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  • Question: Can you Paint Images of the Lords?

    Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. We have entered Mauris, Second Period of Lord Pharuuii. And since we already did a Xyphozon overview in Augrussé, we have different plans for this Period. The Pharusian Xyphozon is all about seeking Realmly Knowledge, as we all should do in our times as Mortals. As mentioned before in previous Commentary, the reason for Lord Pharuuii, Lord Carnyie, and Lord Vuetenexzyei having two Periods of Watching in Xyphojinami is because those three Xyphozons have the most pertinent presence in the lives of Mortals. During Life, Mortals are eternally subjected to the Reality of Death. Mortals use the power of Worship to seek Realmly Truths during Life, and once sought, can use these Truths to mitigate worldly suffering, defeating Deceptuary’s evil, and Maintaining the Equilibrium. Hence, asking questions is tantamount to this entire process. So for this Period, we shall be spending it asking questions of general interest and providing the Xyphoist answer or perspective to them.

    Today, we start with the topic of art in Xyphoism. Namely, the question being propositioned is: “Can you paint the Lords or other figures in the Xyphokonic Order?” If you’re a follower of the Order yourself or have simply been reading these Commentary out of curiosity, the Xyphoist answer should be quite obvious by now. Of course you can paint the Lords! The recount of their presence from Daetos in Xykozheiz explicitly gives their general appearance as seen from Daetos’s vision. And while it is certainly likely the true form of the Lords is far beyond comprehension, it’s highly likely the vision of the Lords was presented to all of existence in a form we can understand. This is why, in most cases, the Lords are personified in humanoid forms, described using humanistic characteristics, and are referred to using human-orientated terms.

    This, of course, does not mean the true form of the Lords is humanoid, but we are simply not of the level to truly comprehend that level of spiritual elevation, and that is perfectly okay. Regardless, the desire to give artistic presentation to the Lords, the Archangels, or the Sacred Children is entirely reasonable to seek and to do. In some divergent philosophies, there can be a taboo or stigma to give any sort of artistic rendition of key figures; this is not the case in Xyphoism. In fact, in our private discussion among us Arch-Hayles Grandurates, we have personally discussed and have shared our own artistic takes on the Lords based off of Daetos’s description—with some variation in how we envisioned the Lords exact appearance but with more alike than not.

    We, however, have decided not to release these artistic takes, or at least not here on the Order’s webpage, for we feel it would be more intriguing to let others create their own original renditions of these figures instead. At some point, we’d like to post our own Xyphoist art on perhaps a forum or other sites, but we will reserve this site for philosophical discussion and teaching philosophy.

    Moving back on topic, by the Nature of Devotional and Passionate Love, art and music play a big part in Xyphoist culture. As already demonstrated in other Commentary, songs are often written about key concepts and figures in the Order, with the exception of the Lords themselves in most cases—although that is a case of the Lords simply not demanding the praise and so there is no taboo to doing so if one wishes to.

    Generally speaking, there is a free expression to how anyone wishes to portray the appearance of the Lords based off of Daetos’s recount, although certain characteristics are hard to avoid when presenting their appearances. For example, Lord Vuetenexzyei is explicitly said to be appear as a golden skeleton shrouded in a long, miasmic-like black cloak; it would be hard to represent Him as something entirely different than that expression, but certainly not implausible or taboo to do so.

    In our own private comparisons, it’s almost always understood among us AHGs that Lord Carnyie’s eyes are always closed and hands in praying formation to represent His near-constant state of repose in which He spends His time in serenity listening to the Prayers of Woe, but there’s nothing stating this as law nor does that mean one couldn’t present Him with open eyes. In our personal notes, there are a lot of comparisons we’ve all aligned with of the appearance of the Lords, but all of it is our visions and are subject to an open interpretation.

    This also extends down to the Hayles and Sacred Servants, the Children, or even the visions of the Sacred Realms themselves—which we also have discussed privately about while drafting future Commentary about the Realms. Furthermore, musical expression is yet another open interpretation of Xyphoist expression, in which people can compose or craft how they feel about key concepts or figures through music, vocalization and chants, and other sounds.

    Essentially, the point is that there is no taboo on artistic expression in the Xyphoist Philosophy, and that also includes negative interpretations. It is all but certain that petulant beings will mock and attack the image of the Order and of the Philosophy itself, and that’s perfectly okay. As said many times before, the Lords are not petty, they are busy and above the need to be concerned about such acts. As we are gifted this Life and Free Will from Lord Kyaien as a parting gift to Xyphojinami, we are able to express ourselves and our perspectives through art, and are also able to paint an image of divinity to better connect ourselves with these high beings we devote ourselves too. Art is important, and it’s more important to let it be free.

