What Does This Secret SCP Religion Believe In?

[@NolanRyanVA]

The author of Sarkicism, Metaphysician, has an amazing headcannon of the religion's story and of Ion (though I suppose it would be just "canon", since he wrote Sarkicism). In it, Ion is actually a powerful reality-bender, with the innate ability to alter physical beings (ie flesh) down to the molecular level. He was a reluctant prophet for his religion, as he originally wanted to simply bring the Daevite Empire to ruin and free his fellow slaves, but after finding the heart of an Archon lie at the center of the royal palace being used as worship via human sacrifice he used his power to "devour" it (it's unsure whether this was literal or not) which let Ion see "beyond the veil of reality" and realize the truth concerning Yaldabaoth and humanity. He then turned his mission from simply freeing his fellow slaves, to freeing all organic life from the "Divine Tyranny".

[@RVGmetallicasaw]

Ah, if only he learned of Mekhane’s Glory! Such wonders that could have been…

[@datwitchyswordfan]

@@RVGmetallicasaw He might consider both Mekhane and Yaldabough as dangerous to humanity, as they are both gods that have heavily influenced humanity and life as it is known. He probably has a few problems with Mekhanism as it involves people, in his eyes, literally throwing away their humanity and flesh to achieve a higher form, which he would likely not like very much. However, he would definitely have a ton of problems with the inhuman eldritch gods that want to eat humanity in its whole.

[@NolanRyanVA]

@@datwitchyswordfan Metaphysician, at least in his canon, says that Mekhane isn't even a part of their scriptures or doctrine in any way. So the Church/Mekhanites are basically just their own thing that hold racist views towards this other group of people based on their religious idealism. Literally, the term "Sarkic" was a racist slur made up by Mekhanites and other enemies to describe them, as the real name of their religion is "Nälkä", roughly meaning "hunger" in ancient Adytite.

[@austinjones9276]

Persona 5, dude.

[@jacobc9221]

Anddddd there goes the originality for my OC superpower

[@Thinkimon]

I come to the understanding that SCP 001 when the day breaks is caused by a dermatologist god who's tired of telling people to wear sunscreen.

[@zyncwargaming179]

Wonder if sunscreen actually works?

[@Thinkimon]

@@zyncwargaming179 Against day break? I guess you need a combination sunscreen of 1000000+ SPF PA+++++++ for it to have a little power.😂 But against our normal sun, they 100% work.

[@Diegosaurus_1974]

I had a theory that SCP-001: When Day Breaks was caused by the Sarkics.

[@Thinkimon]

@@Diegosaurus_1974 Maybe Ion fancy themselves a dermatologist 😂

[@thomasharrison2974]

Funny

[@monitorman4493]

A whole movie of the origins of the Sarkists and the mekhanites and their wars would be super epic

[@lysandervalerius9837]

The God of blood, and the God of machine. Damn!

[@booboodavila]

I really want a movie/series about Amoni-Ram. So good.

[@nuridenizdurucu1249]

​@@lysandervalerius9837 More like god of flesh and god of metal, but that sounds cool too.

[@jsc1jake512]

Sarkist and Mekhanite belief is some of the most interesting religions/mythologies in all of fiction that I've found. The god of intelligence and the soul and the god of all things having to do with the body, it amazes me how people think of these things and how deep they really are. Before this video I just thought the Sarkics were the opposite of the Mekhanites and they worship Yaldabaoth like the Mekhanites worship Mekhane but I was wrong, there's so much more depth to it. It seems that Sarkic belief's main tenet is to become one's own god. It favors the rule of nature above all, kill or be killed, consume or be consumed, stand above all or stand at constant risk of death. They don't worship Yaldabaoth, they both fear and admire her. They want to emulate her greatness in themselves, but it is in their best interest that she remains contained.

