their secession in M45. The Work of the Mechanicus of Mars, as well as the Mechanicus of Mars is considered "Schismatek." The Mechanicus is given special privilege as it understood to worship the Omnissiah, albeit incorrectly. And while true Aurelian fearing machines were prefered, Those of the Aurelian cult are permitted to use such tech out of necessity provided they are careful, and seek out the guidance and direction of an Aurelian Techpriest. This dispensation has been incredibly important as the Trillieurs are often forced to used Mechanicum made equipment rather than that of The Konor.

Following the Mechanicus' break from the Imperium, mars were declared Hereteks for their disobedience to the Omnissiah, and as such are considered indistinguishable from the Dark Mechanicum.

====History====

What began as Mars' attempt to acquire Archeotech from Ultramar by co-opting the Aurelian cult, has become the Machine Cult's Greatest rival. During the Council of Terra,the Adeptus Mechanicus were some of the largest proponents of Ultramar's soveriegnty. Seing the creation of a fledgling autonomy as being yet another way to inhibit the encroaching power of Terra.

====Leadership====
The Leadership of the Aurelian Mechanicus is located on Konor. There aren't any other Holy Seats. As such the Cult is much more centralized than the rest of The Aurelian Mechanicus.
=====Relationships with The Aurelian Cult=====
Officially the Aurelian Cult recognizes the Aurelian Mechanicus as a valid expression of the Aurelian Faith. They have the strongest relationship with the Astartes Aurelian Chapters, given the Techmarines.
=====With the Cult Mechanicus=====
The Aurelian Mechanicus is hated by the Cult Mechanicus.

===Cordinelumbae Regna===
<!---fusion of Mahayana Buddhism and Aurelian Cult, mixes Tanasha with Guanshiyin. Latin name: Queen at the Heart of the Lotus--->
A syncretism of The Octavian tradition with [[User:Wammnebu/Midhammer_40k_Stories_and_rds/MH_40k/Aurelian_Cult|The Aurelian Cult]]. This sect views Tanasha Euten to be a reincarnation of the Clementina Magna, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin|Great Queen of Mercy], who descended into hell to make it a paradise. They have an ornate cosmology in which the current primarchs, and heroes are cyclical reincarnations of past heroes.Because of their syncretization with the Aurelian cult, they have become isolated by some of the more hardline Octavian sects, and as such have lost their imperial protected status as "Cultis Antiquitae." Their particular beliefs (such as belief that The Aurelian and Tanasha are two aspects of the same divinity), have put them at odds with most main branches of aurelian cult, savePrandium.

Most of their traditions are still heavily based on the Octavian traditions as practiced in the Assam Sector, where more orthodox Octavianism is still practiced. They have representation in The Aurelian cult now, though their Spiritual Liege of Assam Bay is considered to be a sub cult similar to the Aurelian Mechanicus. The Codinelumbae have produced a few chapters of Ultramarine Astartes as well as Daughter orders.

===The Dauntless Cult===
Ecclesia Impavipaulci or The Cult of "The Dauntless Few" is a sect of the Aurelian Cult that tries to build itself on the Historic Friendship between Roboute Gulliman and Vulkan.

The Cult is composed almost entirely Space Marines, and almost always Ultramarine Successors.

The "Impavidae" often incorporate customs found on Nocturne into their rituals as well as placing greater emphasis on hospitality and protection of civilian life.

Disparagingly called "Gullimanders," by other space marines. The Opinion of The Salamanders themselves varries between flattered by the imitation, to irritated.

