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FAQ Lightning Round: A random inquiry about Xyphoism

March 22nd, 2025

Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. As we’re doing fielding interesting and intriguing questions this Period, we’ve decided for this Sacred Day to do somewhat of a lightning round of frequently asked questions about Xyphoism and the Order/Ordinance. Aptly, we’ve chosen nine questions to answer today as it is our Sacred number. So let’s begin answering a few questions.

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Question: Do Xyphoites have any foods they can’t eat for religious reasons?

Answer: No, there are no restrictions on foods a follower of the Order can eat based off our Philosophy. The Ordinance does encourage being grateful for every meal you consume, as there are people in this world who suffer from hunger and lack of access to reliable meals, but there is no restriction on what you can eat.

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Question: Are there any Holidays that Xyphoites celebrate?

Answer: Not specifically of the Philosophy, no. The Philosophy is realmly and universal, so we don’t celebrate anything specific. We also don’t believe in arbitrary ceremony taking priority over mitigating worldly suffering—as many divergent philosophies tend to focus more on rather than helping others. As a previous Commentary highlights, naturally we don’t celebrate other religions’ celebrations, but it’s perfectly fine to celebrate any ethnic or cultural holidays of your given origins, or national secular holidays. Of course, there is no requirement or punishment for celebrating anything you want, but a Xyphoite wouldn’t, if in accordance to the Philosophy, celebrate any specific holidays based off the religion itself.

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Question: Are LGBTQ+ people welcome in the Ordinance?

Answer: Of course! Anyone is welcome in the Ordinance so long as they wish to join, accept the Philosophy, and aren’t part of another religion. There is no stigma or taboo against LGBTQ+ individuals in this Philosophy, as has been highlighted in a few of our Commentaries on the issue.

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Question: Are you required to be a Zeigadii Xyphoite to be part of the Ordinance?

Answer: No. Having signed the Contract of Zeiga isn’t a requirement to be a member of the Ordinance, although it is considered a Sacred ceremony of membership to do so. Those that pursue the path of Sacred Spirituality will become Zeigadii Xyphoites, for example.

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Question: Who, according to Xyphoism, is the first/oldest being in existence?

Answer: The ten deities, that being the Nine Lords of the Xyphokonic Order and, of course, Deceptuary, who was once known as Arkellus before he defected and was exiled after his betrayal. Outside of the ten deities, out of the Spirits in Xykopsysomi, it is generally understood that Kizu, who is now the Vuetenexian Hayle, is the eldest and first of all Spirits, and certainly the eldest of the Hayles, and the portion of Daetos’s recount in Xykozheiz of the new spirits asking of the ten deities what their names are is often attributed to Kizu directly. In terms of Mortals in Xyphojinami, the Vuetenexian Xyphozon takes another claim as Xyzukizusia, Child of Death, was the first of the Sacred Children to be born in Xyphojinami as the first mortal being; this is not to be assumed that it would be Lord Vuetenexzyei that is the oldest being, however. The ten deities are assumed to all walked out of the Initial Flash of Light in unison.

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Question: Can you have a beard or mustache as a Xyphoite?

Answer: Sure, this question is understandably prompted by the Xyphoist concepts of Self-Purification of the body, which relates to bathing regularly and especially before Prayer and shaving the face and much of the body to ward off Corruption. Modern understandings have revealed that facial hair doesn’t garnish corruption, but the general concept of always having good hygiene is very much a custom of Xyphoist Philosophy, so in most cases, Xyphoite men would keep themselves shaved but it’s not a requirement, only a personal conviction or choice.

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Question: Are you allowed to have intercourse before marriage in Xyphoism?

Answer: Yes. There is no “marriage,” per say, in Xyphoism. Romantic Contracts of Love exist, but they are very personal between two persons; and while there can be an official religious ceremony to commemorate these Contracts, Love Contracts are very personal. Moreover, the Ordinance doesn’t tell anyone how to live their private life, nor would we ever dabble in how people are to have sex. That is both an Immoral Action of Proselytizing and also a clear manipulative tactic to control and garnish power over others, which the Ordinance is not interested in taking part of.

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Question: Is Xyphoism an ethnic religion?

