The technical Sanskrit word for this is “Atma,” or “Infused Dark Breath.” Most readers are probably familiar with “Che” or “Ki” of Oriental martial arts. There is also “Manna” of the Huna religion, “Apeiron” of the Greeks and “Amon” of the Egyptians. The Black Flame is an individual manifestation of the Temple’s concept of “Monopsychism.” Monopsychism is the belief that all things share a single soul. While we would not say this exactly, we would say the soul of all things is the same. This is, of course, the Dark Force in Nature. Do not think of this in terms of a Christian soul, for that would be the grossest of errors. Rather, this is an impersonal quality. The movie Bedazzled illustrates this concept quite well. “You can’t sell your soul, because it doesn’t belong to you anyway … It belongs to God. That universal spirit that animates and binds all things in existence.”
For more information, please see the essay on Kali and Hel.
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