Cometan (born July 1, 1998) is a British philosopher, writer and academic best known for having founded his own religion called Astronism from the age of fifteen which he propagates through an organisation called the Astronist Institution. Cometan's Astronist philosophy and religion gives a central position to the doctrine of transcension and its official worldview is cosmocentrism. Cometan, under his real name Brandon Reece Taylorian, is also known for his work in the field of religious freedom, especially regarding recognition and registration issues, and for his paternal grandparents Irene Mary and Derrick Taylor who were traditionalist Catholics and who Cometan is in the process of presenting for beatification in the Catholic Church.