Unity of the Dark Tradition
One more time - What absolutely legitimizes the entire Dark Tradition and all the related cultures (plural) that had it and still have it, as a whole, is their emanation doctrine about the Boundless Darkness, No Name, etc. and the Flame that is in that Darkness - and the resulting doctrine of Being and Becoming. THAT is the unifying concept. It is very much unlike a creation doctrine; it is very much unlike paganism with many gods and goddess. It is not dualistic at all. It is not for everyone. I thought we did say that?
In addition, there are identical elaborations: how that darkness is always categorized in 5 distinct ways as it acts on "the nature" around us and how the flame is within us as kundalini, Vajra, etc. How the Flame comes into living beings from the Darkness, goes through living things as a Flame or kind of "Light" and then returns to that One Darkness. How the Darkness itself never increases or decreases all the time this goes on. There are also very similar doctrines about what lacks this Flame within, in all these traditions.
This is one solid tradition amongst many whole cultures, parts of cultures and peoples. It is distinct from the trinity traditions, distinct from the dualistic traditions, which oppose light and dark. It is distinct from paganism. It is distinct from the solar cults. It has nothing to do with rebellious little Christians of the mundane world of the herd and hypocrisy. It has nothing to do with that.
This is perfectly clear on our Dark Tradition section on the website and in articles. It does not matter if confused persons, overly cerebral people or anyone else doesn't get it. Glaring and screaming out is the emanation doctrine and the Boundless Darkness concept -
The Left-Hand Path does not work that way. You either hear the tune, or you don't. It is not like conversion doctrines. It is not Right-Hand Path.
If you hear it, it definitely
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