[@philipcrash765]

i found it astounding how people write these stories and manage to integrate them into our history

[@XJonAye]

They do amazing work, lore is my favorite part about video games, these scp stories suck me in for hours

[@warriorscholar41]

I've never been a DM, but every time you guys post a sarkist or mechanite video, I keep thinking it would be really cool to run a campaign where they're at war with each other and the players pick a side to assist.

[@kingandros4819]

Chaos demands We slay both sides!

[@SimonWolfie]

@@kingandros4819 Ah, a Daevite survivor.

[@ElitheSnowFox]

(Experienced player enters and kills both armies in one turn)

[@weegee_darthno4045]

The Wanderers Library would be cool as well

[@theenderdestruction2362]

*starts purposely causing chaos amongst both so that humanity may live* shhh

[@Orion3603]

A thought: what if the fall of the Kalmaktama was planned? Think about it. Yaldaboath theoretically created all of existence to sacrifice it for its own power. Would it not make sense, then, for Grand Karcist Ion to do something similar? In Ion’s quest to ascend to the level of or consume Yaldaboath, wouldn’t it make sense for them to also sacrifice their creation, in this case the empire they built, so that Ion would become stronger and more godlike? Just a thought.

[@mint1114]

No

[@MrMementoMori]

Don’t really know much about Sarkicism so this is a good day to watch.

[@Strutinan]

Just think of it as a nicer version of islam, that also has demonstrable magical powers.

[@agimrexhepi1680]

@@Strutinan hating a Religion how miserabel is your life

[@datwitchyswordfan]

Can’t believe you guys totally left out the Klavigars, the top 4 commanders of Ion. His relationship to his Klavigars is part of what makes Ion such an interesting character. Lovetaar, Orok, Nadox and especially Saarn are amazing characters on their own, and their loyalty to Ion and how it affects their own fates is what makes them essential to fully under who Ion really is.

[@spencerc4252]

I mean, they are interesting, but given that this is meant as a broad overview of what makes the sarkic faith what it is, they aren't strictly speaking relevant in the molding. at least enough to where they need to be mentioned.

[@Mondy667]

​@spencerc4252 but it's like leaving the 12 Apostles in an explanation of Christianity

[@brandonaughtman9091]

I have been wanting to see a video of Sarkicism for a while. They were the least I was knew about and like magic you brought it to me when I was thinking I was never going to learn more! Thank you!

[@henrygalley2831]

Hell yeah, Sarkicism!! So glad to see you guys covering it here ❤️

[@Braindead_Sarkic]

Sarkicism is my favorite GOI so I’m happy you made a video on it.

[@idolevin8795]

Well clearly, considering your username

[@fanonfrenzy3809]

There are certain topics that can be retold, and told again changed, ever so gently that I feel compelled to watch all the way through. How the Sakicics and mechanites all tie to together, and promises of power of the "old times." The point I want to get across is, please more of this. For the most part, the flesh that hates was the first time i heard about this faction which solidified them as the bad guys. It is good to hear more depth about them.

[@archmagosdeciuskronen1501]

Seeing the Colossi in animated form after seeing art ages ago is awesome!

[@GigaChad-u1f]

The colossi were constructed in her schema...the colossi were constructed to defend

[@andrewsimpson3552]

This is what I'm talking about, you need more videos like this, this captures the viewer attention, I had almost lost faith in you guys but this brings it back

[@Sumi-7]

Thank you for delivering very entertaining scp videos to us every day

[@SomeJDude]

Of all the groups of interest this channel has talked about, this one has been the scary one.

[@thunderstudent]

I hope we get more in depth looks into the sarkists and eventually cover the mechanites/Church of the broken god

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Oh joy, making more videos regarding the factions in this universe.

