Overview
In Sehajari (Way of Etneral Law), the greatest diety, Anathraj, is actually two dieties: his female counterpart, Isuraja, is more akin to a cosmic force that supports and is in everything, including the gods and everything, including everything from an ant to an elephant. Isuraja is multifaceted; she is frequently identified as Anathraj's wife and even sometimes as a goddess of power, strength, and protection. The masculine side of Anathraj is Ayatana, who is known as the scholar, the creator, and the sustainer. He is the supreme deity who created all with Isuraja by his side, because without her, "Ayatana is nothing but a corspe without Isuraja." Within these two exist other gods and deities. Isuraja, as Anathraj, is one of the six equal forms of God. The six deities are Isuraja, Ayatana, Anjahan, Surahni, Raagi, and Balhdaan. But depending on the many different sects and traditions, the last god can depend on a personal favorite god or a cultural one. It consists of the worship of six deities set in a quincunx-esque pattern where, in the center, Isuraja and Ayatana sit or their other manifestations.
Beliefs and Practices
The Cycle of Life and Death
The Great Seven Gods
Isuraja
Isuraja, Goddess of War and Strength, is the mother and protector of all. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and war. Isuraja's legend centers around combating evils and the blight that threaten peace, prosperity, and justice, representing the power of good over evil. She is believed to unleash her divine wrath against the wicked for the liberation of the oppressed, which entails destruction to empower creation and her children. Isuraja is often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger with many arms, each carrying a weapon and often defeating the blight.
Ayatana
Ayatana, the God of Knowledge, is known as the scholar, the creator, and the sustainer. He is the one who, after destroying his mortal enemy, Usruha, used his body to recreate the many worlds and stars, which all sing of his creation to this day. He watches over and blesses everyone. Planets, stars, and galaxies spinning far beyond speech, he has no end and no beginning. He is described as an old and beared man sitting on his lotus throne.
Asirpa
Asirpa, the god of the forge, blacksmithing, work, and swordsmanship. Known as the great swordwielder, he is the one who foraged the weapons of Isuraja and gave the knowledge down to the humans. Through him he creates the weapons which supported both mortal and God alike, giving him the epithet of destroyer of blight and evil. The Sehajari sometimes even the Ilhjahi worship their weaposn as manifestations of Asirpa, as after all he is known as the Sarkalh (all iron).
Surahni
Surahni, the God of the Sun, is the great luminous friend of all mankind and the illumantor of the world. He is known as the great fire that sustains the world and is known to burn out all blight with his light. Surahni is often depicted as riding a chariot harnessed by horses, often seven in number to indicate the seven days in the week.
Raagi
Raagi, the Goddess of magic and song, Her everlasting song is what keeps the world's magic alive. It was she, with her Ieehla (a type of instrument similar to a Rabab), who sang the stars and planets of the countless cosmos into being. She is a spiritual goddess who encompasses all that purifies the essence and identity of a person, including knowledge, the arts, music, melody, muse, language, rhetoric, eloquence, and creative activity. She is frequently portrayed as riding a peacock and having four arms: one for holding a rosary, the other for holding Raagi's chants, the third for holding a water jug, and the fourth for holding her Ieelha.
Anjahan
Anjahan, the God of the Hunt, is known as the forester, hunter, and caretaker. He is the great stag, known to be the one who populated the world with prey and predators. Anjahan is often depicted as a man with antlers who holds a snake in one hand and a spear in the other. He is widely worshipped as Iydrami, who is his manifestation, who is the slayer of snakes and the enemy of the invading Utumi. Often by his side is a dog or falcon, depending on the culture.
Apakuar
Apakuar, the god of the sea, is responsible for both the mercy and wrath of the ocean. Apakuar is also the guardian of moral law, one who punishes those who sin without remorse and who forgives those who sin with remorse. Just as he judges who can cross the great ocean of the mortal, he decides who will be able to escape and cross the world ocean and become one with Anathraj or the many other heavens and hells.
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