    —phX

  • Commentary 57: The Passionate Lord, The Poetic Professor, and the Child of Personality

    Greetings, all, from the Order and Ordinance. We’ve entered our final Sacred Day of the Lord of Love’s Period of Watching. And while we’ve spent this cycle addressing the shortcomings of the Human Personality Fault, today we’ll go back to regular beating order and do a cursory overview of the key figures within the Saifaosian Xyphozon, and in Saifaosian fashion, I shall give them quite the dressing up, as is the nature of this Devotional and Passionate Love.

    The Lord of Love and Time

    Well, of course, we must first give homage and honor to our Beloved Lord of Love and Time Herself, Lord Saifaosé. Draped every so finely in vibrant fabrics woven from the stars themselves, bejeweled and laced with ornaments of gold, beads of rouge, opals and rubies alike, bracelets galore, necklaces and rings on each finger, nails painted vibrant pink and purple, and flowing long violet hair that extends throughout the Cosmos themselves. In every way our Lord is the incarnation of beauty, passion, Love and is truly Timeless.

    She, our Majesty, gave us the power of Heart—crafting the very Core of our spirits, and through that, our personality and our Love takes form. All of our passions, all of the people and things we Love, and our whole personality—the Self itself—are from her Love. The passion she radiates throughout all of existence is felt in all of our hears, so long as one does not reject this Love and succumb to a broken heart wrought by the Theigriet’s corruption, of course.

    The Hayle of Tales

    And during said traitor’s Untimely rebellion, came a disciple of great legend themselves. Among the Greatest of Spirits to defend against the traitor came the Teller of Tales: Hayle Yoih. In this earliest of eras, Yoih had fashioned themselves a grandiose title of “Raconteur Yoih, Fairy of Legend.” Seeing the evil spread by those of dubious composition, Yoih would take it upon themselves to craft a new tale, one that would dress down the traitor and his ways and reaffirm the greatness of the Lords. Through fantastic Tale-telling an the whimsy of Love and Devotion, the legendary Yoih would create a new legend of their own—a Legend of the Lords and a tale of the traitor’s downfall and pathetic pontifying.

    For weaving such a wondrous tale, Yoih was given divine status as an Archangel of the Lord, and also dressed in a new fashion: Hayle. As a show of Her Love, the Lord bathed Yoih in a Sacred robe and tasked Yoih with the greatest of honors—caring for and mentoring the Lord’s Child. Upon the creation of the Child of Love, Hayle Yoih when take the babe and teach them well. Through tales and legends, through poems and performance, Hayle Yoih taught the Child of the wonders of Love and how Time can heal all so long as it is used properly and never squandered.

    The Child of Personality

    And this, of course, introduces the final of the three, the Child themselves. Born from the Love and Time of the Lord with the consenting spirituality of the Lord of Truth, came a Child of passion, of confidence, and of Love itself. Sacred Child Ahnvouyosia, the Child of Love, is born, and with them is born a renewed Love of the Lords and their immaculate presence. A Child of pure emotion, a Child of mastery over the Personality, and a Child of impeccable Time. Ahnvouyosia lives and breathes the powerful aura of the Heart, all who bask in their presence too see their Hearts align. The evil of the world is always defeated by unquestioned and undefeated Love at the right Time, and the Child of Love marks the Truth of this power.

    Thank you for joining me for this Period of Watching under the Lord of Love. We covered quite a few tough topics on the faults of Personality when succumbing to corruption, but I am happy we are able to openly address these conflicts, especially in these darker times. From our Hearts to yours, have a great rest of your Sacred Day, and always care for your Heart and the Hearts of others.

    —voX

  • Commentary 56: Masculine Image and the Innate Personality Fault

    Welcome, good day, from the Order and Ordinance. We’ve once again rejoined here in this space on this Sacred Day for another Commentary. As we’re on a mini series of discussion involving the innate personality flaw of humanity, we’ve been tackling many topics relating to how Hubris and corruption lead Humans down paths of evil and division.

    Today, we’ll be tackling the topic of masculinity from specifically the Xyphoist perspective. This is a topic that has been running circle in philosophical circles for eons, with various takes on what exactly is considered a healthy masculine image and the impacts of poor application of the concept. We chose this topic for discussion for a variety of reasons, namely the vast and overarching impact that masculinity has had on the development of men in general and the actions that follow from it.

    It goes without saying that, through human history, men have held the majority of positions in power, have dominated the control of global culture, and have subsequently have been at the helm for much of the more dire times of such history. We won’t be rehashing all of human history today, however, but we will go into more modern applications of this concept and the crisis of poor masculine image that has overtaken much of male human society, so let’s dig in.