[@spawnofragnarok9267]

SCP 001 when DAY breaks (The wanderers library) SCP 001 when DAY breaks (SCP 3003 the end of History) SCP 001 when DAY breaks (SCP 204 The protector) SCP 001 when DAY breaks (secret cannibal religion)

[@Commentation]

Good ideas but I dont think much will happen with 3003 inless they try to go to earth to work some things like explained but then someone gets sunburned, Really wanta see what the Chaos Insurgency And GOC And the other main factions

[@catboy6451]

They gotta milk the sun

[@josephjenott931]

Hmm... I have been postulating on Sarkic and Mechic religions for a few weeks. One thing that has continually popped up in these thoughts is how it affects SCP-001 The Scarlet King. With the Daeva being key to Sarkic and Sarkic being key to The Church of the Broken God, all this spins a lot of possibilities.

[@shadowsa2b]

Glad this finally got a dedicated video! Long time coming. Kinda makes me wonder if Resident Evil has roots in sarkicism 🤔 Now if we could just get a dedicated Thaumatergy video...

[@warriorelyon]

More of these!! Also love your videos!

[@setsunatenma9467]

15:22 there is also the wyrwood which explains why many anamolous civs are forgotten

[@Velociferon]

Finally! Been waiting for this one

[@sebastiancarrillo3055]

From what I understand the word "sarkicism" is not really what this religion is called, but rather a pejorative word used by its enemies, especially the mechanites. According to what I read, the real name of the religion or at least the original one that the proto-sarckist cults still use is "Nälkä". They didn't talk about the Klavigar either, though well, considering they're basically the biggest figures in their religion since Ion disappeared, they have a lot of appearances as SCPs, so maybe they'll talk about them later.

[@NightmareRex6]

fun fact its a "Blind enity" blinded by primodial designers, same with gnosticm sophia yaldaboth, exept light instead of primodial.

[@starmanexe7721]

Sarkicism would be very tempting to me if it didn't deliberately seek to spread fear and death amongst the people. If I wanna have 6 arms, a spiked tail and acidic spit, why would I have to kill innocent people for it? Not worth it that way.

[@SimonWolfie]

Good thing it split and mutated so heavily. The main reason why it would be hard to find a sect not into that sort of thing would probably be because it would be because of it's sacrifice heavy nature, and Innocent people are worthy sacrifices. Perhaps there's a sect that found a way to sculpt their flesh without such methods, but it would be extremely rare or difficult, otherwise there would have been cases of hidden sects using this method, and the SCP Foundation may be interested in using such a method themselves, perhaps for an MTF.

[@luukzilla1519]

How Would A Cross Test Between SCP-049 And SCP-2295 Go?

[@luukzilla1519]

@My favorite scp is 096 That Would Be Interesting To See

[@luukzilla1519]

@My favorite scp is 096 Or Maybe SCP-106 And SCP-610

[@luukzilla1519]

@My favorite scp is 096 Wow That's Fast!!!

[@luukzilla1519]

@My favorite scp is 096 I Think It Can Only Affect Fleshy Things

[@VikeshSNM]

Speaking of Sarkicism, it would be interesting to see the whole epic of Amoni-Ram visualised

[@KaiserAfini]

So basically Ion's power was applying Hermeticism to ascend by gaining a high sympathetic connection to Yaldabaoth, becoming a shard or element of the being

[@treybrzezowski3259]

Ooh, please cover the Mekhanites next! I love the Robot/Cyborg/Steampunk thing they've got going on!

[@icekaiser0471]

Yeah finally I thought either this video didn't exist yet or it was SUPER OLD

[@Doofing_Cookies]

You should do more 15-20 minute videos on groups of interest

[@Blalack77]

So they're the Sea People? The Sea People and the Bronze Age Collapse is one of the most interesting historical topics to me.

[@Memeking_Bob]

This is so great!!!!!!!!!! One of the best scp stores ever!!!!!

[@AidanLee-fh4ii]

SCP Explained should make a video explaining Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd. since some SCP explained videos mentions MC&D.

