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The central deity in M'acunism is Makuahine, the Earth goddess, who formed all of creation and imbued life within all of it by imparting her very presence into all living beings. According to M'acunism, Makuahine is the primary deity that which living creatures can interact with and perceive. By her presence in living beings, M'acunists believe that all of nature is part of Makuahine's divine essence and life, and consequently believe that the Earth itself serves as lifegiver and consequently must be respected. Her role is emphasized within the Nature School but somewhat reduced within the Man School, and she is viewed as a somewhat neutral or at times malevolent actor within the Man School whereas the Nature School emphasizes her inherent goodness. Within both schools, her influence over the afterlife is extremely limited to being able to impart the status of Kānenaka on living beings as other deities oversee the afterlife. Consequently, prayer and sacrifice to Makuahine within M'acunism is mostly related to gaining benefits within mortal life, typically for good weather, curing of sickness, and other immediate benefits often related to biology and climate. Animal sacrifice is considered the highest form of prayer within M'acunism as it is understood to be a returning of the divine life essence of Makuahine back to her, which M'acunists believe is a way to gain favor with the goddess.

The Plant school believes that the Great Oneness consists of only plants and that Makuahine is a personification of the Great Oneness as a concept. The Plant School rejects the supremacy of all living creatures and instead believes in a cycle that the Great Oneness follows. Believers within the Plant School believe that the Great Oneness is tied to the earth that is walked on and all creatures that die are brought into the Great Oneness for a small amount of time before returning to the cycle from the earth itself. The Plant School emphasizes that plants are physical manifestations of the Great Oneness and that all living things that die are absorbed into the Great Oneness which then feeds its essence into plants. Similar to the Nature School adherents to the Plant School reject large sacrifice and instead believe the act of sustaining themselves off living things is a sacrifice not made by them but a sacrifice Makuahine has made more them. The sacrifice that believers of the Plant School engage in is respecting nature and not destroying it similar to other forms of life. Kānenaka are also believed in within the Plant School but to a lesser extent. Instead the believers of the Plant School worship the "Wasi Rey" or Home King, as an eternal Kānenaka who never enters the Great Oneness and as such are not bound by the balance that must aim to achieve. The Plant School is mainly situated within the historically isolated area of Canespa but also exists as small communities within other states.