Tanets Solntsa

Tanets Solnsta is a trinitarian faith which believes the entire cosmos exists in an immanent unity that has been lost to man. The universe was created by the Absolute God, the Viracocha, who built the tower of Love, placing the first man inside, and creating the sun on the bottom. Within the tower the Viracocha would create a great many beautiful paintings and animals. the basis of every form and animal that pervades nature. A vast fire later arose that destroyed the grand tower, everything within sent into the abyss. Humanity, through shared art and language, was all that was left with any knowledge of the tower. As a finite version of the absolute, humanity could grasp the unity that pervaded the cosmos and it is thus humanity's responsibility to achieve His restoration through the reconstruction of Absolute Reality. According to the Sapa's poems this may happen through the construction of a grand tower that reaches up to the sun and the revival of all the dead. Humanity must constantly progress and reclaim knowledge of the lost unity that pervaded the cosmos in order to revive Him.

Tanets Solstana has a complex hierarchy. The base unit of the faith is the Church of the Sun, led by an Umu. The Church of the Sun is often linked to a university or industrial firm, which engages in research or manufacturing. The Umu selects a council of laypeople. The faith is led by the so called "Vicar of the Sapa" or the Solnechnyy Tsar' (during the communist period the Vicar was appointed by the Party). The Vicar is able to select Hu Umus who act as the overseers of lower Umus. The word of the Vicar is seen as the word of the Inti and given paramount importance, however the faith recognizes traditional Osorrai canon, Yarovar canon, and various Latin and Greek philosophies.

The faith recognizes both traditional Yarovar and traditional Osorrai holidays, both of which have equal importance. Tanets Solnsta is known for not outright rejecting polytheism, but believing that traditional Osorrai deities are forces of the Absolute. The faith has a rich tradition of poetry, architecture, literature, and music. It has a rich tradition of mysticism.

Tanets Solntsa is one of the most recent faiths in Anterra created by the Saint Kapralov Artemiy Timurovich during his travels to Osorra. Noting the vast potentials technology brought forth, he created a "modernized" version of traditional Osorrai faith which aimed to achieve utopia, immortality, and the end of human suffering. To develop this new faith he partnered with many technologists and physicists who had become enamored with new technological developments, while at the same time learning about how Osorrai mythology had parallels with the various thermodynamic theories of the era. He wrote The Cosmic Will, a text which summarized his religious and philosophical beliefs in 1875, becoming the basis for a new faith. This faith came to the attention of the Qoya of Osorra who was hardpressed by his Yarovan ministers to begin converting his people to Christanity. Seeing the opportunity of a syncretic faith that would combine existing Osorrai mythologies and Yarovar faith he made Timurovich's faith state religion. Missionaries came from all over to spread the faith and thousands of Sun Churches were built in a short period of time. Tanets Solntsa ideas were important in the coming Osorrai revolution and other nationalist movements across Vojiskiy. Many Communists in Osorra were inspired by the faith, seeing socialism as a way to unite all of society towards the greater goal of building The Tower of the Inti. The religion would see a second great awakening during the 20s-30s officially supported by the Communist government. Tanets Solntsa would inspire the spearheading of literacy programs, mass industrialization, and the construction of many railroads.

As Osorra began to modernize, the country began to secularize. The faith would decline till the nuclear and space program of the 70s saw its revival only to sputter out again with Osorra's loss in the Osorra-Tilenno War. The faith today is followed by over 90% of Osorrais with large populations in Yarova, Baileneu Ma, and so on. It inspired many radical political projects in the 20th century, especially the nascent movement. Many new age schools in places such as Brigantica took inspiration from the faith, capitalizing on it's relentless drive towards the future and synthesis of the new and old. In recent years a Second Great Awakening has developed in Osorra, a massive relgious revival which has seen church attendance rise and increased interest in the faith develop. Churches of the Sun have often become the last semblance of community in de-industrializing Osorrai towns or for underemployed scientists researchers and academics.