[@Still_Redacted]

I've been waiting for this sarkicism explained after I watched the flesh that hates and another SCP's that related to sarkicism

[@mrhamme1]

I talk about the late bronze age collapse in my teaching often. Neat scp

[@TheTimeLads]

How do you guys animate one of these every single day? This is absurd

[@joeystoney3678]

They most likely make a bunch a head of time and release daily videos and have enough time to stay ahead

[@Monster-bx1mq]

Dude that war sounds SICK I gotta know more about that

[@cheatcodemaster5265]

The Sith Code doesn't sound so bad compared to this. "Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me."

[@MilanGeerlof]

Cool vid

[@ChristianDall-p2j]

The “Will to power” concept of sarckacisim was clearly inspirer by nietches idea of the Will to power (though not copied from, more likely based on a common misunderstanding of his work, as nietche belived that the greatest from of power, was power over oneself, though you Can research more about that here on KZbin if you want to!) (the author was inspired, that is, not ion himself, of cource! Im sure they came up With their concept indepndently in-Universe!)

[@ChristianDall-p2j]

Ironiclly, nietche considered the kind of morality ion is expressing here “master morality” and thought that equality kindens compassion and other traditional moral values, along With obedience, to be “slave morality”, yet ion was a slave- (at least supposedly, considering the comment below this one, maybe not! (Press the “read more” on the comment below to read what i am referring to here!)) -so thats a bit ironic, issent it? The oprresed becoming the oprresors here, just not in the Way nietche supposedly thought! Just goes to show that he was wrong, both supposedly and not supposedly!

[@sydneyrose6455]

Is it the Sarkists that have weird trees or plants or whatever in one town that grow body parts that are not anomalous and donate the organs to outsiders?

[@spencerc4252]

yes, I am pretty sure that is a sect of sarkists

[@sydneyrose6455]

@@spencerc4252 thank you.

[@youtubelover2499]

Can you do another SCP 001-the lock episode

[@Zasek2112]

20-30 million... Was there even that many people on the planet at that time? Someone dropped the ball while researching and writing this.

[@NinjaCman1]

Yay another GOI Explained is always welcome, even Sarkicism. Day 352 of asking the O5 Council to use SCP-1968 to create a universe in which 682 doesn't exist.

[@benjaminkrouskop6046]

I've been waiting for this one.

[@KwizzyDaAwesome]

Human sacrifice of the poor by the wealthy is very important to Capita- I mean, Sarkhistism.

[@EdTheShed1]

Could you make a video covering SCP-513?

[@heru-deshet359]

The Oompa Loompas are eternally grateful to Willy Wonka for saving them from this religion.

[@brettnelson7048]

Wow! thanks for the history lesson.

[@SeanLKearns]

When the scps just drop the act and start talking about factual history.

[@MrSkysenGames]

Ah, Sarkicism. The belief in magic flesh. But what about _Circusism,_ eh? Now there's a scary one.

[@johnmonroe7485]

What would happen if you looked at an image of SCP-096 inside of the backrooms, level 0? I wonder if he would frantically rush through any doors or potential objects that could let you noclip, or just do the boring answer and enter his dormant state until you return( if you can manage it) If 096 does try to enter the backrooms, then what if you looked at a picture in level 2? Could he manage to navigate his way there, or have we finally managed to trap him? Once he is stuck inside the backrooms, what if you looked at an image of him outside of the backrooms? Does he have some sort of reality bending powers that we don’t know about that would let him create a tear to escape, or have we finally managed to trap him forever? Huge fan by the way, keep up the great content! ♥️

[@iamincrediblystupidbut4364]

Well you are asking the wrong people maybe you should imagine what would happen and write a story

[@ericfaith2810]

Has the Foundation ever researched the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? 🤔

[@endoetz]

when will you continue the 682's adventure in the backrooms?

[@voldo18]

I hope you guys see this comment, but I'd like to see y'all do another SCP versus video. Or atleast another When Day Breaks video with 049 explaining how he views the pestilence, or a video on his childhood

[@masonscruggs1209]

Great video!!!

