Xyphokonic Purity Defined.

Greetings, all, from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Welcome back to the First Period of Lord Carnyie, Desentuer. As the next two Periods of Watching are under the Lord’s care, we have ample time to speak on topics revolving the Carneiyean Xyphozon, Purity and Worship, address current events in regards to the Cosmic Struggle (as we’re currently under Yrridthmas), and also field some other general questions from the gallery. Today we will open this discussion with the topic of Purity as it is defined within Xyphoist Philosophy. In this discussion we’ll define the term and go into how Purity works. Shall we?

Purity is defined as the balance and serenity from wielding the dissonance between the Xyphoist concepts of Misted Unhinged Grievance and Illuminated Shackled Misery in order to bestow Mercy and cleanse the innocent of corruption unjustly wrought upon them; Purity is, of course, an attribute of the Carneiyean Xyphozon.

To put it simply: Purity is blessing the innocent from suffering, and the key part of Purity is that it is applied to the innocent and not to evil. This is essentially the manifestation of forgiveness within Xyphoist Philosophy. As we know from the Commentary on Divine Punishment, Xyphoist Philosophy leaves no room for forgiveness to evil, willfully corrupted and tainted actions; for those individuals who have the intent to do evil or who intentionally succumb to immorality, only Punishment awaits them. Purity, and by extension forgiveness through the Mercy that Purity brings upon, are given to the victims of evil and immorality that may have been forced to commit immoral acts or are in need of Mercy from their unjust suffering.

Purity is broken down by two major sides: Misted Unhinged Grievance and Illuminated Shackled Misery. We first learn of these concepts within the Sacred Lesson given to the Child of Purity. Misted Unhinged Grievance is the principle that demonstrates a raw, genuine and pure emotional response to trauma and pain/suffering. This state of Purity satisfies the need of others to see the caster of this blade being true and pure to themselves—showing those that  need that authentic emotional response that the caster is also being empathetic. The caveat to this side of Purity is that it comes with a misted blindness as the pure emotional response often clouds one’s judgement.

On the other side of Purity is the principle of Illuminated Shackled Misery, which is the state of being free of corruption but chained to a stasis of oblivion.  In bringing this type of Purity to others, granting them Mercy through the lack of pain, the caster  of the Purity shall be shackled to the guilt and reservation of such a misery but have a clear and illuminated serenity at the action. To sum it down, Illuminated Shackled Misery is taking upon a personal sacrifice in order to bring relief and Mercy to others, and by doing so, one takes a burden upon themselves—often in the form of a guilt at bestowing a Mercy to others. We often here of examples in which people “put them out of their misery;” this is but one example of this. Taking upon huge burdens in order to alleviate the suffering of others also falls into Illuminated Shackled Misery.

These two principles have a natural dissonance between them, and as the Sacred Lesson states, a person with great internal conflict and dissonance inside themselves. People of this state understand the need for Mercy the most, upon taking the huge sacrifice, will be empathetic enough to try to bring that Mercy to other innocents that are suffering. Essentially, the purpose of Purity is to bring Mercy and eradicate corruption and suffering from Innocent souls.

—kyX