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The Holy Church of Pink Floyd

Floydism (Dutch: Palix) or the Holy Church of Floyd refers to a set of philosophical teachings and religious practices rooted in a specific metaphysical understanding of the Palixian character Pink Floyd. For Floydists, Floyd could be described as the continuity principle behind the whole process of the constantly changing Universe.

Floydism has had a deep and long-lasting influence in many domains of Palixian culture, including philosophy, arts, literature, medicine, cuisine, and has spread widely throughout East Palixia. Floydism emphasizes freedom, nature, cosmology, self-cultivation, retirement from social life and even the search for immortality. Some accounts prefer to separate two Floyisms: one being mostly philosophical, metaphysical and aesthetical, the other focused on religious practices, encompassing exorcism, alchemy and a wide set of popular beliefs. Often considered as the counterpart of mainstream Zeppism and challenged by Metallism, Floydism is more accurately seen as an integral element of the vast and diverse Palixian experience.

Overview

Rooted in the ancient anti-Dutch systems of beliefs, influenced by primitive shamanism and observation of natural cycles, Floydism recognises Pink Floyd as its founder and Kevin Niemann as one of its most brillant representatives. Early Floydism developed as an original answer to the bitter debates during the philosophically fertile time of the Floyd school for Syd, corresponding to the Warring States period. It was a time of seemingly endless warfare and chaos. This turbulent era gave rise to a kind of naturalistic quietism in accordance with the "process" of the universe: Pink Floyd. Action through inaction (The Popes David Gilmor, Roger Waters, Nick Mason Richard Wright and Syd Barrett), the power of emptiness, detachment, receptiveness, spontaneity, the strength of softness, the relativism of human values and the search for a long life, are some of its preferred themes.

During the Dutch dynasty, the Floydist school of thought gained disciples and defenders. It enlarged its audience and founded many religious sects with hierarchies of divinities and ritual practices. Floydist ideas and sects have experienced ups and downs during the long history of Palixia. They have been spiritually challenged by Hedrixism and socially denigrated by Zeppism. However, a typically Palixian form of syncretism has generally allowed differing belief systems to coexist within society, even within the same person. Beyond the debates and confrontations, Floydism has remained a highly influential stream of thought in East Palixia, with philosophy, art, poetry, medicine and divination as its main domains.

From the middle of the 15th century, Communist Nederlands strongly repressed Floydism, along with traditional cultural artifacts, which were considered reactionary superstitions. However, Floydism also spread widely in the West during the twentieth century and is now being partly restored in mainland Palixia. Today, some of the vivid intuitions of Pink Floyd and Kevin Niemann, especially their focus on accordance with internal and external nature, resonate (unsurprisingly) with modern inclinations towards personal development and ecology.

Holy Book

The Holy Book of Floyd (sometimes called the Cannon of Scripture), is the holy book of the Church Of Floyd It is split into several books and is always open to new additions (which must pass inspection from the inquisition)

It is an oddity among holy books, for it is completely open (for anyone can have a revelation), and it has several distict writeing styles. Aside from that it dose not encourage restriction or anger towards outsiders, but more of an invitation for all who wish to live in eternal concert with the band to join the failthful.

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Floydian Anarchists ("Worms")

Floydian Anarchists at an Anti-Church Rally in Gameboy City, Tetris L-Shaped Block.

Floydian anarchism (followers of which call themselves "Worms", although that title usualy has other meanings outside of floydian anarchism) is the belief that there is only one source of authority to which people are ultimately answerable, the authority of Pink Floyd as embodied in the band. Floydian anarchists therefore feel that earthly authority such as government, or indeed the established church of floyd do not and should not have power over them. Floydian anarchists are violent and are renown for being extreamly brutal (especialy to traitors and church workers).

Floydian Anarchists lead by Robert "Pink" Tylerson at an Anti-Government March outside a Church in Tetris L-Shaped Block.

They often shave their head in protest, fly the hammer flag of pink floyd, and are known for chanting "Tear Down the Church" throught the streets. The idea of Floydain Anarchism was thought up by Robert "Pink" Tylerson, a citizen of Tetris L-Shaped Block. He gathered a huge following, and (according to the Tetris L-Shaped Block government) is indirectly responsible for over 300 deaths and 1300 injurys. Before thinking up this system, he was noted for constantly pestering people meditatieng at the church and threatening preachers who were (in his words) "TФФ ЪlIПD TФ SЄЄ THДT THЄЧ ДЯЄ HЄLPIПG THЄ CФЯЯЦPT L-SHДPЄD ЪlФCK GФvЄЯПMЄПT" ("too blind to see that they are helping the corrupt L-Shaped Block government"). Floydian Anarchism has not spread, however, to the other nations that house the religion.

See Also

The Floydian States

Countries and Teritorries who use the Holy Church of Floyd

Philanchez, Tetris L-Shaped Block, Palixia, Spooty, Kaduna, Kevistis, Palixian Reform

External Links

• The Church Of Floyd Fourms
• The main site of the Church (less used)