[@spinach5505]

Oooh this was posted just now what’s up first watching this in the hour 🤟🏽 and this is some sick stuff 🤣

[@frankielovejoy9928]

If only real history were this interesting.

[@senbrisbane5352]

It's hidden, if you truly want to know how weird and wonderful our reality is? You have to want it and you have to pay attention to the signs once you start looking. It will get scary, but you can stop at any time. Good luck

[@egoleeech]

It is if you're smart enough

[@josh678595]

With the nonanomalous advent of genetic engineering and nanite technology, I wonder how long it will the Sarkicists and Mechanites to realize their respective faiths can now become one?

[@missyummy1040]

Kumagawa Misogi in SCP please ~ (It doesn't necessarily need to be a vs video)

[@OGPepsiman]

Medaka’s Box

[@EmperorLie]

It was the damn time dont u think?(love your work never stop gotta catch em all❤️)

[@lethandlegend9167]

caught this vid early!

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@JDWalker495]

Theophagy Otherwise known as the religion of Kirby

[@malgood9674]

Could you do a when day breaks scp 2000

[@channelnotfound.mp4620]

What happens if Dr bright sees the shy guy then switches hosts. Will the host that saw it be killed then go after the new host or will the host be spared and then go after the new one. Also do sedatives that make you forget stop shy guys rage? If not then shyguy would be infinitely angry

[@williammunda526]

Got a new mic? Voice sounds deeper.. lol

[@drswag0076]

think you can do a video on sarkic related SCPs? 3989 and 610 is good place to start.

[@Semirotta]

Not a huge fan of the newest update on KZbin. Just pointless changes in positions of the buttons and shit. God damnit KZbin/Google, stop screwing up this site already. Youve done enough bad to it. @SCP Explained magnificent video as always, keep up the good work. I love these videos. 👍

[@wailerrami7397]

Could you make a vedio about the horizon initiative please

[@some2950]

how are you guys creating videos every day?

[@Alex-f7v8z]

As soon as the video was like "but where did sarkacism go?" I was like "mechanites happened"

[@iminyourbasement7860]

Hey next vid can you do scp 912 pls

[@hudamalaje463]

Am little disappointed we don’t see any of the klavigars

[@smiththeinspiringanimator7042]

Awesome and cool! ^_^

[@mr.brightside1295]

Hey I’m kinda new to the foundation and I’ve notice that some SCP’s are strongly attached to a guy named “Eric”, but… who’s this guy?

[@arafe.1012]

No one knows He's related to way too many anomalies but we literally know nothing bout him

[@mr.brightside1295]

@@arafe.1012 Oh ok thanks! Damn, the foundation should investigate on who’s this guy

[@Real0ne23]

I like the chaos insurgency

[@loydgiejunoxillo223]

Is it possible for you guys to do a lore video about pandoras box and all its stories

[@Lupercalia-6319]

Big question : how does this tie in with the war against the scarlet king which resulted in the devastation of Adam and Eve with Seth being the only survivor to lead the last charge against the king and before that the foundation of life and earth with the king visiting aggrapapolis and then the wars against the Sasquatch like there so much going on I wish there was some sort of timeline with this stuff but it’s also for the better that there isn’t

[@Shadow-hw4ne]

good job

[@เมย์M]

Some reason SCP 682 look cute don’t judge me ok 😆

[@miloknight585]

Day 26 of asking for a 6113 video.

[@cocacola4blood365]

When the Sarkist apocalypse comes, people will hoard Oxy 10.

[@gidkid100]

flesh curtain is a great band name

[@c_karis_1]

I am not sure about the visuals. If I understood it correctly this all plays several decades BCE. But the video shows more of a medieval European looking style with Kings, castles and even Christian crosses in a time where the Hittite empire and the Assyrians still existed and Christ wasn't born yet. Otherwise it is a very cool video.

