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Yeah, point taken, Asa, I wouldn't use it myself unless I could see a lot more in it - however, as you say there's a llot warnings etc hedged about the thread:
This essayby Linda Falario's partner, Fred Folwer has another angle on that whole issue, drawn from their own experience.
A quote:
For the record: for L and me there is not a thing satanic or evil in the darkside. Such constructs simply have no meaning in this realm. They are strictly dayside, strictly human, and for me strictly bullshit. Oh yes, the USA produced over 20,000 murders last year, countless rapes, and even more countless acts of senseless and sick brutality. How many were killed, and continue to die, in Iraq, S. Africa, Liberia, El Salvador, Guatemala, etc., etc.? I could tell you how many children were abused, that 20% plus of children in this country live in poverty, but I think my point is clear. All of this horror exists in this dayside, human world. In my view, the recognition of all this is so threatening to personality integrity that few are even willing to see it, open their eyes and hearts and minds to their own stink and meanness as a race/species of the dayside world.
They seem to be saying that their idea of the Qliptoth/Darkside is tied to all this human stuff:
"Our darkside, KG's "Nightside of Eden", are distinctly not-human (naught-human?) realms of experience, and are not tied to any conception of person or personality."
They seem to be indicating here that the Qliptoth is something other than evil, as we conceive it.
What do people think about this - maybe the whole idea of things like "The Cattle Car" card above (which made me want to throw up) is that really it's not Qlipothic at all, but US, parts of ourselves we can't face up to. I think this could lead to an interesting discussion on the nature of Evil - what is it? Where does it come from? Is a discussion like this vital to magicians or anyone trying to understand themselves? |
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