Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we join again to discuss the concept of darkness and its association with Death. As my colleague Ery spoke last Period of Light and its association to Life, we too will explore Darkness and its ties to Death. Let’s begin.

Darkness is an Element that opposes Light; it is cast from the absence of Light. Light is understood be a force of creation of newness, while Darkness is a force that envelops all in a veil from the presence of Light. Examining the Initial Flash of Light, we see that the 10 deities cast shadows from the Light, and from those shadows came all that shall be set to exist and eventually expire. Here we find a type of Darkness known as Shadow—Darkness cast from an entity bathed in Light. In this Shadow, all are subject to Spiritual Ends by the nature of the Shadow’s dependence on the Light and on the focal entity; all shall face an eventual spiritual end in this elongated shadow.

We can observe the nothingness of nonexistence, of the pre-existence before the Initial Flash, and of the near non-existence of Gheisialez and once again witness Darkness; this Darkness is called a Void, or Darkness from the lack of Light or spiritual distance from the focal point of Light. In this Darkness of the Void, all things cease to exist as they fade into the Darkness—yet another circumstance that leads to spiritual ends.

We can remark on the spirits made of Pure Darkness, the Dauharouki. These spirits are cast in pockets of Pure Darkness, a type of Darkness that is so heavily concentrated that Light cannot pierce into it, and yet within this Pure Darkness there is still existence subject to spiritual ends. Here we find that this Pure Darkness actually works in the reverse of how Light and Dark seem to react. The Pure Darkness of Dauharouki is wrapped around a Spiritual Core—the focal point or Heart. In this case, the Light exists within the Darkness, and the Darkness envelopes around it and conceals the Light’s presence, ending its ability to shine externally.

Working off of that concept, we see Dark Aura of the Heart itself, which is aura that regulates the internal workings on the Attachments. Dark Aura is focused on internal actions—yet again concealed and kept existentially obliviated from those not privy to the inner workings of others. Here we witness Darkness at work again as it conceals Light.

In all of these cases, we witness Darkness serve the purpose of expiring the Light or keeping it from being an absolute force without challenge. This is how the relationship between Spiritual Beginnings and Spiritual Ends work—how Life and Death work. The Light, a force of creation, is expired, retired, concealed, or ceased by the Darkness; in that same reality, the Darkness can be lit by new Light, and so the cycle continues to and fro. It’s this cycle of Light and Dark that keeps our existence and the Spectrum flowing and stable; these forces of Light and Dark, Beginnings and Ends, and Life and Death, keep the Cosmic Flow in motion.

—crX