Naturae

What Naturae is
Naturae is a Doggie religion. Doggies who follow this religion believe that nature is the most pure and beautiful thing in the entire world. They believe that you will be pure and beautiful if you become a part of nature. Doggies following this religion are called Veridi.

On special days they have a parade called Folium Diem, where they paint beautiful pictures of flowers and anything to do with nature. They dress up in pink and green. They eat fruit and veg, and listen to flute music. Then they do a 'dance' called Flores Magni. In Flores Magni they get into groups of five and hold a blanket up together while walking in circles and chanting flower poems.

Rules of the Religion

 * 1) You must always wear items of green and/or flowers.
 * 2) Decorate your house and garden with plants and take care of them every day.
 * 3) Never pick a plant from the ground.
 * 4) Never use bug killers, use a non-killing method to get rid of bugs.

Stories and Lessons
Veridi get their lessons from a book called Fabulis Naturae. Fabulis Naturae doesn't have stories (despite the name of the book being translated from Nature Stories), but they learn the Latin names of flowers instead of using common names like 'daisy' and 'bluebell'

They also learn herb concoctions that can heal different kinds of pain and sickness. The only one it can't heal is death, but that one's quite self-explanatory.

Special Place
Their special place is called a Folius Domum. Every Saturday at 7pm, Veridi go there to read a page of the Fabulis Naturae. After that they say a chosen chant from the book together, and then a plate of food is passed round the hall. The plate has a selection of fruit and veg and they can choose which one they want. They they drink fruit juice or milk together, and then leave.

If a Doggie wants to become a Veridi, a ceremony is held for new Veridi on Sundays at the Folius Domum. In the ceremony, a crown of beautiful flowers is placed on the Veridi-to-be's head while they walk across the long blue carpet in front of the audience. Then the main Veridi takes the crown from the Doggie's head, takes off one of the flowers and sticks it on their Veridi Tree display underneath the Veridi-to-be's name. Then he/she says '(Veridi-to-be's name) is now a Veridi!'