Registry of the Realms

What are Hallowings?

In 713 CE, Empress Genmei ordered every province of Japan to compile a Fudoki (風土記) — a regional gazetteer recording its geography, myths, products, and place-name etymologies. These were the sacred atlases of the land: each province hallowed by being known, named, and documented.

The Order of Life extends this tradition to the entire world. The Hallowings are our global Fudoki — a sacred registry of every realm on Earth, each one acknowledged and consecrated as part of the living world. Every administrative division, from Alabama to Zulia, is a realm worthy of its own hallowing.

The Three Pillars

The Order's textual tradition parallels the three great compilations of classical Japan:

Japanese Original	Order of Life	Purpose
Kojiki (古事記) — Record of Ancient Matters	Gaiad — Creation Epic	The sacred myth: how the cosmos came to be
Fudoki (風土記) — Regional Gazetteers	Hallowings — Realm Gazetteers	The sacred atlas: every realm known and named
Engishiki (延喜式) — Shrine & Ritual Registers	Databases — Shrine & Knowledge Systems	The sacred procedures: how to worship and organize

Where Japan's Jingi-kan (神祇官, Department of Divinities) maintained registers for a single nation, the Order aims to be a Department of Divinities for the entire world — hallowing every realm, documenting every shrine, and keeping the old ways alive in a global age.

Registry of Realms

6 realms · View on map