[@ajmeyers5661]

@Karis Draws - there is a lot of reality warping and time bending around the Daevite Empire, depending on the canon ofc. The Church of the Broken God had mech suits and nuclear power, the Daeva have an anomolous book (now in foundation custody) that can rewrite the past (even copies have the same power) when it come into contact with, I think human blood, but it might be any liquid--long time since I've read that one. Eventually, when the book is completed, it will fully rewtite the past and undo the overthrow of the Daeva. But anyway, tl;dr, there are a lot of different authors and a lot of canon out there, with the general gist seeming to be: there have been many cycles of civilisation -> collapse -> rebuild, and technologies and cultures have been recreated/reinvented along similar lines each time.

[@c_karis_1]

@@ajmeyers5661 So you mean there is a reality in which the ancient bronze age civilizations looked what we consider Medieval European?

[@ajmeyers5661]

@@c_karis_1 - Possibly yes. It depends on the author. In much of the SCP canon human civilisations have risen and fallen MANY times, with similar if not identical characteristics. Even alternate Earths in SCP have the similar histories. SCP is a pretty fun ride. Everything is up to the author.

[@MtnNerd]

Please do all the religions in the SCP universe

[@gabrielc7861]

still asking for you to cover Apotheosis.

[@MysticLGD]

Nice

[@Maxus106]

Hello

[@Slayer_Of_Gardora]

Honestly, I'm only here because hunter mentioned it.

[@grimlockianblader8504]

I would love to see a cross test with scp 053 the young girl and scp 208 bes the Egyptian god

[@SuitorASMR]

As a rule of thumb - The Church of the Broken god are the good guys - The Sarrkics are the Gross Meat people

[@Pumpkinsmasherok]

Well you know as good as someone trying to reassemble the God who split apart specifically to trap the evil flesh god, thus disassembling the trap and releasing evil flesh god

[@vituscorvinus3110]

No. Sarkicism is split into Neo sarkites who are evil and worship Yaldabaoth and the Old Sarkites who worship Ion and do not harm people. Ion himself was a liberator of mankind

[@NChatterjee]

Kalmaktama.. nice sanskrit touch there.

[@mattderogatory4068]

I honestly Sarkicism was the rival church to the church of the broken god, but I guess not

[@NolanRyanVA]

Yeah, their rivalry is very one-sided, as the CoTBG sees the Sarkics as their divine adversaries, while the Sarkics just don't really care about them and just want them to leave them alone.

[@mattderogatory4068]

But what I meant was the one that mekane trapped was the god of flesh they worship/fear

[@NolanRyanVA]

@@mattderogatory4068 Well yes, according to the lore Mekhane did trap Yaldabaoth in a cage constructed of it's own body. However, the biggest misunderstanding with Sarkicism is that they worship Yaldabaoth, when in reality they do not. In fact, they hate gods and believe that all they want is to use mortals as their puppets and sustenance. According to Sarkic legend, Ion transcended the physical realm to fight Yaldabaoth in its own territory and kill it, thereby freeing the universe from the "Divine Tyranny". Sarkics differ on how Ion is viewed after this, some think he will destroy Yaldabaoth and return to bring the world into a utopia, some think he failed to kill it and died, and a few even have doubt that Ion even existed at all.

[@mattderogatory4068]

@@NolanRyanVA oh, sorry, I typed that on my phone, and I didn’t see your message when I tried clarifying, but thanks!

[@yeoldebookshoppe4345]

Delete sarkicism by using the incomplete chronicle of the Davites

[@spencerc4252]

I mean, the book kinda just brushed past them while rewriting history didn't it?

[@pedromoura1446]

Not to be confused with "cynicism" despite the similarities...

[@hotgo343]

you guys should do a video on scp-171 aka the collective brain foam

[@ArktourosUltorMaximus7600]

Scythians and other East Iranians be like: Another day, another flesh monster to make.