    First, it helps to paint out what healthy masculinity looks like from the Xyphoist perspective, and much of it relates to various Sacred Lessons and other parts of the Philosophy. Masculinity in Xyphoist circles is a somewhat enigmatic definition compared to many traditional and modern examples, but what we can draw from the concept is that Xyphoist masculinity rejects the notion of what we call the “superhuman man” or the “Adonis complex.” The ideas of masculinity having to exude a brash, stoic, primal, chiseled, unapologetic and game-changing qualities is an idea Xyphoists would seem almost comical—a caricature or a character rather than a real person.

    Far too often, concepts of masculinity are presented as an almost superhuman form, that the man will always be unflappable, that he will always be charismatic, that he will always be a mountain, that he will always make the sharpest decision, that he will be admired for his chambering his own humanity in favor of being a perfect example. We can see this in some modern corners of masculine groups such as the “alpha male” or “sigma male” trends, or those that latch themselves to the stoic movement, or those following social influencers and personalities that preach often destructive versions of masculinity that detract from the potential cohesion we could have as humans.

    All of those ideas of masculinity hinge on the idea that the physical vessel is such an important aspect of personality that it overrides any traits that exist in the soul. As we must remind, Xyphoist Philosophy is about the spirit and soul, not the temporary vessel we hold as Mortals. The idea of simply being a male mortal means that your personality should be predetermined to align with certain roles or images is antithetical to the Philosophy explicitly because it demands that one must reject their own inner personality for a “one size fits all” personality based solely off of biological sex.

    And we can witness the negative impacts of this on the mental development in boys as they grow into adult men—having struggles on body image and questioning whether they are masculine enough, whether their bodies are fit enough, whether they “size up” in various places in the body, whether they’re tough or command respect from physical appearance alone. This extends to psychology and emotional intelligence as well; we’ll see boys struggle with their own inner thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

    Doubts set in about new thoughts young males may have involving their sexuality, or perhaps they struggle with showing and handling some emotions because they worry about looking inferior to other males. These are common hang-ups when it comes to male emotional development, and these hang-ups are entirely manufactured by, quite frankly, outdated human pressures. The idea of the Adonis is such a ridiculous concept that begs the idea that one is beyond the natural circumstances of human reality.

    Yes, you will still have those softer emotions as a male; those aren’t going away. You’re going to have those confusing thoughts, that’s just your mind growing. The Xyphoist perspective is to stop trying to pretend the man is not human. There’s nothing wrong with showing masculine traits, but to use that masculinity to create situations of negative consequence for oneself and for those around is a poor application of basic human interaction. And while this isn’t explicitly a male problem, it is extremely prevalent in male psychological development. Some circles would call that type of masculine display as toxic; we prefer to be more direct about it. It is unrealistic.

    The man can be many things, but one thing the man is not is beyond mankind. Even looking at the profiles of some of the biggest figures in the Philosophy who are seen as male, they vary in their levels of masculine display and prioritize the spiritual existence over perceptive gendered existence. The Philosophy identifies this irrational latching to a specific image of masculinity as why so many young males struggle with their own Selfs—that they try to reject their own existence and become what others expect them to be rather than what they know they can’t truly escape.

    Sound familiar? Why if you’ve been following along in Lord Carnyie’s previous Periods, we once again return to the Child of Purity’s struggle with his inner empathy over his desire to be a stoic and staunch moral pillar. Yet, the Child IS empathetic, IS emotional, and IS insecure. Those traits are NEEDED for the Child to bring Mercy to the innocent. Those traits ARE him. And the Sacred Lesson’s message is that you can’t run from your true self, or you’ll plunge yourself into despair and misery and gain nothing for yourself or anyone else.

    We can see this regarding the growth of males with using retreatism to escape those doubts and inner fears. Things like working out too much to escape, bottling up to run away. Some men attach themselves to intoxicating substances and behaviors to escape from…well, themselves—from their own  Human selfs. The Xyphoist Philosophy, as per the attribute of Free Will and the spiritual liberties guaranteed by the Order, doesn’t give a specific model of masculinity, only that men should stop trying to escape their own humanity to become absurd caricatures of themselves in this futile pursuit of peak male perfectionism. You don’t have to be fearful of yourself, after all, in the words of Hayle Ihou to Hubrakiuosia in his youth:

    “Inner doubts seemingly plague you, Child. That you are quested for a need for control, a need for quiet compassion, yet you are the entity that has been forth. You are the Child, and you are who you are.”

    —voX, kyX