Answer: No. It is worldly, realmly, universal. The Order and Its Philosophy span across all of existence, of all realms, and so it is illogical to say this is ethnic in origin when it is all-encompassing and spans across all of existence and non-existence. The Philosophy does mention some demographics of ethnic origin that are part of the overarching Cosmic Struggle—namely in the Sacred Lesson given to Jaszmisia, “Skin of Dark Soil.” That, however, is addressing a key part of Deceptuary’s fear and one of the many reasons his evil is directed towards people of darker skin tones.

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Question: Where is the Ordinance based out of?

Answer: We were established originally in the US, and up until mid 2025, we are based there as well. However, with the rapid decline in rights and safety within the US, we’ve decided to move a bulk of our operations elsewhere. This has not been without challenges in terms of securing a new system for financial institutions and approval for other legal affairs as we now exist informally in a new jurisdiction. The good news, however, is that many of us Arch-Hayles Grandurates are not within the US to begin with, so having a physical representative in the location we plan to formally relocate to is made somewhat easier. But as of now, we’re somewhat floating among jurisdictions from a physical and legal stance, and exist mostly as a global online philosophical teaching apparatus and online “meeting and worship” space for devote followers.

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That will conclude our rapid-fire questionnaire for this Sacred Day post. We hope that we’ve answered these frequent questions to satisfaction, and it is possible in the future that we’ll write more in-depth Commentary on some of these questions. With those answered and that said, we wish you a great rest of your Sacred Day.

—AHG, et. al
Question: What does the New Year mean to Xyphoites?

January 4th, 2025

Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance, and welcome to the first Sacred Post of the 2^nd Period in which Lord Carnyie watches over in Xyphojinami, Januarius. If you haven’t noticed yet, these periods that the Lords take turns watching over have nearly parallel roots to the months we on Earth use to mark the standard calendar. However, as mentioned in the Xyphokron Summary, Mortal Xyphoites follow our own calendar, which starts and ends differently than the standard Earthian calendar. Today, we’ll explain the why and how of this difference and answer whether or not a Xyphoite should observe the standard Calendar or celebrate New Year’s.

The Xyphojinamic Xyphokonic Calendar, which you can see in this earlier post, is a selection of 12 periods in which the Nine Lords of the Xyphokonic Order watch over in an annual cycle. All mortals who are born under their respective period will have their spirituality descend from the Xyphozon that watches over their Birth; along with that, all Mortals will have a respective Consenting Spirituality which 1 of the remaining 8 Xyphozons and is often discovered later on in life through exploring one’s own personality.

As mentioned, there are 12 periods of watching, with each Lord overseeing at least 1 of the 12 periods. In Xyphojinami, however, 3 of the Xyphozons also get a second period of watching based of the core importance those Xyphozons have over the Mortal Existence. In the case of Mortal Life, the three most prominent Xyphozons that pertain to Life are the Vuetenexian, Carneiyean, and Pharusian Xyphozons as Death, Worship, and the pursuit of Realmly Truths are what Mortal Xyphoites are subject the greatest too and should spend the most time working on. Likewise, there’s a reflected calendar in Xykopsysomi—aptly named the Xykopsysomic Xyphokonic Calendar—but that is a discussion for another post.

So, why are the periods in the Xyphojinamic Calendar so similar to the names of the months? As with much of realmly knowledge that we often subconsciously accept, all information has stemmed from and is tied to the spiritual resonance of the Xyphokonic Order. Because we exist within the Spectrum created by the Xyphokonic Order, elements of the purest form of Knowledge—that being Realmly Truth—is dispersed vastly within the Mortal Psyche, and so it was destined that Earthian Mortals would craft a calendar and decide upon the various names of these months that also coincide with the Periods of Watching which are Realmly and extend beyond just Earth.

In actuality, the exact timespan in which each Period of Watching lasts is actually longer than the standard month. In all, each Period of Watching is equal in time and roughly comes out to about 33 Earth Days per Period. However, having to keep track of exact alignments of the Periods becomes a tedious task, and so the Ordinance has largely hinged upon the malleability of the Philosophy and have aligned the rough changing of Periods with Earthian Months; this would obviously differ in other planets or realms within Xyphojinami, which may have their own calendars that coincide with the Xyphojinamic Calendar, or perhaps they flat-out follow the Xyphojinamic Calendar itself. Either way, as you may have noticed, we inaugurate the changing of Periods in our Sacred Day posts and not necessarily on the first day of the exact start of the Period, which may or may not land on the first of the month. Often times, we’re well aware in the background that the Period has started either before or after the start of a month and simply recognize the changing Period on our weekly posts instead.