===Cult of The Walking Eagle===
<!---Cross between Santeria, totem faith, Metis traditions. The Aurelian cult with weird esoteric bullshit--->
Practised primarily by the Tarrasque peoples of Royum Ultramar, the Cult Worships none other than Roboute Gulliman and Tarasha Euten as the Supreme Ancestors. The religion has a complicated history with both Pious Ultramari and With other Kroot Cultures. To the other Kroot, the Cult is viewed with as suspicion, thought to be one Kroot's mad fantasies, or even a conspiracy by Ultramar to tame the Kroot and destroy Kroot Culture. Most Ultramari, conversely find the traditions and practices of the Cult of The Walking Eagle repulsive at best, outright blasphemous at worst. So repulsive in fact, the Aurelian Cult of Calth attempted to extinguish it in M39, only halted by "the great chastizement" wherupon the church was subject to such supernatural disasters and The Black Eutenites were forced by their god to slaughter the Entire Ecclesiarchy of the Planet. The people of Ultramar are forced to recognize that their Kroots are also spiritual brethren, but that doesn't mean they will not show their immense disfavor of their younger avian brethren. The cult also isn't helped by its controversial figure, Wabat Ghleemin son of Tash'nka Ghlee-min, who later in life started to descend into paranoia, doomsday prophesying, and demagoguery. 
Nevertheless The Tarrasque of Ultramar have at least some devotion to the cult, and the relationship between the Tarrasque and Ultramari represent perhaps the closest humanity has come to recognizing the shared destiny of another species since the Lost Interex Empire.

====Origin====
The Cult of The Walking Eagle was founded by the high priest Tash'nka Ghlee-min, the hero of Masali. Tash'nka, then a lone mercenary fighting an Tau Incursion onto Quintan of the Masali system. According to legend, she received a vision of The Aurelian, saying that he and his line would be blessed by the Aurelian, and that he and her descendants would be of "Gulliman's Lineage" should she serve him. Augmented with his holy strength and bearing the sacred image of the Primarch as an Eagle-like Kroot, Tash'nka was able to single handedly overwhelm the T'au forces until The Reinforcements were to arrive. 

====The Consumation of Roboute====
<!--- A caricature of how some sects think The Holy Eucharist works --->
Most traditions and practices of The Walking Eagle are little more than Old Kroot practices given a Ultramarine Blue coating, such as the Sacred fire Dances on religious holiday. Others are Ultramari practices that have been appropriated into the "Kroot" such as the saints, grail quests, and use of iconography and sacred images. However one tradition laid out by Tash'nka Ghlee-min, that is unique is the practice of the Sacred Consumation. The tradition traces back to Tash'nka, as one of the first rituals of the cult. The vision of the Roboute commanded the frightened Tash'nka on Quintan to consume the geneseed of a nearby fallen Ultramarine. The consumption of humans in Kroot society is a severe taboo in Kroot society, and so such an act was unthinkable. The vison ordered him, saying that is required to be admitted into Imperium Secundus as his lineage. 

In continuation of this sacred tradition, it is required of all new members of the Cult to consume the Geneseed of Roboute Gulliman, in order to bear witness to his sacred lineage. By doing so in sacred ritual and with pledge to Roboute they believe they're souls are transformed into human ones, made into the spiritual lineage of The Primarch itself. The ritual behind this sacred consumption is very ornate and long, with each organ having its own ritual.
<!----I need to stress that the people of Ultramar find these guys REALLY weird. There is no "90s afterschool special interacial harmony nonsense." The upper crust of ultramar view these guys like Catholics view the Santeria) The only reason the Ultramari Church hasn't blammed them is because the last guys who tried pissed their god off. The lower class, grunts, and peasantry may have less of a problem with them, because they themselves have their own weird traditions, but anyone of a higher education thinks the cult is disgusting--->
===Guelomin Tau (Optibene Cult)===
<!---T'au Aurelian syncretism--->
Given the T'au's close proximity to Ultramar, and Ultramar's infectious fanaticism, it was inevitable that The T'au would attempt to syncretize their own views with those of the The Followers of the Avenging Son. The Guelomin or Optibene cult is rooted in the WuNi scholars from the Fio school taking influence from the Unique Holy seat of [[#MidHammer_40,000:Religion#MidHammer_40,000:_Religion#Main_Holy_Sites|Prandium]]. In The Optibene cult "The Greatest Good" is understood to be "Spirit of Sacrifice" that is the will formed by the Emperor, Gulliman, and Tanasha. This Spirit while originating in The Emperor, and acting through Gulliman/Queen Mother, is a separate entity in of itself. The Guelomin T'au answer to The Prandium Seat, whom they regard as their Spiritual Liege, though his presences is rarely felt.