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Dictionary of Astroeschatology

This part of the Astronary covers a wide range of terminology relating to Astronist eschatology, the discipline concerned with the destiny of humankind and the afterlife in the astronomical world.

a prophesied period of gradual decline (called the Devolution) experienced as a result of humanity’s inability to initiate the Humanic Exploration of The Cosmos (including the Astronomic Revolution and Space Revolution) before a stipulated time.

Degradation

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the set of opinions and beliefs regarding when the scope window for humanity to expand into outer space and avoid both the Degradation and the Devolution is considered to end.

Degrees of imminence

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a potential fact of the physical cosmos and the present state of human knowledge regarding the question of extraterrestrial life; that there exists no evidence of intelligent life except humans in The Cosmos. Such a prospect holds implications in Astronist eschatology for the destiny and future of humanity.

Desolation

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the belief that humans are the only intelligent life in The Cosmos, that it has always been this way, and that it shall remain as such until the end of time. This belief and its related concepts hold significant consequences in Astronist eschatology and for how Astronism is compared to other religions, especially those religions whose belief systems rely upon the accuracy of desolationism.

Desolationism

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the theoretical framework established by Cometan to deal with the prospect of desolation, especially with regards to how this effects Astronist eschatology and astrosoteriology.

Desolatology

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the eschatological question concerned with the fate of all non-Astronists or those who lived prior to The Founding of Astronism, typically answered by the doctrine of universal cosmosis and the occurrence of some proto-astroses.

Destination of the unastronised

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the belief that extraterrestrial life has not yet been found by humanity because all other forms of either sentient or sapient life in The Cosmos have become extinct. Contrasted with preliminism.

Dilatism

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the system of periodisation established by Cometan in order to quantify the plan of transcension; it manifests as the conception of several epochs of human history in accordance to the condition of humanity at it pertained to transcension during these different periods.

Durationalism

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the reconstitution of humankind through Astronism so that transcension may be able to begin, considered as part of the process of potentialisation.

Epanasis

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the astronaturalist belief that an irremovable characteristic of human nature is its transience due to the laws of limitation of The Cosmos; as a result, concepts such as physical immortality or an eternal afterlife are rejected.

Ephemeralism

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the practice of intellectual astrosis through one’s engagement in scientific fields like astronomy, astrophysics, rocketry, and cosmology.

Epistemastry

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orthodox belief and practice set down by the Astronist Institution regarding topics as such death, judgement, the afterlife, and the destiny of the soul and of humankind.

Eschatology of Astronism

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