It’s not a major issue, and certainly not something we’re going to devote a huge amount of time to, but it was an interesting and timely question proposed that we decided to address. As to whether Xyphoites should or can recognize, use, or celebrate the Earthian Calendar or the New Year, the answer is obvious. Yes, of course. There’s no reason why not. Mortals on Earth have relative time, which is measured by rotations around the Sun, so using the standardized system of measurement for that specific circumstance is perfectly fine, as is celebrating New Year’s Eve/Day. As it should be quite apparent now, Xyphoites can use both calendars simultaneously, one for relative time and another for spiritual indulgence.

—AHG, et. all
Question: Do Xyphoites Celebrate the Holidays?

December 21st, 2024

Greetings from the Ordinance and Order. We meet here yet again on this Sacred Day to field yet another question. This time, a question was emailed to us from a spiritual but not religiously-affiliated reader curious about whether Xyphoites celebrate other holidays—particularly Christmas, so let’s answer this.

It’s somewhat of a bafflingly easy answer but to address that question of whether Xyphoites celebrate Christmas, the answer is no. We are Xyphoites, not Christians, so logically the answer would be no. Adding to that, the holiday of Christmas, in accordance with Christian mythology, highlights the birth of one of Deceptuary’s highest-ranking disciples, Gheisuhz dej Trinte, and ushered in the creation of the Archives of Hatred and the spread of one of the three theigrited philosophies. The entirety of this circumstance directly destabilizes the equilibrium and aids Deceptuary in his goal to collapse the worlds and reform them to be subservient to only him. We don’t celebrate Christmas, nor would we celebrate any holiday from any of the theigrited philosophies, that being Judaism and Islam and all of their subsets.

Other religious holidays from divergent philosophies would likewise not be celebrated by Xyphoites simply out of the principle that they aren’t Xyphoist celebrations. In fact, the entire premise of the Xyphoist Philosophy discourages the celebration of its own annual markers. As this is a realmly philosophy and system, there is no specific set time period to celebrate specific events as all time is relevant. For example, a Root Spirit in Aehixyka won’t be celebrating an event that is happening to Mortal Humans in Nikconzin based of the relative time frames. This doesn’t prevent Xyphoites from celebrating Earthly ethnic celebrations or other such non-religious/secular holidays, however. This pertains only to religious or spiritual holidays from other divergent/theigrited philosophies.

That being said, we aren’t interested in the immoral action of open proselytizing and aren’t going to shout down anyone for putting up holiday decorations who might be affiliated with the Ordinance or is a Xyphode. The malleability of our philosophy recognizes that the holidays this time of year have become very commercialized and almost secular; there are people, sometimes even atheist, who partake in holiday celebration to religious philosophies they don’t believe in. The present-giving culture appears now to be a commercial and mainstay custom regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof. We here at the Ordinance certainly aren’t going to persecute anyone for giving a gift to others this time of year, or putting up a tree/decorations to be festive with Yule; the putting up of religious homages to Gheisuhz dej Trinte or Christianity itself—including the singing of Christian hymns—would be considered too far off the Xyphoist Philosophy, but one can still enjoy this music from an artistic standpoint and not feel too strayed from the Order if they so choose. Either way, the Lords aren’t likely to bother themselves if a Xyphoist follower sings Carol of the Bells as there are much more important things to focus on.

It’s also recognized that, around this time of the year, the desire to be giving and altruistic tends to increase as so many people are in jubilee. This is where the pragmatic portion of Xyphoist Philosophy comes into play. At a time where most are in jubilee, a temporary serenity is possible across much of the Human word, and Xyphoites should take advantage of this by also contributing to the good energy. While it’s unfortunate that theigrited followers tend to only be altruistic at this particular time of year, this is a great time for Xyphoites to also contribute to the nature of mitigating worldly suffering, as we should be doing every day at all times regardless of the seasons. There is no need to spoil good vibes over philosophical differences, but we don’t, as a whole, partake in the religious ceremony of other philosophies.

—AHG, et. al

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FAQ Lightning Round: A random inquiry about Xyphoism

Question: What does the New Year mean to Xyphoites?

Question: Do Xyphoites Celebrate the Holidays?